Students read books, learn about the letter f, and eat ice cream all to learn about firefighters. In this fire fighters lesson plan, students also string beads to look like fire hose and visit a fire house.

Graves of the Hongshan culture (about 3800-2700 B.C.E.) might have held as many as 20 jade artifacts while those of the Liangzhu culture (about 3000--2000 B.C.E.) had as many as 300. These included bead necklaces and other decorative...