Nile Challenges
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are at loggerheads over sharing the Nile's water. Recently, the three countries failed to reach an agreement on the impact assessment of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam (GRD) – a controversial project Ethiopia has been building since 2011 to create electricity. At 6,850-kilometers long, the Nile is world's longest river, providing valuable freshwater for agriculture, domestic use and industrial proposes to both Egypt and Sudan.
Class Research:
Death of the Nile by Peter Schwartzstein (BBC) presents some of the challenges that face the Nile river today. In your opinion what are the challenges presented in this presentation? and how does it compare to challenges of the Ancient times? What solutions do you propose to solve these issues and will today's technical innovations help the people struggling around the Nile?
This is for 6th & 7th graders to research and discuss in class. It is also in line with their " Ancient Egypt" unit at school.
Death of the Nile by Peter Schwartzstein (BBC) presents some of the challenges that face the Nile river today. In your opinion what are the challenges presented in this presentation? and how does it compare to challenges of the Ancient times? What solutions do you propose to solve these issues and will today's technical innovations help the people struggling around the Nile?
This is for 6th & 7th graders to research and discuss in class. It is also in line with their " Ancient Egypt" unit at school.
Check out this video by Al Jazeera, documenting the struggles facing the people living around the Nile.