Host Country Geography

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Host Country Geography History Integration
Wendy Da

• Objective
• Content
• Stand alone unit Geography study
• Theme week Historical skits
• On going activity Reading Marathon
• Planning
• Notes for teachers

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I. Objective

• ???????Expose Chinese culture within defined
  content
• ????,????List 10 must know facts which covers
  major events happened in China in past 5000
  years
• ??????Promote language Content learning
  includes all four language skills training

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LanguageVehicle, CultureContent

• 1. Purpose
• Integrating Chinese culture to enrich students
  life,
• promote the language learning

2. What to teach

• History, Geography, Science Tech,
  Religious,
• Literature, Music, Art Craft, Food, Architects

3. How to teach

• Turns the natural land of China into a big
  classroom
• List 10 must know facts which covers major
  events happened in China in past 5000 years

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10 must know facts
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One Great Wall Two Large Rivers Three
Holy Mountains Four Great Inventions
Fifty Six Ethnic Groups Six
Way of Forming Chinese Characters Seven Colors
of China Eight Major
Dialogues
Nine Million Six Hundred
Thousand km2 of Land v Thirteen Hundred Million
Chinese in Population
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10 must know facts
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One Great Wall is very long. Two large rivers are
Yellow River and Yangtze River. Three holy
mountains are very tall. Four great inventions
are wonderful. Fifty Six Ethnic groups are one
big family. Six ways of forming Chinese
characters are magical. Seven colors of China are
beautiful. Eight major dialects are very
interesting. Nine Million Six hundred thousand
km2 of Land Is thirteen hundred million
Chineses beautiful home.
10 must know facts
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II. Content 1. Stand-alone Unit
0405--HS 2nd 3rd year students
(selected topics)

• ???? Map of China Geography locations
• ???? rubrics, QA handout Yellow River and
  Yangtze River
• ????Geographic part
• ????History and Culture
• ??Problem Control of the Rivers
• 56 Ethnic Groups rubrics Study areas ?, ?, ?,
  ?, ??, ??, ??Clothing, Food, Housing,
  Transportation, Language, Art, Religious, etc.

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0607_HS IB B SL / HL students did research and
writing for the 14 donations and 10 Ethnic groups
with 5 questions. Two of questions have to be
Essential Q.
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2. Theme Week???????????? Chinese historical
stories from textbook

• 5 lessons put together as an unit ????--??????
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• Schedule3 weeks (45 min/day)

• ???? Lesson study
• ?????? Group work to write scripts
• ???????? Different roles with stage lines
• ????,??? Dynasty study and post making
• ??,??,???? New characters, sentence
• ??3 ?(????) and reading comprehension
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Dynasty Rhyme

• ????,??? Dynasty study
• ??????????? Students understand history with
  timeline (????)
• ???????????? Content study from different
  angle
• ???????????? Students demonstrate knowledge
  with various media

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III. On going reading activity ????
??????Traveling around China Reading Marathon

• ????? Destination selection
• ?????? Important nature geography location
• ????????? Important history events

• ????????? Book selection and reading speed
• ??????? Students interests and level
• ????????????,??????,?????? Reading class once a
  week, share stories and check notes

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Notes for teachers
Teachers as facilitators

• ???????? Stand-alone Unit project based with
  language skills training built in
• ???? Four language skills
• ?????? ??,??,???? Topic study individually
• ?????? Collaborative learning

• ??????????????? Theme week Integrating with
  lessons from textbooksTo guide students
  understand the history
• ???????? ????????Combine the historical events
  from textbook as unit
• ??????,??????????,???????????????? Use internet
  as research tool to build a timeline with
  important events