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Hang world
maps centered on different parts of the world around the classroom. Use
the maps to illustrate the idea that our way of seeing the world changes as we
change the point from which we look.
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Ask
students to locate Japan and confirm the correct location.
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Prepare
a topographical map of Japan with post-its or
other flags labeled A-G to mark the seven Deai students’ towns. (Refer
to the photo sheet map of the seven Deai students’
towns.) Conceal the names of the towns. Display the map in the room.
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Show
the map of Japan to the students. List their observations about Japan, e.g. latitude
and longitude, location in the northern hemisphere, length from north to south,
surrounded by the sea, mountainous, large or small, climate zone, etc. Encourage
students to make inferences about climate and physical environment.
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Show the students photographs of the seven Deai students and their towns.
Ask the students to guess where the towns are located (north or south, in flatland
or mountainous areas, etc.) and to give a reason for their answers, e.g., "I
see mountains in the distance so..." or "it’s very flat."
etc. Students compare the Deai students’ towns to their own hometowns,
e.g., whether they are located in the city or in the country. Students use their
observations and match the lettered flags on the maps to the Deai students’
towns.
| これはだれですか？この人の町はどこでしょう？ |
Who is this? Where is this person’s
hometown? |
- Examples of photographs to display and points to have the students
guess:
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MY-P14 (Picture of Chinatown, Yokohama)
- → close to the sea, a port city
- OK-P12 (Picture of Tokyo)
- → a city
- SM-P03 (Picture of pastureland)
- → a cold climate in the north
- SM-P11 (Pictures of snowy scenery around Michi’s
school, and "kearashi.")
- → a flatland area in a northern region
- TS-P03 (Picture of Shun’ichi playing
the sanshin)
- → a southern, oceanic region
- TS P07 (Picture of tropical plants growing)
- → a southern, oceanic region
- TS-P13 (Picture of an island)
- → an island
- YT-P15 (Picture of surrounding mountains)
- → a valley
- YT-P16 (Picture of Takayuki and Kinkakuji,
the temple of the Golden Pavilion)
- → the old capital (Kyoto)
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Ask
the students to guess the names of the towns. As they guess, peel off the flags
concealing the town names.
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Distribute Worksheet #1-1. Refer to the column
for Mizushima Yu on the worksheet. Students check the place name: "Yokohama-shi."
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Referring to the photographs, students look at the list on the second page
of Worksheet #1-2 labeled "Machi no tokucho," and choose the Japanese word(s) they think applies to the towns. Review the words
if necessary.
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Students
work in groups of three or four and fill in the sections for the remaining six
Deai students on their own. Encourage students to use the maps, Internet resources,
and other geographic resources.
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On
completion of the worksheet, check the results as a class. Refer to the photo
captions, and the descriptions in the "My Story" sections to answer
any sections students were unable to complete.
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Ask
the students for comments about each of the places they investigated, what caught
their interest, etc.
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Answers to Worksheet #1-
- 横浜市
- 神奈川県。日本で いちばん大きいみなとがあります。1859年から外国とぼうえきがはじまりました。
- 港区
- 東京都。東京都にあるまちです。東京は日本のせいじ・けいざい・ぶんかのちゅうしんです。
- 標茶町
- 北海道。北海道にあって、しぜんがゆたかなまちです。らくのうがさかんです。
- 市川市
- 千葉県。東京の東にあるベッドタウンです。こうじょうもたくさんあります。
- 伊是名島
- 沖縄県。沖縄本島（Okinawa Main Island）からフェリーで１じかんぐらいのところにある島です。
- 那覇市
- 沖縄県。沖縄のせいじ・けいざい・ぶんか・こうつうのちゅうしんです。
- 姫路市
- 兵庫県。大阪の西にあるまちで、古くてゆうめいなおしろがあります。
- 京都市
- 京都府。東京より古いみやこです。でんとうてきなおりものでゆうめいです。古いおてらもたくさんあります。
- 東大阪市
- 大阪府。大阪府にあり、大阪市のとなりにあるまちです。大阪は、むかしからしょうぎょうがさかんです。
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Photographs
of the seven Deai students, "My Town"
