Population Density
in Japan: Life in a
Crowded Country
A Battani, Bowman, and
Gallina Production
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Hook’em
BIG IDEA
There are many
ways to adapt to
an environment.
Essential Question
How does Population density
affect the way people live in
Japan?
Think: transportation, housing, land use, and
health/environment
Exploring Population
Densities
 Students made a prediction about the
current world population.
 We showed the current population on the
World’s Population Clock.
 Discussed that the world population will be
at 7 billion by the end of 2011.
 Watched the National Geographic 7 billion
video.
http://galen.metapath.org/popclk.html
Exploring Population Densities
 After the 7 billion video, students headed
down to the computer lab.
 They were given a website
http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_pop
ulation/play_population/ and a guided
exploration.
 Students explored different aspects of the
website; took quizzes, simulated the
population, and looked at data about people
their age, and discovered!
Exploring Population
Densities
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Preview Activity Wrap up
 After the activity we had a classroom
discussion on how population density
might impact each of the 3 countries,
and how it differs amongst them.
 We read sections 31.1-31.2 with the
students, and assigned “Geoterms 31.”
Preview Activity Wrap up
Guided Highlighted Read
 Introduced crowding in Japan
with YouTube Videos
 Did a Guided Highlighted Read
on Sections 31.3-31.6
 Assigned Reading Notes 31
Guided Highlighted
Reading
Guided Highlighted Read
Guided Highlighted Read
Guided Highlighted Read
Topic Review: Graffiti and
Round About activities
 Students were put into groups of 4 they
had to do a Graffiti activity on how
population density affects Japan in one
of the 4 sectors: Transportation,
Housing, Land use, or Heath and
Environment.
 Students then did a Gallery Walk to
observe each other’s work.
Topic Review: Graffiti and
Round About activities
Topic Review: Graffiti and
Round About activities
 Then the students did a Round About
activity. Each student became an expert on
one part of Japanese life that is affected by
overcrowding: Transportation, Housing,
Land use, Health and Environment
 Then the students rotated papers and
each expert filled in their portion of the
paper until everyone had a completed
paper.
Topic Review: Graffiti and
Round About activities
Summative Assessment
 Every student took a multiple choice assessment
on the reading.
 They then had a choice to answer the essential
question:
Choice 1 (For the Writers)- You can write a detailed
ESSAY answering the above question in the
complete sentences. You need to provide
examples and information for each category.
Choice 2 (For the Artists)- You can CREATE/DRAW
a scene of Japanese life answering the essential
question. You need to provide examples for each
category. Write a caption for each of your
drawings.
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Credits
 Thank you
E3T Team!!!
JMS 7th Grade Students