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2014 China’s Geography Lesson Plan

2014 China’s Geography Lesson Plan. Date your papers: Thursday, April 10, 2014 Friday, April 11, 2014 Monday, April 21, 2014 Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Block Days : Wednesday, April 23 or Thursday , April 24, 2014. Day One: Thursday, April 10, 2014.

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2014 China’s Geography Lesson Plan

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  1. 2014 China’s Geography Lesson Plan Date your papers: Thursday, April 10, 2014 Friday, April 11, 2014 Monday, April 21, 2014 Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Block Days: Wednesday, April 23 or Thursday , April 24, 2014

  2. Day One: Thursday, April 10, 2014 • Quiet Question: Type One Prompt---- We are going to view some recent pictures of the Yangtze River in China. You are to answer the questions below based upon the pictures and your prior knowledge. • a) Why did the Yangtze River turn red? • b) What does this event tell you about China? Explain. • c) If you were a Chinese citizen and woke up to the Yangtze River turned red, what would you think? How would you react? Why? Explain.

  3. Yangtze River Runs Red Images September 2012

  4. Day One: Thursday, April 10, 2014 • Class: Now Ms. Barben is going to read aloud the newspaper article below. As she does, you should be doing Active Reading strategies. Then go back and add to your answers. • Class: Ms. Barben is going to do her China’s Geography Powerpoint, and you will be taking notes in the provided graphic organizer. • This is to be done in PENCIL, BLACK, or BLUE PEN.

  5. Day One: Thursday, April 10, 2014 • Homework: For the next two nights, you will be accessing in pdf format from my teacher page National Geographic East Asia Chapter and taking notes in the graphic organizer provided by Ms. Barben in either PINK, ORANGE, RED, or PURPLE Pen. • Pages Clarification: The reading is in pdf format, so there are two ways to read the pages either in the pdf numbers or in the textbook pages at the bottom. I have identified the textbook pages not the pdf pages. • Night One: Thursday, April 10: Read and take notes from pages 645-650. • Topics Covered In This Night’s Reading: • China’s Size and Population---pages 645-646 • Ring of Fire---page 646 • China’s Mountain Ranges---pages 647-648 • China’s Plateaus, Deserts, and Plains---page 648 • China’s Rivers---pages 648-649 • China’s Natural Resources---pages 649-640 • Night Two: Friday, April 11: Read and take notes from pages 651-655. • Topics Covered In This Night’s Reading: • Climate and Vegetation---pages 651-654 • China’s Deserts---page 653 • Monsoons---pages 644-655 • Typhoons---page 655

  6. Day Two: Friday, April 11, 2014 • Class: Ms. Barben is going to continue her China’s Geography Powerpoint, and you are to continue to take notes in the provided graphic organizer. • This is to be done in PENCIL, BLACK, or BLUE PEN. • 7. Homework: Finish the chunked reading and note-taking in PINK, RED, ORANGE, or PURPLE PEN. • This will be checked the Monday we return from Spring Break for Class Participation Points!

  7. Day Three: Monday, April 21, 2014 • Class: Ms. Barben is going to finish her China’s Geography Powerpoint, and you are going to finish taking notes in the provided graphic organizer in either PENCIL, BLACK, or BLUE PEN. • 9. Homework: Jigsaw Method---You are to go to Ms. Barben’s China’s Environmental Problems Powerpoint on her teacher page and fill in the provided graphic organizer for your assigned Problem in the provided graphic organizer. • You will be teaching this material to your group members in the next class period. • Environmental Problems in China: • Person One: You will be reading, taking notes, and teaching to group about Water Shortage and Water Pollution in China. • Person Two: You will be reading, taking notes, and teaching to group about Air Pollution in China. • Person Three: You will be reading, taking notes, and teaching to group about Deforestation and Desertification in China. • Person Four: You will be reading, taking notes, and teaching to group about Other Environmental Issues and Overall Impact/Effects on China and world. • Person Five: You will be reading, taking notes and teaching to group about the Three Gorges Dam. THIS IS A SEPARATE POWERPOINT! FOCUS ONLY ON REASONS IT WAS BUILT AND NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS!

  8. Day Four: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 • Groups: Ms. Barben is going to have you break into your Environmental Issues Jigsaw Groups, and you will have the entire class period to cover the content required for the graphic organizer. • Homework: You are to label and color-code the Political Map of China. • Resources to Use: • Maps in the PDF Geography Chapter we read that are on pages 6-9. • Ms. Barben’s Separate Powerpoint of just Maps • Internet

  9. Day Five: Block Day Wednesday, April 23 or Thursday, April 24, 2014 • Groups: If needed, the Jigsaw Groups can have 15 more minutes to finish the Environmental Issues notes. • Class: We are going to watch a recent documentary on the Three Gorges Dam from You Tube. It runs about 25 minutes. You are to add to your notes. • ****Change---Since it is a Block Day, we are going to watch a longer documentary on the Three Gorges Dam. We will be watching the documentary “Lost in China with the Hutchens Brothers---Three Gorges Dam” • Homework: You are to label and color-code the Physical Map of China. Use the same resources identified for the Political Map.

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