SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise NEW LESSONS SEARCH BROWSE SUBMIT! <<PREV MORE LESSONS NEXT>> Share | Print Teachers.Net Lesson Bank Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange #161. Unit On China Literature, level: Elementary Posted by Susan Silverman (SueAlice@aol.com). Clinton Avenue Elementary, Pt. Jeff. Sta. New York U.S.A. Materials Required: described in unit Activity Time: one-two weeks Concepts Taught: China is a large country with interesting culture and customs A few summers ago I had the opportunity to visit China. It was a wonderful experience, which enriched my thematic unit on China. Since there was so much material to cover we spent two weeks studying China. Activities: 1.Spelling Assignment....words related to China 2. Geography...famous rivers and mountains in China 3. Panda Study.we read about Pandas and saw the movie "The Amazing Panda Adventure" 4.Craft activity.designed Chinese New Year horoscopes 5.Language Activity.... students were read many Chinese folktales and did various writing activities. They especially enjoyed "Lon Po Po" by Ed Young ( A Red-Riding Hood story from China) Various creative writing follow-up actives were found in "Multicultural Legends and Tales" by Vowery Dodd Carlile 6.Wrote poems and stories about China 7.Listened to an informative tape on China which had songs and stories. This tape was part of a "Culture Kit on China" by Linda Scher and Mary Oates Johnson 8.Listened to Chinese music and learned about the instruments 9.Wrote Chinese characters with calligraphy set from China 10.Were taught about the Chinese New Year with books and objects that I brought back from London's Chinatown 11.Made Lucky Money Envelopes with secret messages for their classmates to guess 12. Math activities that involved Chinese New Years dates 13. Were given the URL of web sites on China and the Chinese New Year 14. Saw the video "BigBird in China" 15.Worked with tanagram puzzles 16 .Saw photos that I took in China and heard about my experience teaching a class of children in China 17 .Saw the creative writing stories and illustrations that my students in China created 18.Saw photos of Chinese Buddest temples and burned incense during our luncheon in class 19.Learned how to eat with chopsticks at our luncheon Submit Lesson   Search   Browse   Request Lesson

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