Part of what I was thinking as we studied the Central African Republic is the initial spell CAR. I think there was even a joke about that in the Geography Now video. Either way, it's amusing and I enjoyed our geography lesson for our Central African Republic Unit. (there are … [Read more...]
Somalia Unit
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, … [Read more...]
Kiribati Unit
The interesting thing when I'm looking up many of the Oceania Units is discovering how very small these countries are, and how similar many of these island nations are. This can be tricky when looking for recipes for the countries, but that's another story. All in all, I was … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Argentina Unit
As I was searching for pictures of Argentina to share on this post, I realized most of my visualization for Argentina comes from Evita. That is not exactly a realistic way to think of a country. Not at all realistic. Either way, this was a fun geography lesson, and I thoroughly … [Read more...]
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