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Item description Use this China picture book, organized in ABC format, to teach about Chinese culture, the geography of China, and Chinese history. Each page of this informational text contains 1 letter of the alphabet and a word connected to China that begins with that letter. Written in easy-to-understand paragraphs, every word is also illustrated with at least 1 photograph. Your students will learn about 26 different topics when they read the entire book! Resource at a Glance: ★ What will students learn and do? * After reading information paragraphs, students answer comprehension questions. * Students learn 26 facts about Chinese history, geography, and culture. * Students practice categorizing by sorting the facts into logical groups. * Students write acrostic poems about China. ★ Who is it for? * All students learning about China, especially English Language Learners and students reading below grade level. ★ How does it help teachers? * The format provides an easy way to introduce China to your students. * It includes reading, writing, speaking, and grammar activities. * You can use the paragraphs to teach about linking and transition words, comparatives and superlatives, and relative clauses. * A pronunciation guide tells you and your students how to say the Chinese words. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> What you get in this product: ★ A Table of Contents for easy reference (1 page) ★ A Notes to the Teacher section with explanatory information (2 pages) ★ Alphabetically organized facts about the country, with illustrations — the actual ABC book about China (26 pages) ★ A list of the ELA Common Core standards addressed by this product (3 pages) ★ A table showing three types of language structures that can be found in the ABC China book’s text (2 pages) ★ A page with discussion questions about the main idea and supporting details in the ABC China book (1 page) ★ Two templates for writing an acrostic poem about China (2 pages) ★ A page listing suggested categories for sorting the A – Z words in the ABC China book (1 page) ★ A guide to pronouncing all the Chinese words in the ABC China book (1 page) More Info: You can use this ABC China book for a whole class read-aloud or for independent reading by your students. You can also use this informational text to complement lessons when reading literature about China. Or use it in a social studies class to provide supplemental information about China. The sentences in this book are written so both younger, native English-speaking students and upper elementary and middle school English Language Learners who are at an intermediate level of English proficiency and up can comprehend them. Besides giving your students information about Chinese culture and society, 4 language tasks are included in this product: 1) Identify 3 types of language structures. You can either point out the structures themselves or ask their students to identify them. Transitions and linking words, comparatives and superlatives, and relative clauses are all used in the book’s sentences. When students understand how and why these words and phrases are used, they are better able to comprehend informational texts. A table that identifies which language structures are used with each letter’s sentences is included in the product. 2) Questions asking students to identify the main idea and details of the paragraphs. These questions can be answered in writing or orally. They can be done individually, in pairs, in small groups, or as a whole class. 3) Write an acrostic poem about China. Two templates are included for doing that, one with a title and one without. You can select the style they prefer. 4) Sort the 26 words in the ABC book into categories. Nine categories are suggested and you can also create your own–or tell students to create categories–if you wish. After teaching in China for three and a half years, I was inspired to create a book that will give students interesting information about China past and present. This product can help address ELA Common Core standards in reading informational texts, reading history/social science texts, reading for fluency and accuracy, determining main ideas and details, and summarizing a written text. Welcome China into your classrooms and learn about this important country with this ABC book! <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Thank you and happy teaching! Common Core Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Any claims of correlation or alignment to the CCSS Standards or WIDA ELD standards are solely those of The ESL Nexus and have not been evaluated or endorsed by the NGA. The ESL Nexus is the sole creator of this product and does not claim endorsement or association with the creators of the CCSS or WIDA standards. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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Before Europeans first arrived in Asia, China was one of the most advanced and powerful nations in the world. It was the most populous, was politically unified, and most importantly, it had mastered the art of agriculture. However, when Europeans first landed on Chinese shores, they found a nation that had revered to traditional culture and warfare. Industrialization was almost nonexistent. At the beginning of the 20th century, China was divided into sphere of influence with each powerful Western nation trying to exert as much control over it as possible. The Chinese resented foreigners control and expressed this at the beginning of the 20th century with the Boxer Rebellion. At the same time, the traditional government of China began to fail in the early years. The Chinese people, being resentful of foreigners and dissatisfied with inability of the present government to throw them out, initiated the Revolution of 1911, replacing the Chinese 2000 year old imperial system with the Republic of China headed by Sun Yat-sen. Here is an amazing collection of vintage photographs taken in pre-revolution China, in Pre Deng XiaoPing period (1870-1946). Chinese Family [c1875] Attribution Unk Group Of Chinese Women With Fans, Canton, China [c1880] Afong Lai Greatwall China [1907] Herbert G. Ponting Boxer Prisoners Captured By 6th US Cavalry, Tientsin, China [1901] Underwood & Co Beggars, Beihai Park [c1917-1919] Sydney D. Gamble Cholon Actress, Cholon, Saigon, French Cochinchina [c1900's] Attribution Unk Qing Court Return, The Emperess Dowerger [1902] George E. Morrison China, Manchu Ladies Of The Palace Being Warned To Stop Smoking [c1910-1925] Frank & Frances Carpenter Interior Canal, Canton, China [c1917-1919] Sidney D. Gamble Pekin, Walls Of The Tartar City [c1894-1896] William H. Jackson Muslim Bandits, Xinjiang, China [c1915] Marc Aurel Stein Peking To Paris Autorace [1907] Attribution Unk Bride On Her Way To Wedding, Fuzhou Fujian China [c1911-1913] Ralph G. Gold Bomb Protection [c1940] Attribution Unk Mouth Of Coal Mine In Mountain Ridge West Of Ta Chu, China MAR [1909] Thomas C. Chamberlin Bridges By Which The Night Police Of The Roofs Cross The Streets, Canton, China [1900] Underwood & Co. Chang The Chinese Giant [c1870] Attribution Unk Chinese Punishment, Whipping A Lawbreaker [c1900] Attribution Unk Peking Mission School Children At Play, The Dragon's Head, China [1902] Carlton H. Graves Co Foot Bound Girls, Liao Chow, Shansi, China [c1930] IE Oberholtzer (Probable) During The Famine Young Child Dying In The Gutter, China [1946] Geroge Silk Taiwan Aborigines, Bunun Tribe, Formosa [c1900] Attribution Unk Empress Gobele Wan Rong [c1920-1940] Attribution Unk Toy Vendor, Chinatown, San Francisco [c1900s] Arnold Genthe Example Of A Coiffure On A Tartar Or Manchu Female, Frontview, Peking, Pechili Province, China [1869] John Thomson The Meridian Gate, Entrance To The Forbidden City, Peking China [1927] Herbert C. White Black, Chinese Frances Carpenter Ulysses S. Grant & Li Hung Chang, Tientsin, China [1879] Attribution Unk Jade Belt Bridge & Boat, Summer Palace, Peking, China [c1924] Sidney D. Gamble Men Laden With Tea, Sichuan Sheng, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Imperial Gate Of The Imperial City, Looking North, Peking, China [1901] Hawley C. White Co. Family In Lanchow, China [1944] Fr. Mark Tennien Kampa Dzong, Tibet [1904] John C. White Forest Temple Near Chefoo, Shantung, China [c1895] William H. Jackson Singing Girls, Hong Kong, China [c1901] Benjamin W. Kilburn Co. A Boat On A River With Rolling Hills In The Background In The Kiangsu Province Or Yunnan Province In China [1946] Arthur Rothstein Chinese Aviatrix Receives Gift Of New Plane From Colonel Roscoe Turner, Washington, D.C. [1939] Harris & Ewing Natives At Breakfast, Movable Chow Shop, Canton, China [c1919] Keystone View Co. Rich Merchants Dining With Singing Girls, Pekin, China [c1901] Benjamin W. Kilburn A Chinese Professor, China [c1919] Keystone View Co. Six Strongmen In Traditional Dress, China [1909] William Purdom Cake Of Millet & Jujubes, Peking, China [1915] Frank N. Meyer The Harvard Houseboat, Kiating Fu, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Stele Pavilion, SacredWay, Ming Tombs, Peking, China [c1900] Attribution Unk Mercenary Artillerymen Supplied With Guns & Ammunition By The British [c1880] Attribution Unk Canton, China [c1880] R.H. Brown Flower Boats, Canton China [c1871] Emil Rusfeldt View Of An Old Village, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong [c1946] Hedda Morrison Kidnapped Girls, Foochow, China [1904] Attribution Unk Yung Ting Men, Front View Of The Two Towers & The Barbican [1924] Osvald Siren Jeunes Filles Chinoises [c1901] René Parison Tibetan Lhacham, Tibet [c1879] Sarat Chandra Das Bowl Shaped Objects Scattered Outside A Building, Yunnan, China [1922] Joseph F. C. Rock Ching Yang Temple, Chentu, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Leuchtturm Im Cantonfluss [c1891] C. R. Hager Fisherman In Grand Canal By The East Gate, Peking, China [1907] Herbert C. White Co. Queen's Road On Chinese New Years Day, Hong Kong, China [1902] Carlton H. Graves China, Kuan Hsien Temple [1908] Ernest H. Wilson Drache Am Schleusenrand Im Túngchou-Kanal, Peking, Chihli Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Examination Hall With 7500 Cells, Canton, China [1873] Attribution Unk Der Industriebezirk Der Salzbrunnen, Tzeliutsing, Szechúan Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Auf Der Reise Zum Kloster Des Himmelsknaben Bei Ningpo, Ningpo-Tíen Túng Sze, Chekiang Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Der Abt Des Klosters, Tíen túng sze, Chekiang Province [c1906] Ernst Boerschmann Young Mother Carrying A Child On Her Back In The Market, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Produce & Wares From Shops Along The Sides Of A Typical Backstreet, Western District, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Seated Man Amid Baskets Of Fish & Hanging Dried Fish, Eastern Districts, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Produce & Wares From Shops Along The Sides Of A Typical Backstreet, Western District, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison House Interior Showing Woman With Bound Feet Tending A Stove In The Lost Tribe Country [1936] Hedda Morrison House Interior Showing A Woman At A Brick Stove, A Bucket & A Ladle Made From A Gourd In The Lost Tribe Country [1936] Hedda Morrison Fisher Families With Junks In Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison Men With Leopard At The Dongan Mission, China [1932] Fr. Otto Rauschenbach China's Common Carrier, Her Substitute For Railways, A Camel Square In Peking, China [1901] Underwood & Co
Ancient China is a fascinating and compelling culture to study. Here's a list of the books, resources, and videos we've used to study Ancient China.
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The list of inventions that are credited to the ancient Chinese is long and note-worthy. Several great series of picture books dramatize these moments of invention and are great books for inspiring your young inventors and artists. Books on Chinese Inventions by Ying Chang Compestine Chinese-American author Ying Chang Compestine has written a series of books about Chinese inventions. Each book features the Kang family: Mama, Papa, and three boys, Ting, Pan, and Kùai. Kids will love seeing how the antics of the three boys fits with these inventions. The Story of Chopsticks (2001) imagines the circumstances surrounding the invention of chopsticks. The three Kang brothers, Ting, Pan, and Kùai, are all hungry, growing boys. Kùai, the youngest, is frustrated by having to wait for food to cool down until it was safe to eat with your fingers. A few twigs later, he invents the first chopsticks! But when the boys bring their new invention to a wedding feast, they find themselves at odds with the elders. The Story of Noodles (2002) Though it seems unlikely that noodles were invented because, "'We wanted a food that is easier to clean up after food fights,'" kids will enjoy this story of how an accident with dumplings leads to the possible invention of noodles, which had originated in China by the first century. The Author's Note explains some of the history and customs of noodles and includes a recipe for Long-Life Noodles. The Story of Kites (2003) In this story, the poor Kang brothers are tired of constantly having to scare the birds away from their rice crop. First, they decide to try making their own wings, with predictably disastrous consequences, but eventually their designs lead them to the first kites. Kite-flying has been documented in China more than twenty-four hundred years ago. The book ends with an Author's Note and directions on how to make and fly your own kites. The Story of Paper (2003) The Kang boys are not doing well in school and are blaming the bugs and insects that distract them as they are practicing their writing in the dirt. After much experimentation, they hit upon paper. The Author's Note includes a detailed description of the oldest paper and its introduction to the Chinese emperor, as well as directions for making homemade "garden" paper. Books on Chinese Inventions by Virginia Walton Pilegard The Warlord's Puzzle (2000). An artist brings a beautiful blue tile before the Warlord, but it drops, breaking into seven pieces. When no one can put the tile back together, the Warlord agrees to hold a contest. This accident becomes the invention of the tangrams, so named for their connection to the Tang dynasty. The Warlord's Beads (2001). The peasant and his young son now live in the warlord's palace, but the father has been tasked with counting the warlord's vast treasure. Worried that they keep losing count spurs his son, Chuan, to invent the first abacus. The Author's Note describes the first documented use of the abacus in 14th century China and includes directions for making your own abacus. The Warlord's Fish (2002). The artist and his young apprentice, Chuan, are kidnapped by a group of traders and taken out across the wilds and into the vast desert (along the Silk Route and through the Takla Makan, though the names are not used). When a sandstorm blocks the sun and clouds block the stars, Chuan convinces the artist to use his south-pointing fish to help them find their way to the oasis. The Author's Note explains that the Chinese invented a south-pointing compass made of a magnetic spoon by the third century BC(E) and includes directions for making your own floating compass. The Warlord's Puppeteers (2003). Chuan tries to help a group of traveling puppeteers, after a bandit raid seizes their puppets. This book focuses on introducing children to the concepts of proportion and includes directions for making your own sock puppets. The Warlord's Kites (2004). Chuan and his friend Jing Jing are concerned about the approach of an enemy army and conceive of the idea of using flutes attached to kites to frighten them off. In this story, Jing Jing takes a starring role as the inventor and quick-thinker. Directions are include for handmade kites. The Warlord's Messengers: a mathematical adventure (2005). Young Chuan and Jing Jing are concerned when an invitation arrives for the warlord, but he will not receive the message in time. The friends brainstorm a faster way to travel and invent a wind-driven carriage. These "sailing carriages" were mentioned in Chinese literature 1500 years ago. The book ends with directions for creating a wind sock (another Chinese invention). The Warlord's Alarm (2006). This story seems to take place immediately following The Warlord's Messengers. Chuan and Jing Jing are accompanying the warlord on his trip to visit the emperor, but in order for the warlord to arrive exactly when the gates of the city open, they need to figure out a way to keep track of time during the night, when a sundial is useless. The invent a water clock, and the Author's Note describes some of the complicated water clocks used by the Chinese. There are also directions to make your own dripping water clock. The Emperor's Army: a mathematical adventure (2010). A bit of a departure from the rest of the series, this book tells the story of a father and son in court of Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang who are forced into hiding by the emperors proclamation against books and scholars. This leads them to discover the building of the emperor's famed terracotta warriors, and the Author's Note includes information about their eventual re-discovery.
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Heritage Sites in Contemporary China: Cultural Policies and Management Practices focuses on cultural heritage policies in China emerging in the period of the 11th and 12th Five Year Plans. Various important Chinese sites across China are investigated, including Luoyang Sui, Daming Gong, Niuheliang, Xinjiang, and Nanyuewang through the dual perspective of archaeological debate and as a case study of policy making. It explores the relationship between policy and the institutional and administrative conditions, such as budgeting and land concerns, which affect it. Building on the research project implemented by the China Academy for Cultural Heritage (CACH) from 2012?2014, which focused on the impact of the Dayizhi Policy for Great Archaeological Sites, the book provides an interdisciplinary insider?s approach to viewing archaeological discoveries; policies and emerging practices in site and archaeological management; and public administration in China. Featuring contributions from experts within CACH and from the Chinese community of archaeologists, and including numerous tables, data and maps, it will appeal to researchers and scholars in disciplines such as archaeology, heritage management, public administration, and policy making. | Author: Luca Zan, Janli Yu | Publisher: Routledge | Publication Date: Mar 19, 2018 | Number of Pages: 320 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 1138054623 | ISBN-13: 9781138054622
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