1. 2014 Japan’s Geography Lesson Plan Date your papers: Friday, April 25, 2014 Monday, April 28, 2014 Tuesday, April 29, 2014

2. 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:

3. Day One: Friday, April 25, 2014

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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.