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Great Wall

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Great Wall
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World Heritage Sites in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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Asian Info: Geography of China

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief look at the geography of China.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Great Wall of China

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a section of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. The Great Wall of China is an amazing man made structure that stretches for nearly 9000 kilometres (5500 miles).
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Great Wall of China From Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Proof that you can see the Great Wall from space, but you can't see it from the moon.
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Read Works

Read Works: World Wonders

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about six famous landmarks: Mount Rushmore, Machu Picchu, the Great Sphinx, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, and the Sydney Opera House. A question sheet is...
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Read Works: The Party's Over

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about stunts being done on the Great Wall of China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Ab Cya: Wonders Around the World Spot the Differences

For Students 2nd - 6th
Explore some of the world's most spectacular structures with ABCya's game: Wonders around the World - Spot the Differences! This game presents history and illustrations of man-made architectural phenomena, from Machu Picchu to the Great...
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Mia: History and Maps: Han Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows a map of the land the Han Dynasty controlled. The capital cities are indicated as is the Great Wall.
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Travel China Guide: Ming Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief overview of the Ming Dynasty.
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: China Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
The site from the University of Evansville lists all time periods in ancient Chinese history and gives a brief description and link to that time period.
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History for Kids: Ancient Chinese Architecture

For Students 1st - 7th
Reference material gives us an overview of the architecture of ancient China, including the Great Wall, Forbidden City and religious temples.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 16: Barriers in Communications

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall' to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall,' humankind erects and maintains real and symbolic barriers to protect and defend opposing stances, beliefs and territories. Examples of real walls in history have been the...
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World Heritage Sites in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A relief map from 1912 of China and the Chinese Empire at the time. The map shows mountain systems, basins, deserts, plains, major rivers, coastal features, and islands of the region. The Great Wall of China is shown, as well as major...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of southern China (China Proper) showing the province borders at the time, including Tibet and Chinese Turkistan, and the frontiers of Mongolia and Manchuria. The map shows provincial capitals and major cities, railways,...
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Unesco: China: Site of Xanadu

For Students 9th - 10th
North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256. Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique...
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World Heritage Sites in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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World Heritage Sites in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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Technology Student

Technology Student: Technology and Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how different cultures in history have advanced technology to create amazing structures and artifacts.
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History.com: 10 World Engineering Marvels

For Students 9th - 10th
These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways that people travel, communicate and live. For thousands of years, mankind has engineered remarkable structures such as the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of...
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Unesco: China: Mount Wuyi

For Students 9th - 10th
Mount Wuyi is the most outstanding area for biodiversity conservation in south-east China and a refuge for a large number of ancient, relict species, many of them endemic to China. The serene beauty of the dramatic gorges of the Nine...
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Resettlement

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.

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