WORLD
GEOGRAPHY LESSON PLANS
Unit 8: Asia
Unit 9 Australia, Oceania,
Antarctica
The World and Its People(Glencoe)
5-11
Unit 8 Map and Vocabulary games… (Students will memorize Asia map and key vocabulary words for Asia Unit)…
Brief comments on Japan (poster), Sadako, and then Origami and Peace Cranes (Kobe 690, Sadako 692, Past and Present 693, Hard Hats 694, Customs 695, Haiku 697, Buddha 698, Border 699, Population 700)…
5-12 Computer Room
Unit 8 Map and Vocabulary games… (Students will memorize Asia map and key vocabulary words for Asia Unit)…
Explore Asia thru these web pages: Jewels of the Mekong (Southeast Asia)…Vietnam and the War…Japan Kids Web…Taj Mahal…India… China… China… Japan/Korea…China Exploratory…
5-13
Map Test #1-20 and Vocabulary 1-10
Intro Unit 9 (pp722-733)…
5-14
Study Oceania
Map… Oceania Map
Game
Asia Foldable due…Discuss and share from Unit 8…
Intro Unit 9 (pp722-733)…
5-15
Study Oceania
Map… Oceania Map
Game
Time For Kids Australia and New Zealand…
Intro Unit 9 (pp722-733)… “Haka” New
5-18
Study Oceania
Map… Oceania Map
Game
Web Activites…Great Barrier Reef…Antarctica…
Create a Chart (p758) over the
three island region of Oceania (Chapter 27 pp758-762 Students will list five
defining characteristics of Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia)…Power Point
Presentation on Oceania…
Hawaii Day
(Students will learn about this
Video-Wonders of the World-Australia
5-19
Sign Year Books…