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The Sahara Desert, Semester at Sea — The North Star Project, Summer Report Number Thirty-Nine — The Middle Ground Journal

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The North Star Project: Collaboration between The Middle Ground Journal Student Interns, The College of St. Scholastica, and North Star Academy 8th Grade Global Studies Classes, 2013-2014 School Year Summer Reports. Under the leadership of our North Star host teachers and student interns, The North Star Project has flourished for two years. For a brief summary, please see a recent

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REVIEW OF THE SAHARA: A CULTURAL HISTORY BY EAMONN GEARON Oxford University Press

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The Sahara: A Cultural History. Eamonn Gearon. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780199861958 For teachers and scholars of world history, the Sahara offers an exciting locale to explore connections between societies. Eamonn Gearon’s The Sahara: A Cultural History offers an introduction to the region’s history as well as its attraction to a wide range of European artists, writers, and

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