Silence Lesson Plan

The Land of the Rising Sun

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

To more fully illustrate the environment in which the story takes place.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

This is a relatively freeform activity. The teacher should pull up Google Maps or Google Earth and, with the help of a projector, plot a route from Portugal to Macao to Japan. This should give students a better idea of the journey which Rodrigues and Garrpe end up taking in the book. Then, he/she should go over some of the key geographical features of Japan, describing the importance of various islands as well as some of their more...