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Teachers - On this page you'll find background information on using "Asia with
Pride" in your classroom, as well as specific instructional strategies
for teaching each of the Learning Adventure lessons.
Background Information
In this section you will find tips for integrating the Internet into your curriculum, suggestions for setting up your classroom to make full use of the "Asia with Pride" materials, and other background information to get you started.
Teaching Tips on the Lessons
Here is your guide for effectively using the Learning Adventure lessons with your students. Under each title heading, you will find objectives for the lessons, MSPAP connections, all the Student Worksheets so that you can print out and duplicate them ahead of time, suggestions for adapting the lesson to your grade level, as well extensions if you want to do more on this topic. Click on the title for everything you need to teach the lesson effectively.
Intro. Sailing Through Cyberspace with Pride II:
A get-acquainted-with-the-Internet lesson that gives those new to the net an opportunity to explore how it works. Using the tools of the net, students select a school in Asia that has its own home page.
Shipmates: The Teacher Aboard meets the crew and learns what it takes to sail a tall ship to Asia. Students pick a crew member to follow through the voyage.
Exploration! A survey of explorers and adventurers across the Pacific. Students read excerpts from the log of Chasseur, the original "Pride of Baltimore," during her voyage to Canton, China, in 1815.
Ship's Hold: Trade has been the economic glue between Baltimore and the East for centuries. Students compare the price of a Big Mac around the Pacific Rim and calculate the cost in local currency.
Lead Story: Students form news teams and focus on one of Pride II's Asian destinations. They follow the news and present a "newscast" to the class about that area.
From Marketplaces to Global Commerce: From local markets, to crossroads markets, to great metropolitan market cities (like Hong Kong & Canton), to commodities markets - people have always needed a place to trade. Students pick a market or market place on Pride II's route to study.
Winds Across the Sea: "Prevailing winds" have determined the pattern of human habitation and the course of exploration between peoples. This lesson helps students understand the reasons for the differing wind patterns around the globe. It provides insight about the selection of Pride II's routes for this voyage.
Life in the Ocean : Life teams in the oceans and supports the food chain up through humans who impact the production potential of this invaluable environment. This lesson focuses on plankton, the building blocks of life in the sea. The Teacher Aboard gathers plankton samples from the ocean and observes them under a microscope.
My House - Your House : Houses tell a lot about people and how they live. Students compare houses in urban, fringe, and rural area in Pacific Rim countries through web exploration. Classes are encouraged to make models of different homes and create a classroom museum.
Ports of Call: By using the web and other resources, students make travel brochures or computer slide shows about one of Pride II's ports of call. Presentations will feature "must see" attractions and historical sites.
Where in the Ocean Are We? This lesson examines the changing technology of navigation to determine position on the globe - from the development of a maritime chronometer to GPS. Students use the Census Bureau's web Gazetteer to find their own position.
Watch It! This lesson picks up where "Shipmates" left off. It reintroduces students to the crew through the Logs of the Teacher Aboard. It describes the "watch system" used to organize the work day. Students see great role models whose diverse backgrounds, creativity, hard work, and sense of humor reflect the potential in all of us.
Common Thread: Everybody wears clothes of some kind. But material, style, and decoration of even the most basic furnishings speak reams about how cultures differ around the world. After research at selected web sites, students are encouraged to put on their own fashion show featuring styles seen in Pride II's ports of call.
Currency Crisis! Using the decline of the value of the won in Korea as a stimulus, this lesson gets students to explore the effect of this decline on their own purchasing power for items made in Korea, such as Nike shoes. Students use an on-line currency converter to track the fluctuation of the currency.
Oysters Everywhere: Peoples in Asia have been "farming" the seas for generations, something we in this country are just beginning to do. This lesson compares oystering in Chesapeake Bay and the Orient, and invites students to join the debate about introducing the Asian oyster into the Bay.
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