Asia Setting Day 1

6th grade Social Studies

Setting: Asia

Maps

(3) (C) identify and locate major physical and human
geographic features such as landforms, water bodies,
and urban centers of various places and regions;

Materials

Do Now/ bell ringer

1. Analyzing a

Political Map of
Asia

2. Russia Google

Slides notes

Tuesday

Today you will need…

●Interactive Notebook

●Pen/Pencil

●Chromebook

●Folder

(3) (C) identify and locate major physical and human geographic
features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of

various places and regions;

BELL RINGER

What are some countries
you know are located in
Asia?

Sentence Stem:
Some countries I think are in
Asia are...

1

Tuesday

Directions: Answer the bell ringer and have a chromebook ready

Open Ended

What are some countries
you know are located in
Asia?

Sentence Stem:
Some countries I think are in
Asia are...

🌎

HOOK 🌎

2

Discuss with your partner something interesting you found from the
Asia introduction video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
nsOtOye-DJM

Open Ended

write down something interesting you found from the
Asia introduction video.

Content Objective: (3) (C) identify and locate major
physical and human geographic features such as landforms,

water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions;

Language Objective: The students will label and
discuss about the geography of Asia

3

WITH YOUR GROUP… LET’S TALK!

3A

•How do you
think Asia's
countries are
similar/different
from the United
States?

I think Asian countries are
similar/different from the
United States because...

Open Ended

•How do you
think Asia's
countries are
similar/different
from the United
States?

I think Asian countries are
similar/different from the
United States because...

Identify the following on your
map:

○ Countries:

■ China
■ Japan
■ North Korea
■ South Korea
■ Mongolia
■ Taiwan

○ Cities:

■ Beijing
■ Tokyo

Setting – East Asia

Tokyo

Beijing

Yangtze River

Mount Fuji

Fill in the Blank

Today, the Russian government owns most of their ___ and gas industries.

Labelling

label the countries

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

India

Mongolia

japan

china

Taiwan

North Korea

Identify the following on your
map:

○ Countries:

■ India
■ Nepal
■ Pakistan
■ Bangladesh
■ Sri Lanka

○ Cities:

■ New Delhi
■ Mumbai

Setting – South Asia

New Delhi

Mumbai

Labelling

label the country

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Sri anka

Pakistan

Nepal

India

Identify the following on your
map:

○ Countries:

■ Iran
■ Iraq
■ Saudi Arabia
■ Syria
■ Israel
■ Afghanistan

○ Cities:

■ Mecca

Setting – Southwest Asia (Middle East)

LEBANON

ISRAEL

PALESTINE

Mecca

Labelling

Label the country

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Afghanistan

Saudi Arabia

Iran

Iraq

Lesson Closure
5

Open Ended

Would you rather see the Great wall of China or the Statue of Liberty?

Sentence stem: I would rather see the.....

Open Ended

1.       What is the topic of the pie charts?

Open Ended

1.       Which countries have more than 25%, but less than 75% of forested land?