Thursday, 30 April 2015

Thursday

Today - we are either going to talk with Tonnie (this depends on skype connection) or read Chapter 27 Section 3: Human-Environment Interaction of East Asia.

Objective: After reading this sections students will be able to describe China's Three Gorges Dam project and Identify methods of dealing with overcrowding in Japan.





Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Chapter 27 Review

Review Questions for Section 1 and 2

1) How long is the Great Wall of China?
2) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?
3) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
4) How large is the Gobi Desert?
5) List two plains in Northern China.
6) Name three rivers in China.
7) Where does the Huang begin and end?
8) How long is the Chang Jiang?
9) What is the southernmost of the three great river systems of China?
10) What are the natural resources of China?
11) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
12) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
13) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
14) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?
15) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
16) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
17) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?



Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Tuesday

Today we are going to read chapter 27 section 2.

Objectives: After reading students will be able to describe the high latitude climate, dry zones and tropical areas of East Asia.

Tomorrow - review questions and time to practice your ASIA countries.

Hopefully, I get someone from China to talk to you on Skype next week.

Yesterday's Work

Chapter 27 - East Asia
Today we are going to read chapter 27 section 1.

Objectives: After reading students will be able to explain how the mountains and plateaus have affected China's development; identify the major rivers and natural resources and how they influence daily life.

Friday, 24 April 2015

ASIA

Today we are going to see Denver and Kara's country presentations and then move on to ASIA.

For the ASIA country quiz go HERE




Monday, 20 April 2015

Videos

Today - you should be filming your African projects!

We will present tomorrow.

Africa Unit Test on Thursday!

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Unit Goal

Unit Learning goal: Students will choose one African country and prepare a video news report on the current status of your country, covering such topics as conflicts, the health and welfare of its people, resources (or lack of), the economy and prospects for the future.