Geography: cultural comparative analysis Mongolia and Japan

[Anonymous]

This especially applies to technology. Many times technology is obsolete before you get it home so moving quickly is very important when it comes to leadership and technology.

[Anonymous]

here is an exercise that i just thought might be interesting..
find a map of san diego and surroundings and have students get up and rank each city as to which city or area that may fit say retail, agriculture, etc...

[Anonymous]

Joe,

This is an interesting idea. It would also be interesting to examine how the horse allowed Mongolians to communicate with each other. Just like latency in a computer, the ability to communicate is very important in running an empire and commanding a successful army. In these examples, you are only as strong as your weakest link.

This can be seen in the example of my Macbook Air. My MB does not have the highest specs - but it has a solid state hard drive. Because the solid state hard drive has much faster read/write times than traditional hard drive, my MB often feels much faster than my more powerful desktop computer at home. Again, the lesson is that you can have a strong army, huge numbers and other advantages, but one weak link can bring you down.

[Anonymous]

One question might be letting students defend or justify Zoning in the city. What is wrong with having a Bar right next door to a high school for example?

[Anonymous]

History is fun, for the answers to any problem or challenge are there in history. Some one else has faced the same problem before just the tools, faces and location has changed.

[Anonymous]

I also like ritual. I can't help it I am catholic. Every lesson starts with a challenge, identify the perimeters of the problem, then look at case studies of how others have dealt with the challenge.

I have a block schedule so each lesson could take one to two periods. Each lesson would be
Challenge, discussion, case studies, project application, presentation of results, review.

[Anonymous]

A question posed to the students could be What does the Mongolian empire, General Patton and Facebook all have in common?

[Anonymous]

If I could design a class after a James Michener book I would.

[Anonymous]

I found a resource for Mongol history. E-Mongol.com

It summarizes the Mongol culture well.

Now how do incorporate the japanese geography/culture into my lesson?

[Anonymous]

Cultural Geography is the of studies that I want to include into my class.

[Anonymous]

It was said that the Mongolians (Yuan dynasty) won its empire on the horse. However, winning an empire is one thing, governing it is another. The Yuan dynasty is relatively short comparing to others. I think the Qing dynasty did better by adopting, or mingling with, the Han culture.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I have an idea, which I like but I need to hear feedback from others.

It's extremely important to learn lessons from history. In my leadership class I teach my students how to move quickly. I do a lot of role-playing to get kids up and moving and doing things not talking about them but doing things. i teach them to take technology and apply it quickly and appropriately.

I could draw a parallel between technology companies and the Mongolian culture based on horseback and fleet a foot.

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edited by jdarrough on 7/30/2013

[Anonymous]

Understanding and being aware of geography is so important in our full understanding behind history. It is so unfortunate that Geography is not a required course in school. I have always made a conscious attempt to incorporate geography in to my class curriculum this week has truly assisted me in identifying new uses of incorporating Asian geography in to U.S. History.

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