Session 7: Important Cities

Materials

  • Maps of Southeast and East Asia
  • Atlases and almanacs

Instructional Activities

  1. Review the content of the previous session.

  2. Distribute maps of Southeast and East Asia, and instruct students to annotate the following location on their maps:
    • Tokyo
    • Beijing
    • Seoul
    • Singapore
    • Ho Chi Minh City
    • Jakarta

  3. Distribute atlases and/or almanacs, and instruct students to locate the following information on each city and develop a chart comparing the following information for each:
    • Literacy rate
    • GDP
    • Current population
    • Major industry or industries
    • Type of national government of the city’s country
    • Famous people who came from the city

  4. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.

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