Watch the videos listed below. Then using the information from the videos and other web sites you might find, minimum 5-paragraph essay, on the weave of traditional and modern, with specific examples. For example, you could write about the Silk Road, and the modern importance of the ancient cities along its route, or how tradition is still critical in places like China, Japan, and Korea, or traditional and modern side by side in the Central Asian “stan” countries. The National Geographic Traveler video website on Japan has numerous short clips. I encourage you to watch as many as possible. Then play the country game and see how long it takes you to identify each country.

Overview of Asia: http://youtu.be/x-LFOkGfyZM
Silk Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC0gdv1ZRa4&feature=related
Uzbekistan Silk Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u8b86u6zls&feature=related
Tashkent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ_sHjJzaE4&feature=related

Kazakhstan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj14mL-LENc&feature=related
Overview: http://www.videopediaworld.com/video/30142/Geography-of-Asia-Pacific-Overview-of-East-Asia
Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqq6arAJPc

Korea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8gw5qNr6PU