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As we will see in Monday's presentation, China's population is concentrated in the Eastern half of the country.

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This map shows China's internal administrative boundaries. It is from Wikipedia.

But be sure to check out the maps available at the Perry-Castañeda Library collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/china.html
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Attached is a map of Japan. Here are some other maps of Japan you may find useful.

Japanese government site for kids: http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/explore/map/index.html

Perry-Castañeda Library :http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/japan.html

(1971) Map showing population densities (40+ years old, but basic pattern holds): http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/japan_pop_1971.jpg

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political boundaries: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/txu-oclc-247232986-asia_pol_2008.jpg

topographical: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/asia_ref_2010.pdf

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Perry-Castañeda Library : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/mongolia.html

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A Northeast Asia map is attached.

Here is a political map of East Asia: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/txu-pclmaps-oclc-780028873-asia_east_pol-2011.jpg

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A map of Taiwan is attached.

The Perry-Castañeda Library collection on Taiwan: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/taiwan.html

Here is the Taiwan government's information on Taiwan geography: http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=105386&ctNode=1928&mp=999

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Two black and white maps of the two Koreas are attached.

The Republic of Korea (South Korea) government site offers information about topography and more in its "facts about Korea" website:
http://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Korea-at-a-Glance/Facts-about-Korea

The Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) government site also offers information:
http://www.korea-dpr.com/location.html

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The UN has a good map collection, but as might be imagined, drawing maps for the UN isn't easy. How do you handle contested spaces?

What countries or regions are not included in the places the UN offers maps for?

http://www.un.org/depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

[Anonymous]

I have not used maps but i think it may be helpful to compare coachella valley with other geography

[Anonymous]

I love working with maps, but it can be hard to engage my students with them. I need to explore more ways to use them in my classroom. I primarily need to have them practice basic map-reading skills and locate East Asia in the world, but I would also like to explore thematic maps, like the population map in this collection.

[Anonymous]

I'm guilty of not using maps in my class.

When I did teach a language arts/history block one of the things I did at the start of the year was have the students label a world map. Students were responsible for labeling the continents and oceans. I would have them color the continents that we would cover in our 7th grade class one color while the rest were colored another. I had them do this so we could "see" what area of the world we would be studying. I need to start thinking cross-curricular and not have the mindset of "I teach language arts, not geography so therefore we won't use maps in class".

A fellow teacher would use a large map and have her students identify their family origins. I could see doing this with authors. Baby steps....

[Anonymous]

I love introducing a unit with maps. I give students a list of rivers, regions, land forms, etc. and the students have to do the old school style of labeling and coloring them in. Some of the students do a really beautiful job with their artistry. Then they glue them into their notebooks for a quick reference. Now that I have netbooks these websites you provide will replace the old atlases that outdated and falling apart. Thanks!

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I use maps often in my classroom. They're all over the walls of my room. I can use these maps to compare and contrast the similarities and differences of how literary authors are influenced by when, and geographically where, they grew up in the world.

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Since I am in an individualized learning program, I have the choice when to have a student take world geography. At our school as a whole, geography is taken at the freshman level. Since I sit down one on one with a student, I have the opportunity to directly assess their level of knowledge. I have a currently have a student who just started geography and she did not know where the Pacific or Atlantic Oceans are located. She likewise didn't know where Canada is. I use that opportunity to encourage students to take the maps seriously because it can be really embarrassing to get caught not knowing where the most basic countries and land forms are. And up to this point, it is not their fault for not knowing because they have not been taught. Our packets mostly focus on places and location though. We need to do a better job of integrating the people into the class. They learn in the first chapter that geography is about people, places and things, yet we don't do much explaining the people. In our ILP program, classes, the packet type format of many of the classes may tend to be compartmentalized. I have huge maps of the world on my walls, so I can point out in where places and things are on the map no matter what subject we are currently working on.
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