Bahamas Unit

My main association with the Bahamas is people going on vacation. There’s a bit of a stereotype of people going on vacation there and drinking way too much and probably doing something stupid. However, there are some pretty cool things going on with the Bahamas, and it turned into quite a fun geography lesson as we went through our Bahamas Unit, even if I originally forgot to cook the recipe (or maybe I cooked one and lost it, I had a memory of cooking something).

Bahamas Unit geography lesson

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Bahamas Unit resources

I found some amusing things about the Bahamas.

Interestingly, according to grammar check you need to have the word “the” in front of the Bahamas.

Excuse me, for a moment, I need to go get the next step of dinner started.

I’m now back 4 hours later, I ended up going to help Lorehaven at Teach Them Diligently.

Here are our fun facts for the Bahamas:

Bahamas unit geography

And of course the videos:

And then Geography More, I’ve cued it to start up when the Bahamas starts.

Now let’s head on to the recipe!

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Bahamas unit recipe: Sesame Seed cookie, Benne wafers

Okay, so apparently when we first studied the Bahamas I did not cook a meal, nothing. So I started to write this Bahamas Unit post only to discover I couldn’t yet. I did a quick search and found these Benne wafers, or sesame seed cookies. They are delicious. I’m actually eating one right now along with a cup of tea.

Bahaman benne wafers

Bahaman Benne Wafers ingredient list

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 tablespoons sesame seeds

Making the Benne wafers

  • In a hot pan, toast the sesame seeds until golden brown.
  • While the seeds are toasting cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add in the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the vanilla and mix again.
  • Add the flour, salt, and baking powder, mix until incorporated.
  • Mix in the sesame seeds
  • .Drop roughly teaspoon-sized scoops onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, leaving plenty of room for the cookies to spread out.
  • Bake in the oven at 375 for 12-14 minutes.

Bahaman Benne Wafers

Bahaman benne wafers recipe cookie dessert

These delicious thin cookies go perfect with a cup of tea.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 tablespoons sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. In a hot pan, toast the sesame seeds until golden brown.
  2. While the seeds are toasting cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add in the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the vanilla and mix again.
  3. Add the flour, salt, and baking powder, mix until incorporated.
  4. Mix in the sesame seeds.
  5. Drop roughly teaspoon-sized scoops onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, leaving plenty of room for the cookies to spread out.
  6. Bake in the oven at 375 for 12-14 minutes.

Seriously these cookies are delicious.

The Bahamas Unit notebooking pages

We used the North America notebooking pages, and I’ve got a whole section for dependent territories, so we’ll never finish it because I’m running out of time, and I’m emphasizing the countries before they graduate. But, if I had time, I might go back and learn about some of them myself later.

Bahamas Unit notebooking pages

All right, let’s look at the fun facts. This was earlier in the alphabet, so there aren’t quite as many facts to get from Geography Now, but I still found some fun facts.

  • they get to have lots of hurricanes, so much fun
  • there’s a beach with pink sand!
  • it has world-famous swimming pigs, that is so much fun
  • pirates, it was known for pirates
  • Bahamian Hutia (native pig)
Bahamas Unit for homeschool geography

More learning fun

Let’s see I’m going to choose a bunch of cool things we did in 5th grade


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  1. Natalie PlanetSmarty Avatar
    Natalie PlanetSmarty

    The wavers are delicious! The Bahamas was the first tropical place where I went on vacation when I first came to the US and I loved it there. Haven’t been back since – I am sure it’s different now…

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