We are having an Olympic Field Day this year. Every class will be representing a country in the Olympics. We have to make a flag or poster showing our country and we will display these at the opening ceremony.
Today I had to send down a student to reach in a bag and pick out 3 countries. Out of those 3 countries we get to vote in our class on the one we want to research and represent.
Here were our countries...
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Azerbaijan
So of course I had heard of Kyrgyzstan.. but have you ever heard of the other two? seriously...I can't even pronounce them correctly. I found Azerbaijan on a world map but I still haven't found Liechtenstein. So if you do let me know.
I went next door to see if I could steal any of my co-workers countries that they didn't want.. they gave me
Bahrain
Ghana (Africa - this one I knew)
Solomon Islands
Republic of Macedonia
Tomorrow we will vote on all of these and decide which country our class will be. I guess I better brush up on my geography before then!
4 comments:
I know that Liechtenstein is pronounced LICK-ten-SHTINE and it's in Europe.
The Colbert Report just did a story about how Liechtenstein was just uncovered as an illegal tax shelter for the uber rich. It was pretty funny, but that's about all I know about it.
Mandy, you crack me up! I have also heard of Liechtenstein but not the other one. The other country sounds like something out of "Aladdin" to me, though.
So my kids picked Solomon Islands. So I told them they had to go home and research this country. We will see what they find out.
So I actually have heard of Liechtenstein because when I did my study abroad in Austria we had random quizzes to check up on us knowing all surrounding countries. I'm sure my professor would be proud that I could still now even identify its location. Best Wishes in the Olympics!
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