Kazakhstan unit

All right, let’s talk about Kazakhstan. It’s part of that segment of countries jokingly called “The Stans.” It’s also not one we Americans know much about, and will point vaguely in the direction of Asia to locate it. It’s a great deal of why I work so hard to have geography lessons, so we have a better chance of knowing where things are. Let’s look at this Kazakhstan Unit a smaller unit in our Asia unit.

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Kazakhstan Unit Resources

My library didn’t really have any books on Kazakhstan, so here are some great websites you can check out:

• Facts about Kazakhstan from their government
• Kazakhstan interesting facts

And because it’s in the middle of the alphabet, there is a Flag Friday video, which I always like to watch.

Kazakhstan unit recipe: Beshbarmak

It’s interesting to see how different countries make their different dishes, also what people add into an otherwise fairly common recipe. Kazakhstan recipe: Beshbarmark found on the National Foods blog. I really need to look and see what other recipes they have because I keep running into problems finding recipes for smaller countries.

Beshkarmak recipe ingredients

• 3 pounds stew meat
• large onion cut in rings
• bay leaf
• 2 cups broth (enough to cover the meat and onions)
• salt and ground pepper to taste

Making the Beshbarmak

1. Place the meat in a deep pot with broth and the onion rings and the bay leaf.
2. Bring to a boil, and occasionally skim the scum from the top of the broth.
3. Reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 2.5 hours.
4. While it is cooking make some egg noodles to add to the soup when it is done.

Beshbarmak

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 2.5 pounds stew meat
• onion cut into rings
• 2 cups broth
• egg noodles
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Place the meat in a deep pot with broth and the onion rings and the bay leaf.
2. Bring to a boil, and occasionally skim the scum from the top of the broth.
3. Reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 2.5 hours.
4. While it is cooking make some egg noodles to add to the soup when it is done.

Overall, no one was particularly enthusiastic about the dish as there is not much in the way of seasoning. It has a long time of cooking that onion, but it wasn’t enough to be a strong onion flavor.

I’ll also add the original recipe has you making homemade noodles, but I didn’t really feel like doing that, so I bought some.

Kazakhstan unit notebooking pages

Okay, there are a lot of interesting things to me. My friend named her son Caspian (though in her case it’s because of Caspian from the Narnia books), so I always perk up whenever I hear the name Caspian.

But here are my cool facts for Kazakhstan

• There’s a Beatles monument!
• They claim to be the first nation to domesticate the horse
• They mine so many of different minerals there you can find 100 of the elements there

More great learning resources

I don’t just have geography posts (though I have a lot since there are over 200 countries) but all sorts of lessons

• Immigration booklist
• Snow Science
• 5 beginning chapter books for boys
• How to teach Shakespeare
• Jesus at the Temple game

• “KAZAHKSTAN” by VANCOUNVER4ME is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
• “Astana, Kazakhstan” by Ninara is licensed under CC BY 2.0.