Exploring China

Seven activities make up a lesson plan designed to explore Chinese celebrations through grand conversation and crafts. Scholars create plates of Chinese food, a lion mask, paper lanterns, red envelopes with good wishes, and a classroom...

Students locate China on the map. In this Chinese geography, history and culture lesson, students read literature about China. Students participate in paper making, silk making and lantern making activities.

By providing an in-depth and interesting overview of European exploration in the New World, this presentation would be a wonderful complement to a unit on this topic. The 17 slide presentation is both thought-provoking and informative....

Construct a personal journey time-line. First, learners explore the travels of Tweega, the giraffe, in the book Chee-Lin, A Giraffe's Journey by James Rumford. Then they compare and contrast regions in the story and reflect on their own...

Young scholars use the internet to research the culture of China. In groups, they examine the giant pandas and draw their own picture of the two interacting. They also write a paragraph describing what they saw and can share it with...

Students participate in various web based activities about ancient China in order to discover the accomplishments of this extraordinary culture. In this history lesson, students explore the Chinese paper making recipes, and the special...

Young scholars use the Internet to explore the language, culture, history and food of China. They practice writing Chinese characters and participate in hands-on activities.

Students research Chinese culture, the lunar calendar, and how the new year is celebrated in China. They research several different meaningful Chinese characters. Students paint animal figures and Chinese characters then cut and fold...

Young scholars explore China.  In this introduction to Chinese culture instructional activity, students bring in items or pictures from home that represent Chinese culture. Young scholars create a "Chinese museum" by putting these...

Second graders explore the concept of contributions of ancient civilizations.  In this civilization lesson, 2nd graders discover what contributions the ancient civilizations of China made to modern times.  Students discover various...