In our age of world-wide communication by the Internet, it is quite important to confirm geographical location. We tend to neglect the geographical distance when we use the Internet because it is so easy and fast to exchange messages with people around the world. When we use chatroom, we can't tell if they are really on the other side of the world or in our neighbood. Showing a world map made in Japan, which looks different from the one made in the US, we asked L.R. Green students to point out where Japan is. We also showed a map of Japan to find where our hometown Maebaru city is.
Japan is approximately the same as California in area.
Maebaru city, Escondido's sister city, is located at 34 degrees longitude. We should have asked them what time it was in Japan. When it is 11 o'clock in the morning in California, it is 3 hours after midnight the next day in Japan. Three classes got together in a gym. Comments are appreciated.