I knew pretty much nothing about Burkina Faso as we started our Burkina Faso unit, primarily because I hated geography when I was in school. My 6th grade geography unit was horribly done, and primarily consisted of all the incredibly boring stuff about countries, nothing that … [Read more...]
Slovakia Unit
For whatever reason, I think the name Slovakia is fun to say. It's an interesting word and if you didn't know it, it's also an interesting country. That's what I learned in our Slovakia Unit when we learned about it for our geography lessons. Let's see what our Slovakia unit had … [Read more...]
All Quiet on the Western Front book club
This is one of those books that I read in high school and really hoped to have nothing further to do with it. I was not planning on assigning All Quiet on the Western Front for a book and a movie, but when my kids had their rebellion against reading The Great Gatsby, they all … [Read more...]
Bangladesh Unit
All right, let's talk about the country of Bangladesh. It always amuses me when we study countries that are tropical and have so much rain. This is especially relevant as we're heading into another drought and they just started the mild version of water rationing. I guess I'm … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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