Funny story, a few weeks ago I was having lunch with my Mom and she talked about a news report where someone had gone to Indonesia and come back with lots of clothes. She doubted they had really been there because her memory of Indonesia (from 1979 or 1980) was of all the fabrics … [Read more...]
Cuba Unit
Growing up in the United States my knowledge of Cuba could be summed up in a few phrases or words: cigars, Fidel Castro, Cuban Missile Crisis. For most of those years I didn't even know what the Cuban Missile Crisis was, I just knew it was a thing that happened. My college … [Read more...]
Chile Unit
Just think of all the puns you can make with the country name. What are you doing? Nothing much, just Chile. Actually now that I think about it, they're pretty much all variations on that. So, not lots of puns, just one very versatile pun. That being said, it was a fun geography … [Read more...]
Micronesia Unit
With a name like Micronesia, of course, it's going to be a tiny little country. I have to admit, at first, I thought it wasn't a real country. It sounds like the phrase micro-nations, or micro-countries, but no, it's a real country in Oceania, and so we learned about it in our … [Read more...]
Iraq Unit
The United States invaded Iraq when I was in middle school. This led to many immature jokes by kids who didn't really know much about the events creating puns off the names Iraq and Iran. They were pretty stupid, but everyone felt so mature and hilarious. In my mind Iraq is very … [Read more...]
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