Tag: 12th grade
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Guyana Unit
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…
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United Arab Emirates Unit
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…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Unit
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…
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Maryland Unit
At some point, I want to visit Maryland. It would be fun to see where the Battle of Baltimore took place and there are a few other events that happened there I wouldn’t mind seeing. In addition to that, there are so many cool people from there I found during our Maryland Unit. All in…
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Yemen Unit
I have to admit the last several countries we studied our senior year were rather muddled. I was desperately trying to finish studying every country, while also trying to get all of the graduation stuff done, all this means that our Yemen Unit was sadly not as thorough as I would have preferred, especially since…