JAPAN

GEOGRAPHY

CONTRASTING THE ADVANTAGES &

 My Answer: They are all surrounded by water. Most have a
desert. Most are very mountainy.

What patterns in geography do you see between the regions we

have studied this year: Rome, Arabia, Africa, China, and now Japan?
USe the geography types website to help you!
 EXPLORE GOOGL
E EARTH
! Kon'nichiwa! I am a
Japanese Geisha.
Welcome to my
home, Japan.

Analyze these Google Earth images of Japan. What is the GEOGRAPHICAL location of Japan? How
would you describe the LAND and its features? How might it AFFECT LIFE in this place?
My Answer: They live on islands isolated by water. Grassy and mountainous. People might be isolated and not able to get
resources from other countries, but it might also protect it from attackers.
JUXTAPOSITION: THE FACT OF TWO THINGS
BEING SEEN OR PLACED CLOSE TOGETHER
WITH CONTRASTING EFFECT.
"THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THESE TWO IMAGES"
JUXTAPOSE (contrast) THE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF Click

JAPANS GEOGRAPHY (LOCATION, LAND, CLIMATE, VEGETATION,

NATURAL DISASTERS, ETC.). Include one CITATION and one
STATISTIC for each side in the chart below. BRAINSTORM HERE:
ADVA DISAD
NTAG VANT
ES : AGES
:
-Volcanoes -Volcanoes
produce rich can cause
fertile soil for fear, danger,
farming. and
destruction
to people,
architecture,
etc.
-Strategic -Only 20% of
farming Japans land
techniques is farmable
like terraced because
farming can most of it is
provide an mountains.
THEN, CHOOSE TO HIGHLIGHT AT LEAST 3-5 DETAILS
FROM BOTH ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES IN A
JUXTAPOSITION FINAL DRAFT (DRAWING OR DIGITAL).

Try to incorporate MOOD (feelings portrayed to

viewer), SYMBOLISM (images with a deeper meaning),
and possibly a MESSAGE (theme - what point are you
trying to get across to the viewer?). See examples of
juxtaposition on next few slides...

Examples
 EXPLANATION - WRITING PIECE:
Explain at LEAST 3-5
ADVANTAGES AND Example Student Starts:
DISADVANTAGES IN YOUR
JUXTAPOSITION FINAL DRAFT
(DRAWING OR DIGITAL).
Also, explain how your piece
portrays at least ONE of these:
MOOD (feelings portrayed to
viewer),
SYMBOLISM (images with a
deeper meaning), and/or
MESSAGE (theme - what point