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Early Elementary
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 * Geography - read a map.** Have students study a map of China and then ask them questions about the map, such as: Which countries are southwest of China? What continent is China on? and What bodies of water are east of China?


 * More geography -- find the countries.** As a follow-up to the previous activity, have students study the map and compare the sizes of China and the United States. Then provide them with an unlabeled world map and ask them to locate and label both countries. Challenge them to also label as many surrounding countries as they can identify.

Upper Elementary

 * History -- make a timeline.** Arrange students into small groups and assign each group a period in Chinese history. Have students research their assigned period by exploring online sites or classroom resources. Then ask each group to make a timeline showing the period's most important events. Combine the timelines to create a bulletin board display.


 * Geography -- create a geography bee.** Provide students with index cards. Have students take a virtual tour of China (exploring as many cities as possible). As they explore the site, ask students to write down one fact about each city visited. Tell them to write only one fact on each card and to note the name of the city on the back of the card. Collect all the cards and use them to conduct a classroom geography bee. Finally, provide students with copies of a map of China and ask them to locate each of the visited cities.

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Fine Arts
Chinese Fan Craft **You will need: ** A piece of paper about 1m by 20cm. Fax paper is ideal (we were fortunate enough to find an old Venetian blind which cane ready pleated) Two wide popsicle sticks PVA (white) glue Sticky tape Coloring pens

Decorate your paper with the pens. We went for butterflies and flowers but older children might like to try something more authentic like blossom or calligraphy. ‘Pleat’ the paper into folds about 1 1/2cm wide. Glue a popsicle stick onto each end of the paper. The popsicle sticks should stick out about 2cm above the top of the paper.

Tape the bottom of the fan together.

To open your fan, bring the popsicle sticks all the way round so that they meet.

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