Las Vegas, Nevada by https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7 en-us 2022-11-02 22:01:34 UTC 2025-11-07 21:04:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa, Merton Avenue, Eastwood, Pretoria, South Africa https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367423936 Las Vegas is classified as having a subtropical climate. Zimbabwe is a country outside of the United States that also has a similar climate to Las Vegas. Students will be able to make connections from the United States to Zimbabwe just based off of them having the same climate orgin. ]]> 2022-11-02 22:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367423936 Mount Everest cw936794_1 https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367430456 I chose to do global connections on two different areas around the world, one being the Sahara desert for the dryness and desert reasoning, and one being mount everest for the mountains reasoning. Both these locations have aspects that Nevada also has, but also doesn’t. The Sahara Desert is one of the driest places on this earth and Nevada is the driest state in the United States. Nevada also has mountains but unlike Mt. Everest, Nevada is hot and Mt. Everest is snowy. https://www.dogonews.com/2019/11/18/nepalese-mountaineer-nirmal-nims-purja-conquers-worlds-14-highest-peaks-in-six-months]]> 2022-11-02 22:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367430456 Sahara Desert cw936794_1 https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367432293 I chose to do global connections on two different areas around the world, one being the Sahara desert for the dryness and desert reasoning, and one being mount everest for the mountains reasoning. Both these locations have aspects that Nevada also has, but also doesn’t. The Sahara Desert is one of the driest places on this earth and Nevada is the driest state in the United States. Nevada also has mountains but unlike Mt. Everest, Nevada is hot and Mt. Everest is snowy. 
https://www.dogonews.com/2020/6/30/godzilla-dust-cloud-from-the-sahara-desert-blankets-parts-of-the-united-states]]> 2022-11-02 22:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367432293 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy hambergerlydia https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367435002 https://newsforkids.net/articles/2018/05/10/venice-has-too-many-tourists/ 

This connects to this lesson because the students are finding what Nevada is famous for. One thing Nevada is famous for is tourism. This connects because Venice, Italy is a very tourist place. ]]> 2022-11-02 22:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2367435002 Macau China Travel Service （Zhuhai） Co.,Ltd., Changsheng Road, Xiangzhou, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China https://padlet.com/hambergerlydia/60kfja38cj6gi6u7/wish/2377550625 A lot of people compare Macau, China to Las Vegas, Nevada because of the many casinos they offer.  Linked here is an article comparing the two of them.
 
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