East & Southeast AsiaCambodia Lesson Plans Cambodia: Past and Present These lessons focus on the history of Cambodia beginning in the Funan Period extending to modern time. Through Cambodian literature, written reflections, slide shows and film, this integrated unit is targeted for grade eight students who will learn about Cambodia in their English, social studies, and writing classes. Genocide, Social Conflicts, and the "Upstander" These lessons are a culminating project for a novel unit on Children of the River by Linda Crew. The book shares the struggles of Sundara, a Cambodian teenager who escapes from the Khmer Rouge and ends up in an American high school in Oregon. How Does my Cambodian Culture Affect Who I Am as a Student in the United States? Students will compare their Cambodian school culture to that of the United States. They will address the similarities and differences and will discuss the preconceived notions they had about school in America and how their culture affects who they are as students in the American school system. Music and Dance: New Year's Celebrations Students will explore themes and methods of celebration that are common in many cultures while learning to sing and play an instrumental accompaniment for a Cambodian song and explore formal and informal dance traditions of the Cambodian culture. New Year's Celebrations Students will identify and record the big idea behind New Year's celebrations in Cambodia as well as in the United States. Resilience of the Spirit: Luong Ung's Story of Survival, First They Killed My Father and Cambodian History These lessons will engage students in Luong Ung's memoir First They Killed My Father, teaching them about life before and during the Khmer Rouge. Rice in Cambodia Each lesson revolves around one of the five themes of geography (Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human Environmental Interaction.) In the sixth lesson, students make cookbooks of rice recipes from Cambodia and other countries from our student population. Rural Life in Cambodia The purpose of these three lessons is to provide students with an overview of Cambodian rural life through lecture, reading, and writing. China Lesson Plans Using Historic Film to Teach about China This lesson plan brings moving images into the classroom through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant with Northeast Historic Film. Based on the film clip, "Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing" from the Charles Gilbert Collection, this lesson introduces upper elementary students to different modes of transportation in early 20th Century China as seen through American eyes. The Chinese Dragon: A Powerful Metaphor in Chinese Cultural History This web unit includes several lessons, classroom activities, a slide show, as well as web and bibliographic links. It uses the motif of the dragon in Chinese folklore to discuss aspects of Chinese literature, mythology and political history. This unit was designed by a librarian to be used by classroom teachers in cooperation with library-media specialists. Inventions and Technology of the Ancient Chinese This unit contains 3 lessons for students to creatively engage with the ancient Chinese inventions of the compass, wheelbarrow and kite. There is a rubric for assessment. It also suggests other topics such as the decimal system, seismograph, lacquer ware, rockets, and silk. It recommends an Invention Fair as a culminating activity. China: One of the World’s Greatest Civilizations The authors of this unit define the characteristics of "civilization" and present Chinese culture and history in light of these characteristics. The original eight-week unit is available in the Primary Source library; four lessons are presented here: an introduction to the elements of civilization, Chinese dynasties, Chinese philosophy and the importance of silk to China's economic history. The Rise of State Level Society in Ancient China for grades 4-7 This unit presents the earliest history of China, from the Neolithic period to the Shang dynasty, in order to introduce students to the development of "state level" (i.e. "civilized") societies.
The Chinese Family in the Twentieth Century This unit of social history examines Traditional Chinese Family Values, Revolutionary Chinese Family Values (1950-1980) and Modern Chinese Family Values (1980-present).
Contemporary Chinese Peasant Painting for grades 1-12 This form of painting became popular during the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976). Images depicting people's every day lives became a natural focus under the regime of Chairman Mao. Artists in places like Hu County in Shaanxi Province (near Xi'an), where these painting were made, were discovered and became popular. This particular series of Peasant Paintings, by a mature, female artist named Dong, were done in a studio production method. The peasant paintings depict festivals and daily routines: preparing food, doing laundry, traditional parades (lanterns, dragons), animals and fish. Some tell stories with symbolism. This curriculum resource will provide potential lesson topics and areas of discovery and a set of images for teachers of art, Chinese culture & history at elementary, middle and high school levels. The paintings may serve as supplementary visuals for K-8 teachers of science, and geography. The United StatesDiscovering Boston's Civil Rights Story (PDF) Black History Month website from Primary Source Curriculum Units on African American History Tea Party for 19th Century American Activists (PDF file) Students choose a historical figure, read a short primary source by that person, and then participate in various “tea party” activities. The sequence of lessons will take approximately five days. Primary source readings for twenty activists or thinkers are available online at PBS's Africans in America site.
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