Diversity Project

Hello there,
     Here is a fun activity that I am currently working on for a class. For my Program Organization class, I had to do a presentation on diversity. Diversity is just not all about different cultures, ethnicity, and backgrounds. Diversity can be the outlook of someone of a certain gender, someone's social economic status, religious status, biracial family, single family, refugee, and many more. I decided to do my diversity project over the continent of Africa. To add some creativity and visual to my project, I am in the process of making a salt dough map. A salt dough map is basically a map of whatever region you are focusing on, which in my case is Africa, that is created with dough. It is just a fun visual to create, versus an ordinary poster board of pictures. The steps to make this is as follows. I made a concoction of flour, water, and salt, creating a doughy solution. I then traced my continent on a poster board. After kneading the dough to make it stick, I placed it on the cardboard, filling in the shape of Africa. When the dough is completely dried, that is the time to paint the map. My map actually just dried last night, so when I get in from the day, I will then begin to paint my map. I attached two pictures of the map. One pictures is after I had filled in the map, from when I traced it. The other picture shows how I added height to some particular areas of the map to show the different elevations in Africa. When the project is completely done, I will be sure to post pictures of it painted, displaying the mountains and rivers of Africa. This activity can be done with students as well! Just be sure to provide a smaller portion of all the materials, so that it can be convenient for clean-up and time purposes! I really hope you enjoyed this!

xoxoxo

   DaVonna Edgerson

This is the picture of the map, after I filled in what I traced.

This is the picture of the map with the elevations I created, creating a physical map.

Here is a helpful link that explains how to make a salt dough recipe: http://www.easy-child-crafts.com/salt-dough-recipes.html