Search educational resources

Search

Menu

Sign In Try It Free
Discover
Solutions
- Educator Edition Save time lesson planning by exploring our library of educator reviews to over 550,000 open educational resources (OER).
- Learning Explorer An all-in-one learning object repository and curriculum management platform that combines Lesson Planet’s library of educator-reviews to open educational resources with district materials and district-licensed publisher content.
About
Pricing
School Access
- Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
  Learn More
Sign In
Try It Free

Create engaging lessons with

vetted educational resources— videos, interactives, games, lesson ideas, and more!

Start Your 10-Day Free Trial

Get Free Access for 10 Days!

Share on Facebook
Tweet This Resource
Pin This Resource
Link

Watching the People Lesson Plan

Watching the People Lesson Plan

Publisher

Curator Rating

Educator Rating

Not yet Rated

Lesson Plan

Watching the People

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Young scholars, after viewing a documentary, reflect upon the human dimension of the economic issues modern day China is facing. They compare and contrast the fate of the people they meet in the documentary. Afterward, they complete their assigned portion of a chart.

3 Views 0 Downloads

Concepts

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

china, social studies

Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade

9th - 12th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

3 more...

Resource Type

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

2 days

Technology

Video

Usage Permissions

Fine Print

Start Your Free Trial

Save time and discover engaging curriculum for your classroom. Reviewed and rated by trusted, credentialed teachers.

See similar resources:

Students’ Response to 9/11—A Documentary Report

Smithsonian Institution

Young historians research the devastating attacks of 9/11 and use that information to script their own documentaries. The follow-up activity includes recording the documentary and conducting classmate interviews,

6th - 12th Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

Henry Kissinger and Detente

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

How did relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China evolve between 1950 and 1970? Your young historians will complete a timeline of events with evidence that the relationship between these two great nations was...

9th - 12th Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

The Value of Ancient Traditions

Global Oneness Project

Imagine having to give up cell phones, computers, and TV? What would be lost? What gained? An examination of the Drokpa, a nomadic people who live in the grasslands of Tibet, provides class members an opportunity to consider how access...

9th - 12th Science

Introduction to China

Compare and contrast the distinctive characteristics of art forms from various cultural, historical, and social contexts, and describe how the same subject matter is represented differently in works of art across cultures and time...

9th - Higher Ed Visual & Performing Arts

Ancient River Valley Civilizations

Ziggurats, cuneiform writing, the Tower of Babel, hieroglyphics, pyramids, the Great Wall. Launch a unit on ancient cultures, with a presentation that introduces viewers to ancient Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Sumer, Egypt, Indus, and China....

7th - 9th Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

Instructional Video

China Buys US bonds, Money, Banking and Central Banks, Finance and Capital Markets

Go further into depth with the China-United States trade scenario, this time investigating what the Chinese government does with the dollars they collect. Sal reminds scholars why the Chinese Central Bank prints Yuan to purchase dollars...

3 mins 11th - Higher Ed Social Studies & History

Instructional Video

How Africa is Becoming China's China

Wendover Productions

Is it possible for a nation to buy an ally? Scholars research the growing relationship between African nations and one of the largest superpowers on the planet, China. Viewing a short video, they discuss how different nations in Africa...

11 mins 9th - Higher Ed Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

The Right of Indigneous Peoples in the United States

Advocates for Human Rights

The sovereignty of U.S. Native American nations is the focus of a resource that asks class members to compare the Right to Self-Determination in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with a fact sheet that details the...

9th - 12th Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

Instructional Video

China, One of the World's Oldest Civilizations

Breathtaking , contrasting images in a narration-free pictorial overview capture the cultural and geographic diversity of this ancient, sprawling country. By juxtaposing the familiar with the unique, the video challenges viewers'...

8 mins 6th - 12th Social Studies & History

Historic Journey From Taiwan To China

Students research information about Taiwan. They list information about the relationship between Taiwan and China in the before journey column. In the after journey column, have students predict what happen to this relationship.

9th - 12th Social Studies & History

© 1999-2024 Learning Explorer, Inc.

Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Health
Language Arts
Languages
Math
Physical Education

Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Visual and Performing Arts

View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

Our Review Process
How it Works
How to Search
Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

Edit a Collection
Assign to Students
Manage My Resources

Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use