For some reason a year ago I decided to have us learn about Madagascar. I think it might have been one of my last Cooking Around the World with others. I'm not really sure why, but we cooked Madagascar chicken. Now, I'd stayed away from African cuisine after a couple of very … [Read more...]
The Most Fun Christmas Around the World Unit
Every year I like to add in a homeschool Christmas lesson for geography. I’ve tried to do a Christmas Around the World unit each year focusing on a different country. I told my kids yesterday, “This year for our Christmas Around the World, we’re going to study Mexico.” They … [Read more...]
At what cost progress? Lessons from Vasco de Gama
There are some explorer names I remember better than others. As I mentioned yesterday I have a hard time remembering Bartolomue Dias. Vasco de Gama, on the other hand I remember. I have fun saying his name, it just rolls off the tongue. I wonder if that helped him when … [Read more...]
Bartolomeu Dias proves there are no sea monsters near Africa
Can you imagine what it was like during the Age of Exploration? Sailing was a risky business, but traveling at all was a risky business. Bartolomue Dias knew both of these things first hand and experienced them. But he wasn't afraid, and made history as the first European to … [Read more...]
Around the World in 12 Dishes: Egypt
This month as we cook our way around the world, we’re finishing up Africa (which has my family excited because Kenya didn’t go well, very not well), but we ended well in Egypt. With school starting we didn’t study too much about Egypt, because we’re going to be … [Read more...]