Tag: Oceania

  • Oceania Unit

    Oceania Unit

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    My kids insist on calling it Australia. “We don’t care if it’s called Oceania now, Mom! It’s still Australia to us.” They even went so far as to cross out the world Oceania on their notebooks and write Australia in great big letters. My kids may have opinions, either way, I liked our Oceania Unit…

  • Kiribati Unit

    Kiribati Unit

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    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 quite intrigued by our Kiribati Unit…

  • 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…

  • Micronesia Unit

    Micronesia Unit

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    With a name like Micronesia, of course, it’s going to be a tiny little country. I have to admit, at first, I thought it wasn’t a real country. It sounds like the phrase micro-nations, or micro-countries, but no, it’s a real country in Oceania, and so we learned about it in our geography lessons. At…

  • Marshall Islands Unit

    Marshall Islands Unit

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    I don’t know if this is true (I’m about to go look it up), but I have this vague memory the Marshall Islands has something to do with nuclear testing and definitely has something to do with the Pacific Theater in World War II. I’m actually rewatching the Geography Now video as I write this…