On An African Safari | Virtual Field Trip

African musical instruments, including the djembe, mbira, kora, xylophone and flute, are the stops on a clickable PowerPoint safari where students listen to music, watch videos and record facts they learned.
Grades
Preschool–Kindergarten, Grades 1–6
File type
Microsoft PowerPoint
Use
Digital activity

Updated Sep 26, 2026

Subject
Music, Art, Creative Arts
Topic
Virtual, Field Trip
Resource types
Activities
Use
Digital activity

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About this resource

This virtual field trip is set to take students on an exciting African safari.

They will listen to music, watch videos, answer questions about what they've learned and so much more. Students will love learning about different African instruments on this field trip.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify African instruments such as the djembe, mbira and kora

  • Record facts learned from a short reading and a video

Teaching tips

  • Open the file in PowerPoint on a device with sound and check that the music and video play before students start, since every stop depends on media.

Skills covered

  • Note-taking from media — students list three facts from each lesson and three from each video

  • Listening response — students react to a piece of African music at each stop

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • African instruments

  • Djembe

  • World music

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