Unit+I+The+Geography+of+North+East+Asia

===**T**he geography of North East Asia is of great importance to understanding how the societies in this part of the world operate. We are, no matter where we are from, products to some degree of our environment. For this reason, we will begin our examination of East Asia with a survey of its geography.=== China's Geography: Japan's Geography: __**Lesson One**__
 * East Asian Geography Key Features**
 * To begin this journey, mouse over the map above. The link will show you the world at night. Zoom in on East Asia.
 * What patterns do you see?
 * What does this tell you about the region?
 * Share with your partner and be ready to discuss with the class in the next five minutes.

__**Homework Assignment: East Asian Geography Scavenger Hunt**__ >> Password: welcome
 * Use of class time is permitted for this.
 * You are going to have to have Google Earth on your computer.
 * You and members of your peer group each has a country that you need to focus on and find the location of using Google Earth and [|ABC-CLIO]
 * Your needed access codes for ABC-CLIO are:
 * Username: KIS
 * Click on "Explore a Country."
 * Click on your assigned country.
 * Read the following articles and put summarize them into a few sentences. Things to learn about from CLIO:
 * Landforms and Climate
 * Natural Resources and Agriculture
 * Environment
 * Facts and Figures: make sure to find out the populations of your nation, its ranking in terms of population, and one or two other interesting facts or figures.
 * Save your places and post them successfully on your class page (locate your class in the margin navigation on the left).
 * Two documents are required here: Your Google Earth Link and a Word Document or Pages Document Summarizing the Questions for CLIO. Below are the places that MUST be marked with a thumb tack marker on to your Google map of either China, Korea, or Japan.
 * China - Places to mark on your Google Earth link
 * Korea - Places to mark on your Google Earth link
 * Japan - Places to mark on your Google Earth link

Make effort to make your nation's peer teaching experience memorable. The point is to make it fun...the content part is something an interested mind will find for itself. You will either be peer teaching on your own or with one other person with the same country. So:
 * Peer Teaching Preparation**
 * Get together with people who have the same nation and make a plan for a few brief minutes of peer teaching.
 * In an effort to assure that ALL students have equal footing here, I will be giving out a blank map of each of the three countries (four, with North Korea). Make sure you can show on a map all of the places to mark from the above link for your nation. Be sure to follow the rules below regarding the labeling of maps:
 * Map Components:
 * Title
 * Grid (optional for this assignment)
 * Compass
 * Key or Legend
 * Scale (optional for this assignment)

Some people believe that elements of physical geography, i.e. topography, climate, or of human geography, i.e. city design, security features, shape a peoples' mind-set and behavior. Others contend that such is not the case, and that people around the world are very much the same despite their geographical differences. As part of your preparation read this brief website from [|PBS Online: Hidden Korea/Geography]
 * After completion of the peer teaching consider the following question and prepare a response to it.**
 * //**To what extent is the character of a people shaped by the elements of geography in their lives?**//

Using the reading mentioned above, complete the assignment attached here You are to work on the writing section in class. Prior to it being submitted (Week of February 1 to 5) you will have to have your writing peer edited on Turnitin (see link on Announcements for Mr. Plouffe )
 * Comparing the nations of North East Asia: Using pp. 23-60 of //Korea Unmasked//**