Culture
- Grade
Level K-4
- Grade Level 6-8
- Grade Level 9-12
K-4
Resource: Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Title: China: People and
Places
Description: Students will understand
the spoken Chinese language, tone as well as words that communicate
meaning and the writing system made up of symbols, called characters,
rather than letters.
URL: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/chinapeopleandplaces/
Credit: www.discoveryschool.com
Resource: Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Modern Culture
Description: Students will examine their
own modern
culture and compare it to other cultures around the world. They
will focus on the items, such as computers and soda cans, that are
prominent parts of their culture. They will draw pictures of themselves
and their parents in their daily lives and write paragraphs discussing
the items that are important to their culture and explaining whether
other cultures use these items as well.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/gk2/fairytale.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: The
Chinese Dragon: A Powerful Metaphor in Chinese Cultural History
Description: Students will explore the
history, culture and geography of China in a variety of periods using
the folk motif of the dragon as a focal point.
URL: http://www.primarysource.org/library/tcu_botsford/toc.html
Credit: The Primary
Source Clara Hicks Resource Library
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Life on the Rivers
of Asia
Description: Students will examine the
influence of rivers on the populations of Asia. Using the Ganges,
Yangtze, and Mekong as primary examples of Asian rivers, students
will consider the immediate influence of the rivers in the lives
of the people who live along them, as well as the larger influence
of the rivers on the regions in which they exist.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/gk2/liferiver.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Marketplaces of Asia
Description: The local marketplace serves
as a reflection of what is available in the environment, what is
used to meet daily needs, or what is valued in a culture. In this
lesson students will explore kinds of marketplaces and view goods
as a reflection of the characteristics of a region.
URL:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g35/marketplace.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Mapping
Your State’s
Culture
Description: In this lesson, students
will explore the concept of culture .
They will learn about interesting aspects of their state's culture,
including arts, recreation, folklore, and cultural diversity. Finally,
students will design thematic maps showing some of the most interesting
cultural features of their state.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/g35/tgmapping.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
6-8
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Comparing Cultures
Description: In this lesson, students
will use the Web to find out about the cultures and customs of Nepal ,
Japan, or the Mentawai tribe of Indonesia. They will compare three
customs from one of these cultures to customs in the United States.
Students will conclude by writing paragraphs imagining that they
have visited with the people of one of these cultures.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/g68/tgdigital.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Cities in Asia
Description: After identifying the characteristics
of cities, students will analyze the influence of geography on patterns
of urban settlement and the role geography plays in the types of
cities that develop. Students will create a list of different types
of cities and then compare and analyze different Asian cities.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g68/citiesasia.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Chinese Dialect
Description: In this exercise, students
will investigate the difficulties presented by dialect variations.
The students' experiences will help accentuate the usefulness of
a common written language when dialects exist. Thus primed, students
will be ready to explore the desirability of anti-illiteracy campaigns
and language reform movements.
URL: http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Lesson_Plans/China/LP_china_3.htm
Credit: AskAsia
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: China:
Fifty Years Inside the People’s Republic
Description: You can explore the rich
diversity of China through the photographs that were part of the
Asia Society's exhibition, CHINA: 50 Years Inside the People's Republic.
The Photography section
includes six photographs chosen from the exhibit, statements from
the artist, background information, and questions to stimulate discussion.
The Activities section
offers in depth, guided questions for critical thinking, activities
to use in the classroom, and links to additional resources available
on AskAsia.org.
URL: http://www.askasia.org/China/activities.htm
Credit: AskAsia
9-12
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Population Issues
in China and India
Description: China and India are the
two most populous countries in the world, but they have taken very
different approaches to population control. Students will gather population
statistics for these two countries, read about population issues
in both places, and determine whether India should adopt a one-child
policy like the one implemented by the Chinese government.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g912/population.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan Title: Your Hometown: A Teenage
Perspective
Description: Students will be asked
in this lesson to create a "teen-friendly" Web site for
their town or to redesign their town's Web site so that it is more
interesting to teenagers .
Before they do this, students will consider the things that are important
to teenagers in their town, and will take a look at their town's "official" Web
site.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g912/tghometown.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
Resource: Lesson
Plan
Lesson Plan
Title: Cultural Characteristics
Influence a Region’s Character
Description: In this lesson students
will analyze demographic data and explore relationships
between several cultural characteristics of nations .
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/g912/region.html
Credit: National Geographic
Xpeditions
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