Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in missing
- Finish Japan and Korea Prezi
- Special Review Mission
- HW Packet due Wed
- Quiz Wed.
Picture of the day: Capsule Hotels, Japan
Daily Did you Know: South Koreans believe that people should hide their shoes on the first night of the New Year. Otherwise, a ghost will try one the shoes, and if it finds a pair that it likes, the ghost will take it and the owner of those shoes will have bad luck all year
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in Japan and Korea Vocab
- Go over Group Work on test questions
- Japan and Korea Prezi
- Quiz Wed.
Picture of the day: Kyoto Golden Temple
Daily Did you Know: Raised floors help indicate when to take off slippers or shoes. At the entrance to a home in Japan, the floor will usually be raised about 6 inches (15.24 cm.) indicating you should take off your shoes and put on slippers. If the house has a tatami mat room, its floor may be raised 1-2 inches (2.54-5.08 cm.) indicating you should take off your slippers.
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map Quiz
Planners:
- Japan and Korea Vocab
- Group Work on test questions
- Japan and Korea HW Packet due Wed.
- Quiz Wed.
Picture of the day: Himeji Castle
Daily Did you Know: Over 70% of Japan consists of mountains. The country also has over 200 volcanoes
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in homework packet
- Quick review for quiz
- China, Mongolia, and Taiwan Quiz
- Pick up Japan and Korea's homework Packet, due next Wednesday
Mr. Kacel had a guest teacher today
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Special Mission Review
- Review Game
- China Packet and Quiz Thursday
- Homework = STUDY
Picture of the day: Terrace farming
Daily Did you Know: China has the world’s oldest calendar. This lunar calendar originated in 2600 B.C. and has 12 zodiac signs. It takes 60 years to complete
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in Vocab
- Finish Group Work
- China, Mongolia, Taiwan Prezi and highlight
Picture of the day: Tiananmen Square, Bejing China
Daily Did you Know: China invented ice cream, and Marco Polo is rumored to have taken the recipe (along with the recipe for noodles) back with him to Europe. The crossbow was invented and first used by the Chinese. They were also the first in the world to use chemical and gas weapons, 2,000 years before gas was used in Europe during World War I
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in any missing work
- China Vocabulary
- Projects Reminder
- Group Work on 2 short answer questions on end of year test
Picture of the day: Leshan Giant Buddha
Daily Did you Know: Martial arts are practiced throughout China and were largely developed from ancient farming and hunting methods.
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map Quiz
Planners:
- Turn in Homework Packet and any missing work
- Quick Review
- India Quiz
- Pick up China Packet, due Thursday 4/18
Picture of the day:Tibet
Daily Did you Know: Historians speculate that as the Chinese population grew, people had to conserve cooking fuel by chopping food into small pieces so that it could cook faster. These bite-sized foods eliminated the need for knives and, hence, chopsticks were invented.
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in Vocab/Flags
- Review Mission
- India Packet and Quiz Friday
- Study Guide
Picture of the day: Gol Gumbaz and Ibrahim Rouza at Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Daily Did you Know: Bhutan is the only nation in the world where the sale of tobacco is banned and Bhutan is one of the last countries in the world to introduce television to its people. The government lifted a ban on TV—and on the Internet—only 11 years ago
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in East Asia Maps
- India Vocab
- East Asia Presentation Notes
- India Packet and Quiz
- Team Flags due Thursday
Picture of the day: Gateway of India, Mumbai, India
Daily Did you Know: In Bangladesh people mostly have 3 generations living in one home. It is not in their culture to live separately, they like to be together, they are even afraid to move away from their parents, because they think they will feel lonely.
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