We discussed how these sites are virtually the only thing on the internet coming out of N. Korea. No youtube videos (from N. Koreans at least), no twitter accounts, no private websites. N. Korea has been described as an “internet black hole.”
Contrast this with S. Korea, where music and videos like this are popular. What “western” themes do you recognize in this video? What can we infer about S. Korea just from this video:
Here is the link to the N. Korea documentary that we watched in class:
Be prepared for a vocab quiz on the concepts covered in Key Issue 1 & 2
Due Thursday: Ch. 7 Quiz corrections
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In class today we will review the historic tsunami that struck Japan over the weekend. The earthquake that caused the tsunami is one of the most 5 powerful earthquakes in the last 100 years. This tsunami has been one of the best documented – as there are ample video, eyewitness accounts, and news sources that we can use to analyze the challenges that Japan faces.
Focus Question: What is the most significant impact the 3/11/11 tsunami has had on the human geography of Japan?
What will it take in order for us to be able to answer this question?
We will review the background of tsunamis, as well as briefly review Japan’s unique history as the most tsunami prone country in the world. Then we will review several videos and discuss which human geography themes we see being affected by each clip.
Each student will be assigned a different news article to read and summarize.
Each of these news articles deals with a specific aspect of this tragedy; loss of productivity due to power outages, the possibility of an even more deadly aftershock, possible nuclear meltdown and wide scale radiation, huge financial costs, and a death toll that could top 10,000 – though many reports claim that this number could go up dramatically.
Students will be given one of the articles in expert groups of 2 or 3. They will read their article and summarize the significant challenge that their article represents. Expert groups will be given 4-5 minutes to discuss their article to make sure that they have the same idea and identify which human geography theme their challenge most closely relates to.
Expert groups will then be mixed in order that students summarize the main idea of their article to their classmates. While they are summarizing, each student takes notes on the graphic organizer.
Each student is responsible to summarize each challenge, how this challenged has altered the human geography of Japan, and brainstorm what it will take to overcome this challenge. After each student has shared, each mixed group will have a discussion on .
You will conduct research online to identify one additional challenge that Japan faces in addition to the 4 we covered in class.
You will then evaluate the most significant changes to Japan’s human geography as a result of the tsunami, and write a summary paragraph justifying your choice.
Extension (Worth 20 points): Students will identify a news article that correlates to their answer and leave it in the comments of this post. In your comment, summarize the article and how it relates to the your essay answer.
How was the impact of this earthquake different from the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010?
How does this tsunami and its aftermath compare with the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004? Compare the size of the earthquakes and examine why so many more lives were lost during the 2004 earthquake.
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