China

This study was designed for a first and third grader.  This is an in depth look at China using books, DVDs, and activities.  Books used will be read aloud.  This focus of this study is an immersion into Chinese culture with some history and science thrown in.   The books, DVDs and activities are listed in chronological order. 

Read Spotlight on China by Bobbie Kalman
Watch Discovery Atlas: China Revealed DVD 102 minutes
Read Yeh-Hsien a Chinese Cinderella by Dawn Casey
Color map of China http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/map_china_unlabeled.pdf
People Around the World pg 196-200
Watch Families of China DVD 30 minutes
Read The Greatest Power by Demi – picture book, story about girl finding most valuable thing
Cookie cake – map of China  See here for examples of other cookie cakes we have done.
Read Shanyi Goes to China by Sungwan So
Make Coolie hat http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/make_a_coolie_hat.htm
Watch China to the Max DVD on Shanghai and Hong Kong 81 minutes
The Story about Ping
Make flag from construction paper
Read Children Just Like Me pg 48-49
Watch Animated Tales of the World The Magic Gourd 15 minutes
Make Chinese paper lanterns  http://crafts.kaboose.com/lantern1.html
Read Xinmin's Story: A Family in China by Helene Tremblay
Listen to music from China
Read Material World: A Global Family Portrait pg 56-63
Watch Animated Tales of the Word The Magic Paintbrush 15 minutes DVD
Read Food and Recipes of China by Theresa Beatty  and complete one recipe
Read Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Tea Tasting – smell and taste 3 different types of tea and write a review
Once Upon a Full Moon - a long picture book
Watch Wild China: Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land DVD 300 minutes
The Emperor's New Clothes: A Tale Set in China picture book
Watch dancing from China http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_lsFq8yeY0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgtPL2rcM9s&feature=fvsr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9W73mUw7xI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-asw9i10lw
Read Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons, and Lanterns
Watch Discover China: A Tale of Tofu DVD 52 minutes. There is a pig slaughter at the end.
Yikang's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Chinese City (A Child's Day) picture book
Read Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes pg 19-21 and color picture of animal for the year born printed from here http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_new_year_coloring.htm
Read The Yangtze: China's Majestic River
Watch China - The Panda Adventure (IMAX) DVD
Read The Story of Noodles (picture book)
Make Chinese Shuttlecock and play jianzi from Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes pg 18
The Children of China: An Artist's Journey   good map, art, and description of life around China
Watch Confucianism – life of Confucius DVD Religions of the World: Our World Faiths Animated about 20 minutes
Read Our Home is the Sea by Riki Levinson isbn 0-525-44406-8
Visit local Chinatown
Older child read the Adventures of Marco Polo	Younger child read Marco Polo: Overland to China by Zelenyj
Watch Explorers of the World Marco Polo DVD 23 minutes brief look at his life and work
Read The Dragon's Robe picture book
Practice eating with chopsticks
Watch GlobeRiders Silk Road Adventure DVD  - close to 4 hours
Read Great Wall of China
Build great wall out of rice krispie treats and cookies with this as a model.  http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/build-the-great-wall-lesson-plan/
Watch The Secret of the Magic Gourd DVD in Mandarin
Read Look What Came From China!
Visit Dim Sum restaurant
Attend local Chinese New Year Celebration in February