By: Rebecca Williams; 6/15/1997, Clinton, IN; rdw@galileo.vigoco.k12.in.us

Site Address: http://www.asiannet.com

Theme: Asia: Art and Culture by country

Grade Level: 3 and higher

Annotation of Site:

This site is a "take off" site for students who are gathering data on different cultural aspects of each asian country . This site includes ‘photos’. Various topics address maps, culture, environment, history, ancient (& current) beliefs, economy, topography, climate, transportation, and most other topics that students may be interested in sharing with their colleagues.

Geography Standards addressed:

• #4) The physical and human characteristics of places.
• #6) How culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions.
• #10) The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaic.
• #11) The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface.
• #12) The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
• #13) How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.
• #14) How human actions modify the physical environment.
• #15) How physical systems affect human systems.
• #17) How to apply geography to interpret the past.
• #18) How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

IN Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

world cultures