Mapping Asia [microform] : A Curriculum Unit Grades Six to Ten.

This curriculum unit teaches students about the basic physical and political geography of Asia and introduces or reviews fundamental geographical concepts and vocabulary in an Asian context. Each of the unit's five lessons can be integrated into the curriculum where it best suits students'...

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Online Access: Request ERIC Document
Corporate Author: Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994.
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Summary:This curriculum unit teaches students about the basic physical and political geography of Asia and introduces or reviews fundamental geographical concepts and vocabulary in an Asian context. Each of the unit's five lessons can be integrated into the curriculum where it best suits students' needs, but it is suggested that the unit be taught as a whole. The lessons are: (1) "Getting Oriented to Globes and Maps"; (2) "Countries of Asia"; (3) "What is Asia"; (4) "Learning the Physiographic Features of Asia"; and (5) "Asian Climate." Handouts, transparencies, teacher's guides, and appendices containing conversion tables and a data bank are included. (EH)
Item Description:Availability: China Project/SPICE, Institute for International Studies (IIS), Littlefield Center, Room 14, Stanford University, 300 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA 94305-5013.
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
ERIC Document Number: ED388582.
Physical Description:87 pages.
Audience:Teachers.
Practitioners.
Reproduction Note:Microfiche.
Action Note:committed to retain