Tag: 12th grade

  • Somalia Unit

    Somalia Unit

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    Finding pictures of Somalia is tricky. First there are the pictures of people on vacation in some sort of variation. Then there are the pictures of the results of the civil war, and I’m sure Somalia doesn’t want to be known for war. Finally, there are random landscape pictures, some of these are of the…

  • Maine Unit

    Maine Unit

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    Maine seems like such an interesting state to me. Since it is over on the East Coast, I tend to lump it in with all of the other East Coast states as being very crowded and big cities, but that is not in the least bit true. It’s actually not a particularly crowded state. Then…

  • Fiji Unit

    Fiji Unit

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    Thanks to the Agents of Shield show I know Fiji is a tropical island nation. That’s right, I’m using a Marvel TV show for a frame of reference. It’s not a good one, but I think it’s important to be honest about what I know before we study a country. So let’s see how our…

  • Cameroon Unit

    Cameroon Unit

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    Some countries have unique things you can think of as landmarks. It’s easy to find a picture of them that seems iconic. I don’t have a good iconic picture for our Cameroon unit, so if you have a better suggestion I would love to hear it. I’ll also admit there were many things that went…

  • Vietnam Unit

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    Like anybody who grew up in the United States from roughly 1960 to 2000, my main knowledge of Vietnam comes from the Vietnam War. Our evolving views on that event are interesting, and not too surprisingly many books I used for our Vietnam Unit touch on that topic. All in all a good geography lesson…