Let's Travel Asia Together, Learn World Geography, Part 1

*This class is built very similar to my ongoing Let's Travel The World Together class, but it offers the flexibility of schedule for those that cannot attend the scheduled times or cannot commit to a fix schedule every week.  In this FLEX class we will discover the World one country at a time. We will learn about country's geography, customs, language, food, wild life, landmarks, fun facts and more. Additionally, classes will often include some information (from real travel experience of the teacher) about what it is like to travel to the respective country.

Each week the following materials will be provided:
 - Pre-recorded video of new information (including location, capital, flag, weather or other geographical features, customs, typical local food, wild life, maybe learn a word or two in the local language)
- Link to Self-Passed Nearpod presentation to be followed while watching the video
 - Kahoot Game PIN 

Learners will be asked to watch the video while following along in the Nearpod presentation. In Nearpod slides they will be asked to: 
- share any previous knowledge about the country in question, if any (they can type their response or record a short video or audio recording)
- participate in polls, quizzes, virtual field trips, and other activities 
After covering the new material, they will be asked to play a Kahoot game (to check the retention of the new information in a fun, engaging way). Additionally learners will be asked to upload their completed worksheets OR videos of themselves speaking about things they already new about the country, facts that they found to be most interesting and reasons why they would or wouldn't want to travel to the respective country. Learners in the class will be encouraged to communicate with each other by commenting on other learner's submissions as well.

**** Countries that we will explore:
Week 1: Japan
Week 2: Thailand
Week 3: Indonesia
Week 4: Israel
Week 5: Malaysia
Week 6: Turkey
Week 7: Mongolia
Week 8: Vietnam
Week 9: Iraq
Week 10: Kyrgyzstan  
Week 11: China
Week 12: India      
*The order of the countries covered in this class is subject to change. 

Note: This is a FLEX class - there will be no life meetings taking place. 
What you can expect each week: A new post will be posted each Monday morning PST, including:
- detailed directions, 
- new pre-recorded video,
- Nearpod link and Kahoot game pin;
Learners will be encouraged to comment to each post with things they already know about the country, facts they enjoyed most learning about, and if they might want to travel to the respective country one day. Teacher will comment to each learner in a timely fashion.
Learners will also be encouraged to reach out at any time with any questions or additional comments.

There are additional activates that learners can complete after the class, including creating their own travel passport or scratch off each country as we visit it using a scratch-off map.

See you soon, travelers!