Thursday, September 26, 2013

Sunday, September 8, 2013

City High's Geography Legacy

There have been some Geography-Wizards that have walked through these halls. They have been immortalized on The City High Geography Warriors website.

Ian is our all-time top Geography Warrior. 


To become a Geography Warrior one must get 100% accuracy on the Central and South America Geography game under 40 seconds

Hot Tamale Activities -

  • Click here to read and play GeoGuessr 
  • play these World Geography Games, take a screenshot of your score and email it to bordner@cityhigh.org (Spanish 9) or akhand@cityhigh.org (Spanish 10).

May the Geography be with you. 

Blurred Lines in Spanish!

Thanks to Bilinguish for photo/video!
Blurred lines blurred borders as it swept across the world as the song of the summer!

Check out this video of the song in Spanish. 



Hot Tamale Activities - email bordner@cityhigh.org (Spanish 9) or akhand@cityhigh.org (Spanish 10) your responses.

  • Obviously the lyrics are different because they are in Spanish. What else is different about the song? The video? What instruments do they have in the song? Where is the video filmed? Describe the similarities and differences between this version and the original.
  • Translate the chorus to Spanish. Email the English and Spanish lyrics. How do they say "good girl" in Spanish?
  • What do you think about this song (each version)? Do you like it? Explain your answer.
  • Here is another song by this group (Hy3rid H3). What does this song talk about? What do you think about this song? Explain your answer.
  • This version of Blurred Lines is in English except the rap (starts 2:28 min. into song) by Colombian rapper J Balvin. Which version do you like best and why? Write a short bio about J Balvin.