Himalayas, Monsoons, Tsunamis

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Himalayas, Monsoons, Tsunamis
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Table of Contents South Asia
Date Title Lesson
2/17 Oil 45
2/23 Water 46
2/27 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 47
South Asia
3/9 Map/Cover Page 48
3/10 Himalayas and Tsunamis 49
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Warm-up Page
Date Question of the Day Warm-up
3/10 What are the effects of the Tsunami of 2004? 1. plates collided together forming the Himalayas 2. the Himalayas are located on border of China and India.
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Directions

• Label a new page HIMALAYAS

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Intro - clip
- Pay close attention to what happens to the
hood.
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Himalayas Forming
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Over the last 71 million years, the India plate
has mashed into the Eurasian plate creating the
Himalayas.
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• Himalayas ? Mountains were formed when plates
  COLLIDED and the land is forced upward

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Task

• Complete the following statement in your
  notebook
• A head-on car crash is like the creation of the
  Himalayas because?

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DIRECTIONS

• Draw a line underneath your Himalayas notes
• Label the next section TSUNAMIS

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Tsunami Intro

• Clip Questions
• 1. What causes a tsunami?
• 2. How do tsunamis devastate land?

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Tsunamis check out both of these to answer the
questions below.

• Animation
• Clip Questions
• 1. Explain how a tsunami forms deep in the ocean.
• 2. Describe how they work.

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Tsunami Intro

• Click here http//www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/
  tsnumai/flash.htm
• Questions
• 1. What caused the tsunami?
• 2. What countries were affected by the tsunami?

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Click on Tsunami Animation 3. Explain how the
disaster was created in geological terms (think
plate tectonics).
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• Click on Tsunamis Wreak Havoc, view the slide
  show
• 4. Describe the devastation suffered by the
  people.
• 5. What affect did this disaster have on
  infrastructure?

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Click on Coping with Chaos 6. What types of
problems exist for the people in the region? 7.
What things are required to recover the region?
8. What does the infrastructure require for
recovery?