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Teacher's Notes (geography):
The South Asian/Himalayan watershed
area is generally defined as the region including and surrounding the Himalayan
range. This includes all or part of the following countries: China
(including much of the Tibetan Plateua), Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan,
and Bangladesh. In some cases the boundaries of the South Asian region
have been stretched to include the Helmand Lakes area in Afghansitan in
the west and the Salween and Irrawady watersheds in Burma in the east.
For the puposes of this unit, however, the South Asian/Himalayan watershed
area includes only the major traditional arteries of the region including
the Indus River watershed in the west, the Ganges watershed
in the central portion of the range and the Tsangpo/Brahmaputra
watershed in the east.
Teacher's Notes (exercises):
While this site may be used as a
self-guided exercise by students, teachers can enhance students' understanding
of the region by introducing the unit to their classes on a step-by-step
basis and by adding a variety of teacher directed exercises which are not
included in the Students section. Examples
of supplementary teacher-directed exercises are included here.
Teachers Notes (skills):
Before teaching this unit, teachers
must understand and be able to explain the skills the tools essential to
Human Geography. Teachers are encouraged to complete the tutorials
linked to the Students section of this document
and to read the text material suggested in the Resources
section for a review of the basic skills embedded in this unit.
For short-cuts to the tutorials
click below:
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Climate:
The key environmental factor that drives human cultural adaptation.
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Modes of Production:
The six basic categories of social organization and resource exploitation
common to all human societies.
When you are
done with the tutorials, click here for lessons
and suggestions.
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