Places in Indonesia Upper Primary Unit Studies of Asia Learning Emphases Developing concepts of Asia Understanding contributions made by the peoples of Asia to the world Specific Indonesia focus: Acquire knowledge about the diversity of Indonesia's regions, people and places. Respond personally to visual and written texts about Indonesian regions. Students explore the people, places and customs of the diverse regions of Indonesia, and write a personal response in poetry form about one particular region. Images of Indonesia Regions of Indonesia A Region of Indonesia: search engine activity Region Poem: search engine activity Indonesia Overview Teaching and Learning Activities Images of Indonesia Students view images and read about the different regions of Indonesia on the following websites: Images of Indonesia http://www.asiafoto.com Indonesia Photo Gallery http://www.zolotrips.com/photos.asp Students record the places visited on a blank map of Indonesia. Print out one for each student in the class. Students choose a favourite photo to share with the class and discuss why they would want to research that region. Regions of Indonesia Students read the information about Indonesia's seven tourism development regions on: Indonesia: Tourist Destinations http://asiatravel.com/indoinf2.html Students complete the questions on the first page of the Places in Indonesia Activity Sheet and share their findings with the class. Students join with other students wishing to study the same region in greater detail. A Region of Indonesia: search engine activity Explain to students that they will now be working in small region-based groups. Students navigate their way through the following websites to gather information about their chosen region. Indonesia Interactive Travel http://www.i-2.co.id/travel/ This site offers stimulating and interesting information, such as places of interest, traditional songs that can be played online, a calendar of current events, photos and drawings of traditional costumes and houses from the provinces and special territories of Indonesia. Indonesia National Parks http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4466/ This site explores the Indonesian National Parks network. Students complete the activities on the second part of the Places in Indonesia Activity Sheet, 'My Region of Indonesia'. Region Poem: search engine activity Students use the following web address to search for images of a particular region: Google: Images http://www.google.com.au/imghp Students key in the names of major islands, large cities and popular tourist destinations, eg Sumatra, Kalimantan, Yogyakarta, Lombok. (Please note: students need to add 'and Indonesia' when searching for Java and Flores.) Students record their responses to the images and information about their region, listing feelings, colours, key words and phrases. These will form the basis of each student's poem. Students write and illustrate their poems and present them to the class. Indonesia Overview Students use the information from: Indonesia Interactive Travel http://www.i-2.co.id/travel/ to demonstrate a deeper understanding of their region by: Building a model of a regional house Recyclable materials such as cereal boxes, cardboard tubes, twigs, paddlepop sticks and bark are suitable for this activity. The completed models can be displayed in the classroom with the Places in Indonesia Activity Sheet detailing students' research about the region. Creating a class map of Indonesia You will need: Crepe paper (blue, yellow, brown and green) PVA glue A large class map of Indonesia. Students make small balls of crumpled crepe paper and glue then onto the map using the brown for mountains, green for hillsides, yellow for coastal regions and blue for the seas and lakes. Students label their region and add the names of major cities, as well as other significant natural features such as oceans or National Parks. Students add drawings of their region's natural features, animals, significant structures and costumes, etc, which the students have redrawn from images found on the above websites.   Note: The student activity sheets are available in PDF format and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to view and print them out. The Acrobat Reader plug-in can be downloaded from the Adobe website.   Classroom Resources | Curriculum Guides | Resources | Go Indonesia! | Home | Access Asia Lesson Plans  Commonwealth of Australia and Curriculum Corporation