1.11.2009

Week 8: Central Asia (The -Stans)

PRINT: Goal Setting for this week.

DRAW:
6 maps of the outline I gave you.
2 world maps with all the continents/ NO LABELS
You will be drawing another map from memory in class next Mon.

PLAY: This NEW online drop and drag game:
Addicting Games: Middle East & South Asia
Play it all week until you master it! It will re-reinforce the
Middle East, parts of Europe and The -Stans.

WATCH: The Silk Road Interactive Map (added 2/12/2010)

PRINT: the three items from the site: Key Items, outlines 10.2 & 10.2

READ:
~Uzbekistan: Diary
~Global Cafe:Uzbekistan
~Traditional Values Still threaten Women's Rights
~Kazakhstan: Living to Be 100
~Kyrgyzstan: Cancels Airbase Agreement
~Tajikistan: Regional Ties Key in Stabilization
~Pictures of Tien Shan Mountains & petroglyphs in Afghanistan.
~Moving Troops to Afghanistan
~Camel Milk
Muslim Law deal in Pakistan
PRINT: Articles Directions pdf.

WATCH: on howstuffworks.com
~History In the Making: Russian Invasion of Afghanistan (4:10)
~Fighting 20th Century Tyranny: A Sea Disappears (2:45)
~Operation Sea Dragon: AL Basra Oil Terminal (4:21)
~Basic Necessity: Mongolia (2:33)
~The Living Planet: Mongolia (2:33)
~Adapting To Deserts: Desert Rainfall In The Gobi Desert (1:18)
~Geography of Asia Pacific: Pakistan (2:53) (UZBEKISTAN)
PRINT: Video List pdf have mom initial.

EXTRA CREDIT: Watch/take notes on these OR the videos above that are
over 3 minutes.
Adapting to Deserts: Winter in the Himalayas (5:06)
Adapting to Deserts and Other Ecosystems: Mongolia (16:59) long- but not much talking

DUE:
6 Central Asia outlines
2 World maps ALL CONTINENTS- no labels
Maps 10.1 and 10.2, labeled
"The Stans" Article pdf.
Video List pdf, initialed by your mom
Extra Credit video notes/ world map