A Family Jaunt to Jakarta

What to See and Do in Jakarta

Students locate Jakarta on the map of Indonesia. They make a class list for display under the heading 'What we know about Jakarta'.

Discuss what students might expect to find in an Indonesian city:

• Are there any fun/amusement parks?
• Can you buy Western fast food like hamburgers or fried chicken?
• Are there large shopping malls?
• Can you see the latest releases at the cinema?

These questions will challenge possible stereotyped impressions of Indonesia as a rural country whose inhabitants have little expendable income for family leisure activities.

Searching the Internet for Information about Jakarta

Students find websites that will provide them with information needed for the board game on A Jakarta Jaunt Activity Sheet. For guidance on conducting website searches see the suggested search engine activity in the Lower Secondary English Unit Newspapers: A Comparative Study on this website. Students make notes about the information they find on the following topics or places of interest in Jakarta:

It is extremely valuable for students to independently develop their skills in searching and locating websites. However, for your benefit, we have included a number of website addresses which have concise information and many clear and informative photos of different places of interest in Jakarta.

• Jakarta Destinations
  http://www.jakarta.go.id
  Select the 'Interest Places' link in the left-hand menu for details of many tourist attractions in Jakarta.
• Indomap.com: Jakarta
  http://www.indomap.com/cgi-indomap/navi.cgi?long=106.833&lat=-6.1633&scale=District&nm=Jakarta&city=JAKARTA
  An interactive map of Jakarta showing the major roads.
• Jakarta
  http://www.emp.pdx.edu/htliono/Jkt.html
  Has information about sites in Jakarta and includes links to photos of places of interest in Jakarta.
• Shopping for Your Daily Needs
  http://www.expat.or.id/info/info.html#Shopping
• Images of Indonesia: Jakarta
  http://www.skypoint.com/~gimonca/jakarta.html
  Has clear photos of Jakarta landmarks.

Planning a Day Out in Jakarta

Students plan a day out in Jakarta for a family, making sure that everyone's interests and needs are taken into account, eg one member may be interested in orchid growing; another in old statues; and another may just want to go shopping. This could be a group activity with each student pretending to be one member of the 'family'. The group identifies each place to be visited on the map of Jakarta and the route taken between each place.

Each family group then shares their work with the class.

The map of Jakarta is also available in PDF format in colour and in black and white.

A Jakarta Jaunt

To play the board game on A Jakarta Jaunt Activity Sheet, students need to have gathered enough information about each of the places of interest listed in the Searching the Internet activity to answer questions on the cards (on the Activity Sheet).

As a variation on this game, divide the students into expert groups according to the headings: Recreation (R), The City of Jakarta (J), Nature (A), History (S) and Shopping (B). Students research their particular topic and then one person from each expert group forms a game group. Alternatively, pairs of students can be the experts on a particular topic.

Print out the game board and cards on A Jakarta Jaunt Activity Sheet. Enlarge the pages to A3 (or larger) before cutting the cards up. Give each group a complete set of question cards, a dice and tokens. Students arrange the question cards in topics in the centre of the board.

Explain that the winner is the player who collects the most question cards. Question cards are won when the player lands on a space and answers a question from the related topic card pile, eg (N) Nature, (S) History. There are two spaces on the board where they can choose the topic ('You choose'), one space ('Windfall') that provides the opportunity to collect a card without having to answer the question, and one space ('Penalty') where players have to hand back a card.

Complete instructions on how to play the game are on A Jakarta Jaunt Activity Sheet.

Resources

• A Jakarta Jaunt (pdf, 73kb)
• Map of Jakarta (pdf, 38kb)
• Map of Jakarta (B&W) (pdf, 37kb)