LF+6.1+East+and+SE+Asia+(WGS)

This learning focus introduces students to the physical and human geography of East Asia including the countries of China and Taiwan, Japan, the Koreas, and the countries of Southeast Asia and the South China Sea. The Learning Focus includes the concepts of cultural diffusion and convergence, geographic influences on culture and the economy, and the ability of governments to control large or scattered land areas. **
 * Learning Focus 6.1: East and Southeast Asia **
 * ** 1 Lesson: Physical Geography of East/SE Asia ** – WGS.6A; WGS. 8D; WGS.9A; WGS.21C
 * ** 1 Lesson: China, Japan and the Koreas ** – WGS.2A; WGS.5A; WGS.17A; WGS.22A
 * ** 1 Lesson: Southeast Asia ** – WGS.2A; WGS.5A; WGS.17A; WGS.22A
 * ** 1 Lesson: Challenge: Population and Food Production ** – WGS.7A; WGS.7C; WGS.7D; WGS.8A; WGS.23B;
 * ** 1 Lesson: Special Topic: Global Trade ** – WGS.10A; WGS.12A; WGS.12B; WGS.18D; WGS.20A; WGS.21C

[|Country Profiles] [|China and India: The Race Is On] New York Times video [|Living with the Three Gorges Dam] New York Times video [|One Blast Furnace: Two Steel Towns] New York Times video [|China's Dark Clouds] New York Times video [|NPR Story on China's Rising Food Prices] connects higher pork prices with higher fuel costs (ethanol production driving up the price of corn)

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