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The Whole World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and evaluate the use of the Yin and Yang symbols in Chinese history, making connections to current trends in Chinese culture. Emphasis is placed on small group discussions.
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Voices From Your Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create individual representations of Chinese calligraphy symbols in this cross-curricular lesson for the elementary Language Arts or Art classroom. One enrichment activity is included.
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Banpo Village: Gone, But Not Forgotten

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan a trip to China and prepare yourself for the Banpo excavation site competition by studying prehistoric and ancient Chinese history.
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Writing & Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Chinese and East Asian writing characters. They discuss how their writing systems differ from others found in the world. They practice reading and pronouncing Chinese and Japanese names and words.
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"For The Birds" [part II]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine how Chinese and Japanese artists used different kinds of birds as representations of ideas that were important in both cultures and create their own birds using the technique of origami.
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Hidden Messages

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the concept of censorship in authoritarian government and how Japanese and Chinese artists used their work as political commentary. This lesson includes possible lesson enrichments.
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Decorating Objects... and Re-decorating

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create decorative objects and discuss their importance in form and function. In this art history lesson, students discuss Chinese porcelain objects with mounts later added by the Chinese. Students recreate an example of this art...
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Creative Writing and Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students read and analyze poems by Li Po and Wang Wei. They answer discussion questions, identify the elements of the poems, examine and discuss Chinese landscape paintings, write an original poem, and write a comparison/contrast essay.
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The Artist As Storyteller

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice the art of storytelling by examining scroll writing techniques of Asia and applying them to a monthly story of their own classroom. This lesson plan is in two parts (Part II continues throughout the school year).
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Ink Painting And Poetry In Japan And China

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create original Haiku poetry and paint images that depict the emotions of each poem in this high school Language Arts lesson adaptable for other curriculums including Art and Social Studies.
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Pear-Shaped Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the designs on this Chinese ceramic bottle and analyze and discuss the shape of the piece. They describe how art from China arrived in Mexico during the viceregal period. Students create their own blue monochromatic...
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Zodiac Bookmarks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use the animals of the Chinese Zodiac to make bookmarks.
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A Study of Cross-Cultural Connections

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders analyze connections between Asia and Europe in the pre-Renaissance period. They identify and analyze elements of Japanese and Chinese culture similiar to that of feudal Europe.
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Lesson Connections

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders relate music to history and culture. Also, they listen to songs and identify some characteristics of the music in their own terms. Also listened to is "Chinese Instruments Montage," and then compare what they heard with...
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Comparing Cinderella and Yeh-Shen

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read and discuss the English version of Cinderella and the Chinese version, Yeh-Shen by making a Venn diagram.
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"The Story of Miss Li" by Po Hsing-chien

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore a classic, well-regarded tale of traditional Chinese literature and gain a rudimentary understanding of Confucius values.
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create their own ice cream sundae given various toppings from around the world. In this foods and languages of the world diversity lesson, students develop an understanding of diversity in culture, family structure, ability and...
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Hanging Scrolls

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore prospective content for art, then select and use appropriate subjects, symbols, and ideas to make art meaningful in this lesson plan suited for upper-elementary and middle level classrooms.
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The Role of Monuments And Memorials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the use of monuments and memorials in various cultures in this three day Language Arts or Social Studies lesson. Emphasis is placed on in-class discussions, research, and individual creative projects.
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Japanese Peasants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how the Japanese peasant was depicted in art in this high school lesson plan about Asian cultures. Emphasis is placed on individual observations and written reflections.
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San Francisco, Ahoy!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze paintings that share a common theme of San Francisco as seen by some of the first travelers who arrived there. In this art history lesson plan, 5th graders consider the experiences involved with the arrival to a new...
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What Death Brings to Life - English Component

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the characteristics of ancient Indian, Chinese and Aztec cultures. They consider what was valued by these cultures and compare the cultures' values to their own. They write an essay on their reflections.
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The Egg and Symbolism with the Christian Easter

For Students 5th - 6th
For this language arts and religion worksheet, learners read an informative page about the symbolism of the egg in the Christian Easter. Students answer 6 questions. This page is from the UK.
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Study Unit 4, Revised: Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 sentences and look for errors. Students write R if the sentence is run-on, CS if there is a comma splice, F for a sentence fragment and C for a correct sentence.

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