The Regions & Physical
Geography of Asia (Part 2)
Unit 7, Lesson 2
DO NOW
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Answer the Map Practice questions on your hand-out.
Daily Objectives
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The scholar will be able to…
◦ …describe the physical and human geography
of Central and South Asia.
◦ …explain how human and physical geography
interact in Central and South Asia.
Video Introduction
The Geography & Climate of India
 Open
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRyH9VtoBEs&list=PL3R
bLxbjtXdmyirZPUqrKKWrSjGlfwqRc&index=3&spfreload=1
Class Notes:
1. An ARCHAPELAGO is a group or chain
of islands.
2. A peninsula is a piece of land with
WATER ON THREE SIDES.
Class Notes:
3. When an EARTHQUAKE occurs
below or close to the ocean, it can trigger a
TSUNAMI, or huge ocean waves that get
higher as they approach the coast.
4. There are two types of islands: the tops
of underwater VOLCANOES; and
ATOLLS, or small ring–shaped islands
made from the build-up of coral.
Class Notes:
5. TYPHOONS are exactly like
hurricanes, except that they occur in the
PACIFIC OCEAN.
6. CYCLONES are exactly like hurricanes
and typhoons, except that they occur in the
INDIAN OCEAN.
Group Work:
READ AND ANNOTATE Asia’s Physical
Features section in the Guided Notes.
 As a table group, COMPLETE THE
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER that follows the
reading passage.
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Independent Practice:
Imagine you are a travel agent with a
client who wants to visit East Asia.
Which landforms would you
suggest your client visit?
Why?
Support your point of view!
Exit Ticket:
ANIME is Japanese animation.
1.
INDEPENDENTLY read about ANIME.
2.
IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, answer the three (3) questions that
follow.
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Three (3) correct answers = 100
Tw0 (2) correct answers = 90
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One (1) correct answer = 80
Tried, but zero (0) correct answers = 70
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Add five (5) points if you created a 3-panel ANIME storyboard
3.
Draw your own 3-panel storyboard for a scene in an ANIME film.
4.
We’ll grade the questions as a class, and then we’ll share any
storyboards you created.