Introducing Southeast Asia

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Introducing Southeast Asia

• Casting by Marie Foster

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Introduction

• Choose a group of two or three!
• You (the students ?) will take an in depth look a
  country from Southeast Asia and be ready to
  present the economic well fare of the country
  along with basic facts. Included in this.guess
  youll have to figure that one out on your own!
• If your ready for this challenging role please
  continue.

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Introduction cont

• Students will be expected to fill out all
  worksheets that are attached to the PowerPoint.
• Keep all of these in a folder, if you desire to
  print them out.
• Submit all worksheets at the end of the day,
  either by paper or email.
• Keep all journaling in the same folder, frequent
  checks on your journaling to make sure youre
  keeping up with it! ?
• All of the days are hyperlinked so you can easily
  access any day you wish! Go in order please!! ?
• Also, when you click on a particular day, follow
  it the slides till you see this symbol

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Table of Contents

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Days 4 and 5
• Days 6 and 7
• Days 8 through 10
• Opening Debut
• The End
• Helpful links
• Bibliography
• Clicking the in the right
  corner will
• bring you back to here!

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Day 1 Casting

• Please choose a country and fill out the
  following basic information on link to the
  following sheet.
• Each student must complete his/her own worksheet
  and the journaling. Time will be given at the end
  of each day to summarize and compare what each
  has brought to the group. You may work on this in
  your group, but have each person a copy.
• Helpful hints
• Try basic search engines to refine your search
• Try to only use sites with edu, org, gov, ect.
• Be open to new and interesting facts.
• The World is a Large Place
• Make sure to save all websites, journaling and
  writing assignments. You are responsible for
  these!

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Journaling

• What do you want to learn from this web quest,
  what specific concepts do you want to become
  knowledgeable about your country?

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Day 2 Knowing the script

• Now that you know the basics. Lets look deeper.
• Using the internet look up the economy about your
  country.
• Concentrating on the imports, exports and also
  how much the average person makes per year in
  your country.
• Answer the questions on the following link.
• Get to know your country

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Maps!!!!

• Find a map of your country.
• Copy and paste it to the link attached.
• Maps!
• Using the drawing tools
• Label the countries around it
• Large bodies of water
• The capital
• Major cities
• Only map will need to be turned in per group!

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Journaling

• How does the average income of your country
  compare to that of the average income of the
  United States?

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Day 3

• Technology a very important aspect in the United
  States how does it add up to your country.
• Using the internet, look up the technology
  advances in your country.
• Things to consider
• Telephones
• Internet
• Radios, televisions
• Hospitals
• Using the form provided, write out your notes and
  thoughts about this issue.
• Technology

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Journaling

• How does technology affect your country? Are the
  technological advances up to par with the US?
• How does technology affect your life?

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Day 4 and 5 What are the characters like?

• Looking at your country, what are the people
  like?
• Look mostly at the food, housing and how the
  country relates to other countries.
• Dissect the country, breaking down the religion,
  how does the religion effect the country.
• What does the language say about the country?
• Make sure you find a recipe for your final
  project, something that you can make. Preferably
  something not in the grocery store. Enlighten us!

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Journaling

• What was the most surprising, interesting,
  heartbreaking, ect. Thing you learned about your
  country.

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Day 6 and 7

• Today you will concentrate on your Brochure for
  you country.
• Your brochure needs
• To be a piece of paper folded into thirds
• Have four pictures, not including the flag
• Have the flag, capital, population, ethnicities.
• Places to visit, resorts, ect.
• Things not to do drink the water, ect.
• Main thing, be creative, have fun, draw!
• Due by final project.

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What to bring to class!!

• Tomorrow you need to bring, crayons, markers,
  scissors, glue, paper, ect if you are doing a
  Poster.
• If you are doing a PowerPoint, make sure you have
  all your information ready to go!
• The rubric for your final is linked. Make sure
  you read it before hand! ?

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Journaling

• Would you want to visit your country? Why or why
  not? Least at least three examples.

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Day 8 through 10

• Putting it all together
• Students will design a poster or a PowerPoint.
• On the linked document you will find all that
  needs to be on your poster and power point.
• Rubric for Presentation
• Start thinking about your food you want to share!
• Due at the final!
• Rubric for poster or PowerPoint.
• If you want to do something other than a poster
  or a PowerPoint, it must be approved first.
• Extra points for the most creative!

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Please print out the following

• By presentation time you will need to have
  printed out the following
• A sheet to grade your peers on there
  presentations.
• Youll need to print one page per group
• A sheet to grade your group on the work each
  student put into the group. Be honest!
• Youll need to print one page per person in the
  group, not including yourself.
• The students who did not do the work should not
  get the same letter grade. ?

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At the end you should have!

• A dish from your country
• A PowerPoint or poster
• A brochure

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Journaling

• What was your favorite moment about this
  assignment, least favorite moment. Would you
  recommend doing this assignment with next years
  class?

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Opening Debut

• For the next two days you will be presenting your
  countries.
• Presentations will go in alphabetical order with
  the countries names!
• Good luck and have fun!

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Opening Debut cont

• Last assignment!
• As a class, discuss the advantages and
  disadvantages to living in your specific country.
• Interact with your fellow classmateswhat country
  would you rather live in?
• What was the most tasty food item brought?
• Could you eat this food every day?

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The End

• You are done with this project congratulations
  YOU MADE IT!
• Now that you are through with this project dont
  stop there! Dig deeper into the world of
  geographyFind out what country your family first
  came from! Look into how the United States
  interacts with other countries, are the ways we
  interact good or bad in your opinion?
• Keep the LEARNING GOING ALL YEAR LONG!

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Helpful links

• Southeast Asia Maps
• another map of Southeast Asia
• Travelers Guide
• Interesting Facts

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Bibliography

• Center for Disease Control Health Information
  for Travelers to Southeast Asia updated April
  24, 2004 http//www.cdc.gov/travel/seasia.htm
• Dowling, Mike., "The Electronic Passport to
  Southeast Asia," available from
  http//www.mrdowling.com/615seasia.html
  Internet updated Tuesday, April 30, 2002

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Bibliography cont

• Southeast Asia Maps http//www.exxun.com/exon/tm
  _southeast_asia.html
• CIA WorldFact Book Southeast Asia
• http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/refe
  rence_maps/southeast_asia.html