2014 Japan’s Geography Lesson Plan

Date your papers:Friday, April 25, 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014• Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt--- Working with a partner and using your

notes on China’s Geography and Environmental Problems China’s Environmental Problems , you are to select TWO political cartoons and compare and contrast the them.

• a) Evaluate the overall message of each cartoon. Explain.• Cartoon One:

• Cartoon Two:

• How Similar?• • b) How does each cartoonist support that message? Give examples from each

cartoon. Explain them.• Cartoon One:• • Cartoon Two:•

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014• Class: In your outside reading for the last lesson, the

Geography of East Asia Chapter discussed some elements of Japan’s Geography. – To help refresh your memory and to introduce us to a more

in-depth study of Japan’s Geography, Ms. Barben is going to read aloud “Physical Geography of Japan”, and as she does this, you should be using Active Reading Strategies.

– Then you will have five minutes to write down the information in the appropriate categories in the attached graphic organizer.

• Class: Ms. Barben is going to begin her Japan’s Geography Powerpoint, and you should take notes in the provided graphic organizer.

Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

• Homework: Label and color-code the Political Map of Japan.

• Resources to Use:– Ms. Barben’s Separate Maps of Japan Powerpoint– Map Included in Reading– Internet

Day Two: Monday, April 28, 2014

• Class: Ms. Barben is going to continue her Japan’s Geography Powerpoint, and you should continue to take notes in the provided graphic organizer.

• Homework: Go to Ms. Barben’s 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Powerpoint on her teacher page and take notes for the last category of the graphic organizer.

Day Three: Tuesday, April 29, 2014

• Class: Ms. Barben is going to finish her Japan’s Geography Powerpoint, and you should finish taking notes in the provided graphic organizer.

• Class: For the rest of class, we are going to watch a short You Tube Documentary on the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, and you should add to the Homework Powerpoint notes.

• Homework: Work on the East Asia Study Guide Questions for the first two lessons.