[kristen_teach]

Any ideas to make Ancient China come alive for 6th graders?

[hrush]

We have the students in our school research and present the information about Chinese New Year.

[Mrs C]

Eat with chopsticks.

Build a miniature Great Wall.

Make paper lanterns & dragons.

Do a calligraphic scroll using the Chinese alphabet (which I am sure Google could find for you), or make a bracelet with name in Chinese characters.

Learn the Chinese zodiac & write funny horoscopes.

Build & float Chinese junks.

Research & make a diorama of pandas in their natural habitat.

Learn to count to 10 in Chinese & then create a Math problem using the Chinese words.

Have students create dot-to-dot pictures using Chinese numbers; shuffle, have others do & color for display.

Treasure hunt along the Silk Road with Marco Polo...geography & Chinese exports.

[Carrie in WV]

I am right in the middle of my Ancient China unit--that is until we started our Christmas break yesterday. We did a cyberhunt that I found on Scholastic. http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/instructor/cyberhunt/0301/ancientchina_kids.htm
My 5th graders enjoyed it a lot.

You could make kites using wrapping paper and wooden sticks you can get at any craft place...add some string and have them try out their kites