Grab your passport! You are being whisked away to explore Southern and Eastern Asia!

With our study of the nations in Southern and Eastern Asia, you will plan an imaginary trip through seven Asian nations and document the experience in a scrapbook.

Countries / Physical Features-
Must choose one for each country.
  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
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  • Ganges River, Huang He (Yellow River), Indus River, Mekong River, Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Indian Ocean
  • Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Yellow Sea
  • Gobi Desert , Taklimakan Desert
  • Himalayan Mountains
  • Korean Peninsula

Your scrapbook will consist of ten pages. It may be created on paper or electronically.

Cover (page 1)-Include the following:

  1. Your name, the date and your class period
  2. A creative title for your trip
  3. A map that has all the countries and physical features label and your path of travel drawn.

Pages 2-8 will feature each one of the seven countries and the physical feature you have chosen to visit and will show the following items:

  1. A written description of the feature, its surrounding climate and the importance of the geographical feature to the people of the area.
  1. A color picture either hand drawn or printed.
  1. A written description of local citizens’ lives that live around the physical feature. This description should include the answers to the following questions:
  2. What do the local citizens do for work?
  3. Describe the population density in the area. Is it urban, rural, and isolated?
  4. Create two more questions to investigate at each location.

Examples: What are interesting cultural and historical sites? What do locals eat? What are people dressed like?

  1. Include a souvenir for each country. It must be something unique and identifiable for that place. This can be a physical item, a re-creation or an image. Ex. Cloves or cumin from India
  1. Lastly, note how you traveled to each country and feature. You must have a variety of modes of transport and it should be something that the locals might also use. Ex. Riding in a rickshaw in India.

You will include your final thoughts on the ninth and last page of the scrapbook. It should address the following:

  1. What was your favorite country to visit and why?
  1. What was your favorite physical feature to visit and why?
  1. Write a compare and contrast paragraph that explains how location has affected two countries of your choosing. You must support your claims by citing specific examples.

Essentially, your paragraph will answer these three questions-

  1. Where do people live?
  2. What work do they do?
  3. How do they travel?

On the back cover, page 10, you will cite all your sources.

Each element of your project should be accurate, neat, creative and thoughtful.

Projects will be due: ______Nov. 1______.

We will spend some time in class gatheringinformation and doing research, but additional time may be required at home. We will spendtime in the computer lab researching the information (additional timemay be required before or after school).

Textbook Resources

Ch.7 pages 348-349, 355-357, 372-376

Ch. 8 pages 388-394, 398-404, 407-408, 420-421

Ch. 9 pages 428-438, 445, 450-455

Ch. 10 pages 462-473