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Curated OER

The Importance of Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how trade affects the products they use everyday. In groups, they identify the clothes they are wearing, the food they eat most often and the cars their families drive. Using the internet, they research how these goods...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

East Asia: Current Events

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read and evaluate current events of East Asia. They select an article, read and summarize the article and identify the key people, places, dates, and events in the article. As they summarize, they write a personal...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils take a virtual tour of the country of China instead of a state. Using the Internet, they examine the differences between a political and physical map and use latitude and longitude to locate specific places. They also research...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Salt Front

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils discuss definitions of estuary, salinity, and the salt front. They listen as the teacher explains the Hudson River Miles and ways the upriver and downriver sections relate to the north and south. Students graph the salt front...
Professional Doc
Other

Asia Society: Start a Chinese Language Program in Your School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A good collection of ideas and resources for U.S. teachers and schools that want to start Chinese language programs.
Interactive
Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Chinese Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Study a variety of fundamental phrases and vocabulary of the Chinese language. Improve recognition and understanding the terms with the help of online games.
Website
City University of New York

Chinese Cultural Studies: The Chinese Language and Pronunciation

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains good information on the Chinese Language and pronunciation. The information is not too in-depth but does contain interesting facts. Links are also provided for additional information.
Activity
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Chinese Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
Website
Other

Huayu World: Global Chinese Language and Culture Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...
Website
Other

China Vista: Ancient Chinese Fables

For Students 9th - 10th
Fables have enriched the Chinese language and the morals of these tales have found their way into the Chinese language. Six popular ancient Chinese fables are found here in Chinese and English.
Handout
Other

Online Chinese Tools, With Chinese English Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site that provides tools to assist people learning and using the Chinese language. Resources include flashcards, pinyin converter, Chinese-English dictionary, calendar converter, Chinese number and currency converter, and more.
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Starting Out in Chinese [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introductory to the basic of the Chinese language. You'll learn some basic expressions such as hello, thank you, I'm sorry and goodbye.
Online Course
City University of New York

Brooklyn College Core 9: Chinese Culture Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An online course regarding Chinese culture. Links and information concerning the nature of culture, Tiananmen, geography, language and early history, Chinese religions, gender and the World Wars.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Real Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts in the form of slideshow presentation with audio content. Useful phrases with tips on pronunciation and grammar, cultural notes, self-evaluated challenge for comprehension are...
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Chinese. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Ii: Syntax

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2004. This course and its materials are also available in Chinese and Persian.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Iii: Semantics and Pragmatics

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2005. A Chinese version of the course is also available.
Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Useful resource for learning everyday Chinese vocabulary -- roll over each image to hear the correct pronunciation and see how the word is written. Corresponding English section (and other languages) makes this site a useful tool for ESL...
Activity
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Esl Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
A language lab for Chinese students learning English. Learn vocabulary through interactive flashcards with audio and text, and through games.
Handout
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Resources for Language Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has links to many resources for the language teacher of Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.
Website
Other

Busuu: Learn a Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A free engaging opportunity to learn languages from around the world. Languages offered include English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese and Polish.
Handout
Other

Yellowbridge.com: Chinese Loan Words in the English Language

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting language resource which details some of the few "loan words" in English from the Chinese language. Provides information and a list of Chinese words and characters.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Chinese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Chinese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Unit Plan
Other

Ask Asia: Count in Chinese

For Students Pre-K - 1st
See, hear, and say numbers 1-12 in Chinese. Print and color pictures are also available.

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