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American Transcendentalism and Buddhism:

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study American transcendentalism through readings of Emerson and Thoreau. They make cognitive connections to the similarities to Buddhism in these writings. The connection of the literary movement is explained in the art of the...
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Passionate Pilgrims- Two Poets And A Painter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that looks at the culture of Japan to isolate the practices of painting and writing in several different traditions. They conduct research about the lives of the artists using a variety of resources. The...
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Using "Good" or "Well"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts learning exercise, students read 12 sentences and insert the word "good" or "well" in the blank. There is no information about the proper use of these words.
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Write Your Own Folk or Fairy Tale

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students analyze folk and fairy tales. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the elements of a tale determining what the differences are between folk and fairy tales. Students then write their own tales using the graphic...
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ABA Form in Music

For Teachers 4th
Patterns happen everywhere, in music, math, and language! Fourth graders listen to the "William Tell Overture" visualizing the patterns that they hear. They then discuss and write an ABA poem that matches the ABA form found in the music...
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Creating Stage Designs that Reflect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and research cultural, historical, and symbolic clues in dramatic texts. They demonstrate knowledge of research sources.
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Drama/Theatre

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how setting, props, and character-action communicate information about the characters and the story. Access to videos and a video camera are important to make this lesson a success.
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Recreating Chinese Bronze Vessels

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students make Chinese Bronze Vessels using coil or slab-built clay ceramic techniques. They focus on various ceramic techniques essential to creating a carved ceramic box in the style of Chinese Bronze Vessels.
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Chinese New Year: Paper Lanterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the celebrations of Chinese New Year. They practice measuring and cutting to make paper lanterns.
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Picnics-- Chinese Style

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore about the Chinese rituals of poetry competition. They compare and contrast Chinese picnics with American picnics. Students create short poems, celebrating their own spring poetry picnic. They discuss words or...
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Comparing Chinese And Japanese Ceramics

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discuss the conception of beauty by considering and contrasting the appearance and use of Chinese and Japanese ceramics in this instructional activity for the middle or high school classroom.
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Chinese Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concepts related to the development of Chinese Games. They work with the teacher to point out important events in history that are related to their development and the influence of games upon the Chinese culture.
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The Role of Dragons in Chinese Culture

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars discuss the concept of symbolism in China and America and create their own "dragon boats" for evaluation and display. This Art lesson can be easily integrated into an elementary unit on China.
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Traditional Chinese Garments And Their History

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the traditional dress of the Chinese people and create a new story line for "The Emperor's New Clothes" set in China. This creative project allows students to illustrate pages for the new class book.
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Calligraphy: Symbols & Signs - Visual Arts

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research the forms and significance of calligraphy in traditional and contemporary Chinese society. They design a mixed media scroll on paper, developing symbols for use as calligraphic images. Students describe how selected...
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Using Natural Resources In Chinese And Japanese Art

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the uses and availability of natural resources in China and Japan and how those resources effected visual art from each country. This lesson includes two possible enrichment activities.
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Art And The Afterlife

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss various cultures and their beliefs of the afterlife in this study of Japanese art. The final evaluation is done through the creation of student collages illustrating their beliefs of the afterlife.
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I Hate English!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars listen to stories and examine Chinese culture. They summarize a message and retell it to the class.
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Drama with Children I

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in activities to introduce them to drama. They mimic facial expressions, pretend objects are something else, and play "Chinese Whispers". They create puppets and theater boxes, masks and costumes, and write scripts...
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Social Studies: Ancient China

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the contributions and influences of dynasties on Chinese history. They role-play as citizens during selected dynasties and write daily autobiographical entries. Students complete projects on the geography,...
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The Chinese Zodiac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create their own personalized Zodiac page on a word processing document after researching and discussing the origins of Zodiak signs. This lesson does include resource links and may be controversial.
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Class Distinctions in Art And Literature

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students evaluate the validity of a society where the individual's place is based on such arbitrary norms as gender, family connections, economic status, or military prowess in this look at Asian culture.
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Ancient Chinese Tomb Building

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners compare and contrast the monuments erected for George Washington, the first president of the United States, and Qin Shi Huangdi (r. 221- 210 BCE), the first emperor of China. This lesson also includes a creative project.
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Nightingale: Chinese Hand Scroll with Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
After listening to the Hans Christian Anderson story, "The Nightingale," students research more information about the bird. They then write an "If" poem, using facts about a nightingale. Next, watercolors are used to illustrate the poe

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