Ecuador Unit

There are so many cool countries in the world, and I have to admit I wish I had a much bigger travel budget, and more time than I do. Looking at pictures of Ecuador I want to see it, it looks amazing. Let’s dig into our Ecuador Unit for geography lessons as part of a South America Unit.

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Ecuador Unit Resources

Here’s what I found on Ecuador:

• Ecuador Facts
• More Ecuador facts
• and still more Ecuador facts

And here is the Geography Now Ecuador video:

And I follow it up and watch it myself, because my kids don’t want to watch two videos, but I like the Flag Friday videos.

Ecuador Unit: Slow Roast Pulled Pork

I picked this pulled pork recipe because it’s not too spicy and we all like garlic. After all, no one wants a vampire attack.

However, I discovered there is a point where even my family says, “Mom, that is too much garlic.”

I switched the recipe to a slow cooker recipe, I don’t know if that changed the taste substantially.

pulled pork ingredients

• pork shoulder (I just grab a large-ish one)
• 8 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 limes juiced
• 1 IPA beer

Super complicated instructions to make the pulled pork

1. In a food processor add garlic, cumin, coriander, paprika, butter, juice from 1 lime, and a pinch of salt.
2. Blend together, then cover the pork shoulder with the mixture.
3. Place in the slow cooker and pour the beer over it.
4. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Yield: 6 servings

Ecuadoran pulled pork

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This pulled pork recipe is simple and you probably have most of the ingredients in your pantry.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 4 hours

Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

• pork shoulder
• 8 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 limes juiced
• 1 IPA beer

Instructions

1. In food processor add garlic, cumin, coriander, paprika, butter, and juice from 1 lime, and pinch of salt. Blend together, then cover the pork shoulder with the mixture.
2. Place in slow cooker and pour the beer over it.
3. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Ecuador Unit Notebooking pages

We filled out the South America notebooking pages and there were a few items I found interesting.

I learned a Star Wars fact as we watched the video!

• They have the highest concentration of volcanos!
• They administer the Galapagos Islands, which is interesting to me.
• Greedo in Star Wars speaks Quita (a Native language from Ecuador)!

More great lessons to try

• Play dough brain lesson
• Bird Unit
• Great Depression simulation
• Iceland Unit
• Princess Bride book club

I found two really cool pictures, so even if I don’t use both of them, I’m linking to both of them.

“Ecuador, Nambija – Gold Mine 1990” by Maurizio Costanzo – mavik2007 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Vicuña – Chimborazo, Ecuador” by Dabit100 / David Torres Costales Riobamba is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.