students will create the next special season of the Amazing Race using only countries in our current unit.
students will identify countries to visit. They will assess which cities in each country is culturally appropriate for this venture and investigate cultural norms and sites in which to host challenges. click here for detailed instructions * note- I totally stole this from another teacher's site. Thank you http://missdworld.wikispaces.com :)
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Physical 1. Draw the boundaries of South East Asia, Australia, Oceania 2. Identify the following: Bodies of Water 1.Arafura Sea 2.Coral Sea 3.Indian Ocean 4.Pacific Ocean 5.Philippine Sea 6.South China Sea Rivers 1.Darling River 2.Mekong 3.Murray Landforms 1.Indochina 2.Great Artesian Basin 3.Great Barrier Reef 4.Great Dividing Range 5.Malay Peninsula 3. Color Today students took a map quiz, graded it, and watched selected scenes from Taboo: Body Modification. We only watched snippets about the long neck tribe (in case you google the youtube video start at :45 and end at 14:50 (or whenever the child walks away from the building). we also previewed the project that will take up the majority of the week: The Amazing Race see the intro to taboo below. 1. Draw the borders of South East ASia, Australia, and Oceania
2. Identify the following: Islands 1.Cook Islands 2.Samoa 3.Fiji 4.Indonesia 5.Polynesia 6.Micronesia 7.Melanesia 8.Solomon Islands 9.Marshall Islands 10.Papua New Guinea 11.Philippines 12.Tasmania Countries 1.Myanmar 2.Laos 3.Thailand 4.Singapore 5.East Timor 6.Brunei 7.Cambodia 8.Vietnam 9.Australia 10.Malaysia 3. Color Define:
Globalization Adapt Modify Erosion Capitalism “Paris of the East” Communism Buddhism Answer the following: 1.What continent doesn’t have a desert? 2.What is a major problem in urban areas? 3.Describe Desert, Archipelago, Peninsula, and plateau. Give examples of each. 4.How does Japan modify and adapt to its environment 5.What is the DMZ 6.Describe the primary economic activity of Mongolia. How does it affect the peoples lives? 7.Where is the farm land in China? Why? 8.Describe the governments of China, North Korea, Taiwan, and Japan 9.Why is the Silk Road important? 10.How was Buddhism spread? 11.What affect does the Ring of Fire have on Japan? 12.Why are some people in East Asia moving from rural areas to urban areas 13.What is the Three Gorges Dam and why is it important from an environmental and economical perspective? 14.Which country had a nuclear power plant melt down due to a tsunami? Notes on Communism in east asia- here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6Z916OBfXJS3N4cm94aGw0UmM/edit?usp=sharing Changing MongoliaDMZ/North Korea
Origami, cherry blossoms, calligraphy, chop sticks and more!
1. Students will be assigned a county
2. Students will research what it would be like to live in their assigned country. 3. Students will create a descriptive writing poster. Poster needs to include:
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