COURSE INTRODUCTION
Task 1: Pre-test
Complete the provided pre-test to help the teacher establish where your Asian historical knowledge is currently at.
Task 2: The physical geography of Asia
In this task, you are going to explore the physical geography of Asia: its land, borders, mountains, seas and rivers. You will need an atlas or Google Maps to refer to. On the blank map provided, label:
Don't forget to add BOLTSS, and ensure a clear legend is used to identify all of these geographic features.
Task 3: Asia’s political geography and history
Using the article embedded below, complete a Read2Learn Paragraph by Paragraph cycle to develop an overview of Asia’s political geography and history leading into the 20th century and also develop your comprehension skills and ability to identify key historical facts.
Complete the provided pre-test to help the teacher establish where your Asian historical knowledge is currently at.
Task 2: The physical geography of Asia
In this task, you are going to explore the physical geography of Asia: its land, borders, mountains, seas and rivers. You will need an atlas or Google Maps to refer to. On the blank map provided, label:
- Each country
- Major cities within each country
- Oceans, seas, gulfs and bays
- Major mountains and mountain ranges
- Large deserts
- Major rivers: eg Mekong, Yangtze, Ganges, Yellow, Brahmaputra, Pearl, Indus
Don't forget to add BOLTSS, and ensure a clear legend is used to identify all of these geographic features.
Task 3: Asia’s political geography and history
Using the article embedded below, complete a Read2Learn Paragraph by Paragraph cycle to develop an overview of Asia’s political geography and history leading into the 20th century and also develop your comprehension skills and ability to identify key historical facts.
r2l_asia_political_geography_article.docx | |
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Task 4: Asia's major religions
Activity 1: Buddhism & Hinduism in Asia
Activity 1: Buddhism & Hinduism in Asia
- Create an annotated map that outlines what Buddhism and Hinduism are, where they are practiced in Asia and to what extent.
- This article (scroll down to the sections titled 'Hinduism' and 'Buddhism': http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/atlas-of-world-religions-asian-religions-a-460247.html
- This Speigel.de map (credit: http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/grossbild-460247-779128.html)
Activity 2: Islam throughout Asia
- Visit the Pew Research Centre's web page which gives an overview of Islam in the Asia-Pacific region: http://www.pewforum.org/2009/10/07/mapping-the-global-muslim-population9/
- On your annotated map, add the countries in Asia where Islam is practised (refer to both the map and table to gather this information), and what percentage of the population in each of these countries practises the religion.
- Go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ataglance/glance.shtml and use the information here to add annotations to your map to explain what Islam is.