LESSON: CELEBRATING THE CHANGING ROLE OF ASIAN WOMEN

GRADE LEVEL: Mature 7-9th

TIME FRAME: THREE 60-MINUTE CLASS PERIODS

TYPE OF ACTIVITY: GROUP COOPERATION

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OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will study and examine the ancient roles of women in Asia.

o The learner will study and examine modern day roles of women in Asia.

o The learner will translate the poem Fu Xuan Women.

o The learner will write a letter to a woman in Asia exploring and expressing his/her feelings regarding the roles and status of women within the country.

o The learner will predict the future roles of women in Asia.

MATERIALS:

o Fu Xuan Woman Poem by Arthur Waley.

o Notecards for two-minute assignment

o Questions for thought on Fu Xuan Women

o Copies of the poem Fu Suan Women

o Articles:

o Role of Women in China

o Role of Women in India

o Role of Women in Vietnam

o Role of Women in North & South Korea

o Role of Women in Japan

o Wrap-up reproducible

o Bell

o Sticky Notes

o Instructions to the Matchmaker game

o Wrap-up Activity reproducible

o China, India, Vietnam, North & South Korea, and Japan

PREPARATION:

o Laminate four copies each of the reading materials on China, India, North/South Korea, Japan and Vietnam. This may seem like a great deal of work, but it will save you preparation time in the coming years. The room will have been set up in ten centers, placing an article for each center. Since there are only five countries, you will have two centers per country.

o Place a stack of note cards at each table.

o One lunch bag per table.

o Bell to ring to signal to move to the next center

o Place sticky notes at each table.

o Make copies of the Wrap-Up Activity sheets for each country

INTRODUCTION:

Find out what each group knows about women in Asia before you begin this lesson. Divide them into teams of four and present the topic. Give each team a stack of sticky notes. Ask them to brainstorm and list as many ideas or questions as they can come up within five minutes.

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WARM-UP (GROUP READING ACTIVITY)

The room has been set up into 10 centers: 2 centers for each country being studied. The goal is for each student to visit all five countries, but not to visit all ten centers since some are duplicates. The centers will be timed giving students 10 minutes to complete the reading and

2-minute assignment.

Explain to students that they will be visiting six different countries: Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China, Vietnam and India to learn the roles of women (and men) in each country and how they have improved. (Note: North and South Korea have been combined into one learning center.)

They will be given 8 minutes to read their activity and 2 minutes to complete the center activity. Once eight minutes have passed, the instructor will notify the class by ringing a bell or using another sound. The remaining two minutes will be used to complete the 2-minute activity (see below).

THE 2-MINUITE ASSIGNMENTS:

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Once the warm-up reading center’s activity is complete, the instructor will pick up the bags and will dump them all into one bag and shake them up.

MATCH MAKER GAME:

Explain to students, matchmaking is a process of making a match of an unmarried man and woman by a matchmaker, which is a common way of choosing a spouse in ancient China and other Asian cultures. The traditional Chinese wedding is much involved with "matchmaker", or in other words, marriage introducer. In Zhou Dynasty several thousand years ago, the post of "official matchmaker" was set up for management of marriage, supervising and urging young people old enough to marry or widows and widowers to marry. Later, the meaning of "matchmaker" extended to all persons or events that act as a go-between of marriage between two families.

Today matchmaking is still seen as the proper way to marry by the older generation. You will find that parents will trade a person’s resume and will compare it to their child’s to determine if it is a good match. However, there has been given more freedom, from one generation to another, of individual choice to choose a partner.

Tell students they are going to play a game called “Matchmaker”.

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ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY

Examine the Fu Xuan Woman Poem by Arthur Waley in how it relates to the role of women in Asia.

Have students work in groups of two to read and examine the poem Fu Xuan Woman. Provide each student with a Question for Thought Activity Sheet (Included). Give students 15 minutes to read and examine the poem, also attempting to answer the Questions for Thought.

Review the answers with the students:

1. What are some key words used to describe women of ancient China?

2. In lines 3-4, to what are boys compared?

3. What do lines 7 & 8 express about how girls are looked upon by families?

4. What does the Fu Xuan’s poem depict about the life and status of women in ancient China?

5. In what ways do the roles of women today differ from the images expressed in this poem?

CLOSURE / EVALUATION: (30 Minutes)

Provide each student with wrap-up activity sheet of a female from one of the countries studied. They are to write a letter to the female expressing his/her feelings and thoughts regarding the roles and status of women in that country, as well as celebrating how the roles and status of women within the country has improved. In addition, have each student express how he/she feels women’s roles will change in the future. Allow for follow-up discussion.

Teacher’s Guiding Questions:

1. What was life like for Asian women in the past?

2. What is life like for them today?

3. Do you think much has changed in the roles and statuses of women in Asia?

4. Based on what you know about women in Asia, what do you predict will be the future of these women?

5. What do you think needs to be done to improve the situations of women in Asia?

6. Many of these beliefs we discussed have been passed on from generation to generation as it has been

a cultural issue. Do you think those in the culture are willing to change and allow more rights for women?

7. Who would like to read their letter to the class? (Instructor: you may offer extra points for presentation)

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In our global society, it is important for our students to understand how cultures are developed, and how they adapt to and adopt other practices and beliefs through diffusion.

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Have your student examine and explore the Environmental Issues Around the World 5 Geographical Themes lesson in your geography classroom and encourage them to use their higher-level thinking skills to identify and problem-solve. Students will learn about the world's environmental issues through presentations of the final products. In addition to problem-solving skills. students will practice public speaking skills, which they will take into the world.

OBJECTIVE:

• The learner will identify an environmental issue around the world.
• The learner will be able to recognize things they can do to save our earth.
• The learner will be able to illustrate an environmental issue that is harmful to our environment and present a solution to the problem.
• The learner will revisit and apply the 5 geographical themes.

MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Access to the Internet for research (or) various printed articles, one for each team. Suggestions of articles are provided, but as time evolves, the issues may change and the articles may become irrelevant or outdated. Please make sure to keep your articles updated. The way to avoid outdated articles is to allow students to choose their articles and complete research. The instructor may also choose his/her articles for this lesson. If the link doesn’t work, as they often change addresses, Google the article name, and you more than likely will be able to find the article, as the article usually remains on the web, but the address may have changed.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDE

Pollution, Global Warming, Overpopulation, Natural Resource Depletion, Waste Disposal, Climate Change, Loss of Biodiversity, Deforestation, Ocean Acidification, Ozone Rain, Acid Rain, Water Pollution, Urban Sprawl, Pubic Health Issues, Genetic Engineering.

INCLUDE

• Introduction: Global Environment Bingo Game,
• Vocabulary Class Discussion/Game
• Activity: What Environmental Issue Can You Solve (Group or Individual Activity)
• Closure/Evaluation: Presentation + Grading Rubric

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Take your students into today's world and its current environmental, human, and cultural situations.

Students will learn about current events in our world while exploring the 5 geographical themes — location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and region. The five geography themes enable you to discuss and explain people, places, and environments of the past and present. This is a higher-level thinking skill assignment for grades 6-12 and can be modified by the instructor for various learning levels. Incorporates students' creative side and music, and provides hands-on learning to reach all different types of learners. All instructions and resources are included.

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Students will have fun with this high-level, fun thinking activity. This lesson is a wonderful introduction activity. This will encourage students to explore the characteristics that define a nation: economics, culture, government, religion, etc.

This is best used as a beginning-of-the-year activity to understand the concept of what a nation is.

Students will work in groups to create a "Country Recipe" of a country/nation based upon its economic, political, and cultural characteristics.

The outcome? Students will understand what it means to be a "nation", whether a developed nation or a developing nation.

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Includes teacher instructions, interest checklist, student instructions for each activity, graphic organizers, rubric, and note-taking handout.

No two students enter a classroom with identical abilities, experiences, and needs. Learning style, language proficiency, background knowledge, readiness to learn, and other factors can vary widely within a single class group.

Differentiated instruction is based upon the belief that students learn best when they make connections between the curriculum and their diverse interests and experiences.

Following World War I, Germany was in economic, political, and physical ruins. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor and began his quiet quest against anyone who was not Arian. In 1931, Germany was given the option of hosting the 1936 Olympics. Hilter, under his Nazi German totalitarian dictatorship government system, wasn't sure it was a good idea until he was convinced that they could build the largest stadium to be seen at the Olympics and make Germany look as if it was not in ruin. He agreed! The 1936 Olympics were different from the Olympics in the past. It incorporated theatre, high-tech equipment for the games, and wonderful production with a lot of rituals that would continue into the Olympic games after Hitler's Olympics.

Hitler kept the secret of his war against the Jews throughout the two weeks of the 1936 Olympics using propaganda to show the world how well Germany was doing; the world, however, had no idea whatwas in store for Germany and the Jews who lived within its borders.

OBJECTIVES:

• Students will understand the concept of propaganda and how it was used during the Olympics in 1936 by the Nazi regime. (Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand)
• Students will understand the events that led up to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. (Bloom’s: Understand)
• Students will recognize the governmental workings to boycott Jews from the Olympics. (Bloom’s: Understand)
• Students will investigate, identify, and present today’s propaganda techniques throughout the world in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. (Bloom’s: Understand and Create)
• Students will critique and defend their work as propaganda. (Bloom’s: Evaluate)
• Students will judge whether they agree with statements using the Before & After technique. (Blooms: Evaluate)

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• Group Project Activity Instruction
• Mustache Art (For Fun)
• Examples of Government Propaganda with Teacher Guides.
• Before & After: Agree or Disagree Warm-up and Follow-up Activity
• Exit Cards
• Grading Rubric (Included)
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Have your student work cooperatively to use their prior knowledge of five (5) geographical themes knowledge to create a culture — location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and region. Through this lesson, students will learn all the characteristics of culture. For students to be successful in playing this game, students must have a working knowledge of the five geographical themes.

OBJECTIVE:

• Students will review the five geographical themes.
• Students will be able to apply the five geographical themes to real-world experiences.
• Students will use the five geographical themes and will create a culture.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

• What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
• What physical and cultural characteristics make a place special?
• How do people, goods, and ideas move throughout the world?
• What are the common characteristics that are shared by a region?

MATERIALS

• Detailed Teacher Instructions
• Three-prong notebook per student
• Art Supplies: Markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
• Five Geographical Themes Activity Sheet (Included)
• Five Geographical Themes Review Game (Included)
• Internet access
• Class set of atlases
• Hole punch
• Grading Rubric (Included)

PREPARATION

• Set up the classroom desks or tables so that students are sitting in groups of twos or threes.
• Duplicate Geographical Themes Game, cut, and place in bag.
• Duplicate packets, one per student.

SCHEDULE

Day One:

(1) Watch video

(2) Play Geographical Themes Game

(3) Complete the brainstorming activity

(2) Create a title page with your culture’s name on it

(3) Complete the “location” activity.

Day Two:

(1) Complete the “place” activity.

Day Three:

(2) Complete the “human environment Interaction” activity.

Day Four:

(1) Complete the “movement” activity and “region” activity.

Day Six:

(1) Presentations. See closure and evaluation.

CLOSURE / EVALUATION

Students, alongside their groups, will present their Geographical Themes Interactive Notebook while the audience takes notes.

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A study of women's labor during the early Industrial Revolution. using the song "The Jute Mill" song. Students will enjoy learning about how women played a role in the Industrial Revolution.

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What a fun and exciting way to get students interested in the forces of nature!!!! They will love this interactive, group cooperation activity.

NOTE: ADJUST MARGINS UNDER PAGE SETUP BEFORE PRINTING or SCALE TO FIT TO AVOID GRAPHICS FROM BEING CUT OFF.

OBJECTIVE:
o Students will understand the devastating effect natural disasters have on people and the country economically in the 21st Century.
o Students will be able to identify the cause and effect of various natural disasters throughout history.

MATERIALS:
o Introduction videos to choose from.
o Cards duplication for research on a natural disaster
o Graphic organizer
o Laminated spinner (You may use the one provided or purchase spinners at a teacher’s store.)
o Metal brads, 1 per group
o Laminated game board, 1 per group
o One die per group for the enrichment game.
o Tape—tape down the board game to the desk or table for stabilization.
o Computers, library books, and other resources for research.
o Forces of Nature Thinking Chart for taking notes during presentations.

PREPARATION:
Set up the classroom desks or tables so that students are sitting in groups of three or four.

On the board, write the following in preparation for the game, providing lots of room below each category to place index cards.

5=Results in the most damage costs the most amount of funds for restoration.
1=Results in the least damage costs the least amount of funds for restoration.

INTRODUCTION:

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INTRODUCTORY VIDEO: CHOOSE THE VIDEO YOU WISH YOUR STUDENTS TO VIEW TO INTRODUCE THEM TO NATURAL DISASTERS:

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PROCEDURE:
Students will begin by spinning the wheel on the Forces of Nature game. They will take turns spinning, yet the group will only spin 3-5 times to acquire 3-5 different natural disasters to research (Based on the teacher’s requirements). A list of natural disasters is provided below for which students can refer. Each group will receive 3-5 research cards (included below) which ask them to name the natural disaster they have chosen to (1) research, (2) provide the location, (3) describe the physical damage, (4) explain the cause and effect, and (5) give a total of the estimated cost of damage and restoration costs. Allow students 10-20 minutes to research and complete each card for each natural disaster they chose to research.

Students may need to use problem-solving skills to determine how they are going to get all 3-5 completed within the limited time frame, meaning they may have to divide them up between group members and then come back and share their information.

CLOSURE / EVALUATION:
On the top of the board list the categories below, leaving room for students to place their natural disaster cards underneath the numbering system.

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4=Results in the most physical damage cost the most amount of funds for restoration.
1=Results in the least physical damage costs the least amount of funds for restoration.

Provide students with a Forces of Nature Thinking Chart on which the audience can take notes while their classmates give presentations.

Using their cards, allow students, one team at a time, to present each of their natural disaster cards to the class. Direct them to place their card under one of the four categories of ratings on the board. Be sure to have tape available. Painter’s tape may be best.

Once the class has finished presentations and all cards are categorized on the board, allow the class to discuss what are the 10 Worst Natural Disasters from the presentations, from their lists on the board. This may require that cards be moved around from one category to another in order to determine the 10 Worst Natural Disasters. The discussion will be centered on physical damage & cost of restoration. If students wish to move a natural disaster to another category, they must support their decision with facts. At the end, you should have 10 natural disasters listed under Category 4. This will be what the class as a whole has decided is the most devastating natural disasters throughout history based on restoration costs.

ENRICHMENT REVIEW ACTIVITY:
Continue to play Forces of Nature:
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LIST OF NATURAL DISASTERS COVERED

BEFORE THE 20th CENTURY
The Black Death (1348)
The Great White Plaque (1600s)
North American Smallpox Epidemic (1775)
Antioch Earthquake (526)
Aleppo Earthquake (1138)

20TH CENTURY
Hurricane Andrew (1993)
Nevado del Ruiz Volcano Eruption (1985)
Tangshan Earthquake in China (1976)
Haiyuan Earthquake (1920)

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This 80+ question assessment is a great way to evaluate what your students know going into the school year, what they have learned during the first semester as well as what knowledge and skills they have gained by the end of the school year.

Why waste precious time creating a thorough and effective test when it has already been done for you? Use this clean and well-put-together assessment over and over again throughout the school year to assess your students.

Comes with questions, a student answer sheet, and a teacher's key. Covers a wide variety of concepts such as map and graph reading, culture, government, economics, basic map reading skills, and religion. Took 8 hours to compile the test.

To save paper, make a class copy of the test and print out an answer sheet, one for each student. Have students write their name on the back of the last page of the test booklet just in case it is written in.

Please note: if you find this test is long for your group of students, please know that by modifying it (copying and pasting it to a new Word document the questions you wish for your students to answer), I do not consider this breach of copyright for any of my lessons. I expect that all teachers will modify, to a point, my resources to meet their students' needs and abilities. This assessment is "thorough" in order to give you an accurate understanding of what your students already know. It was created for the purpose of using itat the beginning of the year, mid-year, and end-of-year to measure what your students have learned.

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Students will have a blast with this assignment! As students put their thoughts together to decide which world government types and systems — democracy, direct democracy absolute monarchy, consituational monarchy, oligarchy, etc — work best in various scenarios, they will become familiar with how government systems work. Encourage your students to think outside the box to problem solve and to do their best! Acquiring higher-level thinking skills is a process and a skill that has to be developed over time. Let's get our students thinking!

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Geography teachers, are you always looking for a great Getting To Know You back-to-school geography icebreaker activity for the beginning of the year for all ages? This activity will encourage your students to become familiar with their classmates as they work in groups and rotate through various stations. What a great introduction to basic geography skills such as graphs, charts, maps, and the concept of culture. It truly teaches geography skills all the while allowing students to collaborate, have fun, and get to know one another.

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Get students involved in the learning process through this lesson China's Historical One Child Policy: Creating a Population Density Cartogram. Students will not only learn about the cause and effect of China's One Child Policy of 1979, but will strengthen their knowledge of map creation and reading skills, specific to a cartogram.

Working in collaborative groups, team members will participate in a group reading activity an article on China’s 1979 One-Child Policy Act entitled Too Many In The Family. This article will address the history behind the law, the policy incentives, disobeying the policy, and expectations of the rule. Students to express their thoughts on the topic after the reading and use high-level thinking skills.

In addition, students will have fun collaborating, examining and learning how to read cartograms by creating their own cartogram that reflects the current population of China. This brings the past into the present. Students will need graph paper, colored pencils, a map, and a calculator for this activity.

While this lesson focuses on the original One-Child Policy Act of 1979, there have been additional child policy acts passed since 1979 — the first one being the 2015 Two-Child Policy Act, following the 2021 Three-Child Policy Act. To learn more about these, click on this link: One Child, Two Child, Three-Child, or More

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

Need a great introductory activity and a way to help students visualize landforms rather than implement the simple "write the word and definition" intro activity?

Give students the opportunity to acquire a mental picture of what each landform looks like by having them illustrate each landform based on the definition provided. This is a great way to assess their understanding of the description of each landform.

In addition, have students explore the world identifying examples of each landform and their locations by using maps, internet and other resources.

This is also a great tool for student evaluation at the end of the unit.

As teachers, we always need additional resources to help make planning easier. Through the years, I have compiled this list of Bloom's Taxonomy action verbs, stems, and sample questions to assist in planning for Geography and Social Studies lessons. There are a series of questions and stems for knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. It is always nice to have this handy to refer to while planning.

Using Bloom's Taxonomy allows you to ascertain if your students have a basic understanding, yet allows you to raise the bar in developing guiding questions via cognitive, psychomotor & affective domains.

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Need a fun and motivating Easter-themed activity to move into the Easter holiday? This lesson reinforces basic geographical skills — a good review of geography skills and knowledge. This lesson is a great way to encourage students to use their map and technology skills, as well as, review using the coordinate system to calculate latitude and longitude (Geographical theme: absolute location). Students will use Easter terms and Google Maps to identify geographical locations and features around the world.

Your students will love this and interacting with their peers!

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Each team will work together to go on a Scavenger Hunt around the globe to identify cities, landforms, and landmarks, etc. around the world that incorporate Easter words such as Easter Island (West of Chile in the Pacific Ocean), Easter Creek (Australia), Eggs and Bacon Bay (Australia), Bonnetan (France), etc. using Google Maps. Then, they will work together to determine its absolute location using the Easter Hunt Map.

Students will have a blast, and it is interesting and fun, too!

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