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...]
Scarlet Pimpernel book club
I choose the books I assign for a variety of reasons. Sometimes I choose the book because it matches the time period we're studying. Other times. I choose the book because it has some great ideas to discuss. A few books I choose are because the book has literary significance. I'm … [Read more...]
Bahrain Unit
I'm always glad when a video tells you how to pronounce a country, I learned how to pronounce Bah-rain correctly. It's one of those cool countries in the middle east that is doing all sorts of really interesting stuff (I'll get to that in my notebooking pages section). Either … [Read more...]
1984 book club
If you want to depress your kids, assign 1984. I chose to assign 1984 because there are so many things you can see in the modern news paralleling the book, and the terms George Orwell created so many terms we use today. The phrases and words stir up ideas that we all understand. … [Read more...]
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