1. 10/11s Humanities

2. China Past and Present
 Unit 1: Culture Study
 What are traditions? What traditions are important to you?
 What is culture?
 How can we be open-minded when learning about culture?
 What are some elements of modern China?
 Communicating with
Chinese students
 Chinatown Trip
 Culture Murals
 Studying Cultural Artifacts
 China Search Project

3. China Past and Present
 Unit 2: Geography
 What is geography?
 What are important elements of Chinese geography?
 How does the geography of China influence the culture of
China?
 3-D Mapping
 Geography Stations
 3 Gorges Dam study

4. China Past and Present
 Unit 3: Chinese Inventions
 How do inventions affect culture, our lives, the world,
history?
 How can we understand history and a culture by researching
an object?
 In what ways have Chinese inventions impacted the world?
 Research Essays
 Making Paper
 Exploring Inventions

5. China Past and Present
 Unit 4: Leadership
 What makes a good leader?
 What are the characteristics of good leaders?
 If you were a leader, what would you do?
 How do leaders help maintain/change culture and traditions?
 Who are some Chinese leaders who have helped shape
China’s history?
 Leadership Debate
 Red Scarf Girl

6. China Past and Present
 Unit 5: Immigration
 What is immigration?
 Why do people immigrate?
 Why did the Chinese immigrate?
 When you move to a place that is foreign, how do you preserve
your identity/culture and how do you adapt?
 What does it mean to be an American?
 Trip to MOCA (Museum of Chinese in America)
 Literature Circles
 Becoming American – The Chinese Experience -PBS
Documentary

7. Literature
 Mock Newbery Books
 Connections to Social Studies (Year of the Dog, Red Scarf
Girl, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, The Monkey
King)
 Literature Circles
 Consistent Independent Reading

8. Writers’ Workshop
 Memoirs
 Folktales
 Essays
 Poetry
 Choice writing
 We use a Writer’s Workshop Model to teach editing and
revision skills.

9. Trips
 Camp Jewell (Community and Leadership Skills)
 Chinatown (Chinese Culture)
 MET (Chinese Art – Silk Painting)
 Chinatown (Immigration)
 Scholar’s Garden at Snug Harbor

10. Art Integration
 Culture Comparisons
 Construct Inventions
 Chinese Calligraphy Lessons
 Making Paper
 Silk Painting/Poetry