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Tag: Asia
Chinese New Year books
Years ago when we last studied China I did my usual thing of grabbing as many books as I could, but as we read the books I discovered I had a large stack that fit a sub-category of China books. So I separated out those from my geography lesson and decide to make a Chinese…
Israel Unit
Israel is an ancient land, it’s right smack in the middle of the Cradle of Civilization, so everywhere you look in the country is covered in history. It’s also a land of controversy, I know, I’m stating the obvious here, our Israel Unit was completed probably two years ago, before the current hostilities broke out.…
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…
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…
Vietnam Unit
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…