1. Objective (READ) - LSWBAT explain why the Chinese built the 3 Gorges

Dam.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER) A. If you could only choose one modification to save your

family from the effects of tectonic activity, which one would you pick? - Gyroscopes (buildings on springs)- Strict building codes - Earthquake drills

B. Explain why.

1. Objective (READ) SWBAT explain why the Chinese built the 3 Gorges

Dam.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER) A. If you could only choose one modification to save your town

from the effects of tectonic activity, which one would you pick? - Gyroscopes (buildings on springs)- Strict building codes - Earthquake drills

B. Explain why.

Table of ContentsDate Title Lesson #

3/24 Sri Lanka Conflict 74

**SE ASIA**

3/29 Cover Page 75

3/30 Physical Geography 76

3/31 Human-Environment Interaction

77

1. Create an HEI page after your last physical geography page.

Key Terms

A. Ring of Fire – area of tectonic around the Pacific Ocean.

B. Gyroscopes – putting springs underneath buildings to reduce earthquake damage.

Clip

1. Create a title for this clip and a one sentence caption you could use if you were putting this on youtube.

Conclusion - Option 1

1. In E/SE Asia people have to modify and __________to the environment.

2. Modifications and adaptations are directly related to a country’s __________ development.

3. The more _________ an area, the more advanced their adaptations.

4. The less developed areas have ______ advanced adaptations.

Word Bank:

Adapt

Less

Political

Economic

Social

More

Developing

Developed

COPY EACH SENTENCE AND COMPLETE IT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

Conclusion – Option 2

1. What are the environmental problems that exist in East and Southeast Asia that require HEI?

2. How have people in East and Southeast Asia modified or adapted to their environment?

3. How does a nation’s economic development affect how they are able to modify or adapt to their environment?

Directions

1. Go to your HEI page, where we worked yesterday.

2. Draw a line underneath where you left off.

3. Title it Three Gorges Dam

3 Gorges Dam

• Where Yangtze River (China)

• Why To prevent flooding

What: World’s largest construction project Greatly increases China’s economy Forces resettlement of millions of people

1. Objective (READ) SWBAT explain the positive effects of the 3 Gorges

Dam.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER)

A. What is the main reason that the Chinese built the 3 Gorges Dam?

B. What are the negative effects of the 3 Gorges Dam?

Three Gorges Dam

1. Why does Journalist Dai Qing consider the 3 Gorges Dam the most environmentally and socially destructive project in the world?

2. What happened to Qing after she spoke out?

3. What effect will the dam have on the Yangtze River itself?

4. How does the dam impact farming?

Directions:

- Click on the link on the headline.

- Complete the questions on your HEI page.

- Write your answers in complete sentences or copy the questions.

LettersPart 1 • You are a Chinese villager living on the

Yangtze River. • Your village will be underwater and become

a major shipping lane after the completion of the 3 Gorges Dam.

• Write a five sentence letter to the Chinese government explaining your opinion of the Three Gorges Dam.

Part 2 • Pretend you are a Chinese businessman

living in the city of Shanghai on the Yangtze River.

• Write a five sentence letter to the Chinese government explaining your opinion of the Three Gorges Dam.

Directions

- Write the letters below

- Or create a power point presentation laying out your opinions