Blog Post Numero 6

Today in class we played round with the Geographic Grid. The geographic grid is made up of longitude and latitude lines. The main latitude line is the Equator and the main longitude line is the Prime Meridian or First Meridian. Geographers use the geographic grid to give absolute location. They use degrees like 30 degrees north and 76 degrees west. That's one way geographers describe where things are.

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Lost Boys Conclusion

• What have you learned about Dinka culture? What markers from the film are representative of Dinka culture? Of American culture? What values do the Lost Boys hold? How do those values compare with your own? The Dinka culture seems tough but they make the most of it and we just kind of take everything for granted. The Lost Boys make sure they hold on to the cultural traditions that they had in Africa and still have in America. • What questions and fears do the Lost Boys have about life in the U.S.? What questions and fears would you have if you were moving to a new place? What differences do you see between Dinka culture and American culture? What are some of the challenges the Lost Boys encounter? How do they adapt to life in the United States (think in terms of both assimilation and acculturation? How do you think you would adapt to life in a new country? They Dinka boys have a fear of being lonely because before they were with their people and now they are alone and not ma...

Mapping the US

1) Washington 2) Oregon 3) California 4) Arizona 5) Nevada 6) Utah 7) Idaho 8) Montana 9) Wyoming 10) Colorado 11) New Mexico 12) Texas 13) Oklahoma 14) Kansas 15) Nebraska 16) South Dakota 17) North Dakota 18) Minnesota 19) Iowa 20) Missouri 21) Arkansas 22) Louisiana 23) Wisconsin 24) Michigan 25) Illinois 26) Indiana 27) Ohio 28) Kentucky 29) Tennessee 30) Mississippi 31) Alabama 32) Georgia 33) Florida 34) South Carolina 35) North Carolina 36) Virginia 37) West Virginia 38) Pennsylvania 39) New York 40) Vermont 41) New Hampshire 42) Maine 43) Massachusetts 44) Rhode Island 45) Connecticut 46) New Jersey 47) Delaware 48) Maryland 49) Alaska 50) Hawaii

Mapping the Word Part 1

10) Panama 1) Canada 2) United States 3) Mexico 4) Guatemala 5) Belize 6) El Salvador 7) Honduras 8) Nicaragua 9) Costa Rica 11) Cuba 12) Jamaica 13) Haiti 14) Dominican Republic 1) Colombia 2) Venezuela 3) Guyana 4) Suriname French Guiana 6) Ecuador 7) Peru 8) Bolivia 9) Brazil 10) Paraguay 11) Chile 12) Argentina 13) Uruguay

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