Prior to learning about Djibouti, I had no clue how to pronounce it. Apparently, I'm also randomly adding an extra "I" because autocorrect told me my spelling was wrong. Sigh, okay but seriously, it's an interesting country to learn about and our Djibouti Unit was a great … [Read more...]
Angola Unit
Growing up I watched Where in the World is Carmen San Diego. At the end of each episode, the winning team would have to put beacons on a map in a minute. Every time Africa came up the kids would groan and everyone would think, well that's it, they're not going to do well. How is … [Read more...]
Algeria Unit
Okay, Algeria. I don't have anything super impressive to say for my introduction, so I'll just go with, here is our Algeria Unit as part of our geography lessons. You know, I really need to create an Africa landing page.... Adds that to my ever-growing to-do list. (there are … [Read more...]
Cabo Verde Unit
For whatever reason Cabo Verde seems like it should be next to Jamaica, I think it's the name, it sounds to me like other Caribbean countries. However, my completely random associations of countries are pretty much always wrong, and Cabo Verde is not Caribbean, it's African. A … [Read more...]
Burundi Unit
You want to know how I learned about Burundi? I have a friend who BC (Before Covid) would fly over there once a year or so and help run a school for women to learn how to sew. Then they would have the skills and the equipment to open up a shop and support themselves. Every year … [Read more...]