Tag: 12th grade

  • Tunisia Unit

    Tunisia Unit

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    For some reason, Tunisia has always seemed exotic to me. I think it’s because it gets brief mentions in older movies, or they’ll film there to find alien landscapes (cough Star Wars cough cough). Either way, our Tunisia Unit was a great way for me to learn more about Tunisia than the vague memories I…

  • Honduras Unit

    Honduras Unit

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    I was looking through pictures online to see what I could find for a great picture for this post. I wanted to find something that would say, “This is Honduras.” I scrolled and scrolled and finally found the Macaws, I don’t know why it just screamed, hello, here is Honduras, but it did. I now…

  • Guyana Unit

    Guyana Unit

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    Even though Guyana is relatively early in the alphabet, somehow it was one of the very last countries we studied. I don’t know quite how that happened, but it did, and then the recipe I made for it had me absolutely convinced it was in a different continent. I was absolutely convinced Guyana was not…

  • United Arab Emirates Unit

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    I think my primary awareness of the United Arabe Emirates (UAE) comes form movies. It’s a common location for action movies. Famously Tom Cruise did that stunt outside of a skyscraper, which just watching terrifies me as I imagine all the things that could go wrong. So, as we reached the United Arab Emirates Unit…

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Unit

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Unit

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    The interesting thing about studying Africa is how recently many of these countries have formed, and how poorly country lines were formed. A lot of this is a result of European colonization, and arbitrarily drawing up lines. This causes things like having two countries with the name of Congo in it. Today’s geography lesson is…