Chinese New Year
We have a subscription to Discovery Education (you can get the login information from the Library Haiku page). There is a good video on the Chinese New Year (9m 27s). Cities around the world host parades to honor the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year parades celebrate regional and traditional Chinese customs. In this program, San Francisco's large Chinese community brings in the new year with traditional Chinese music, dance, and symbols.
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4 Things You Need To Know About The Chinese New Year
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The Silk Road
Discovery Education
We have a subscription to Discovery Education (you can get the login information from the Library Haiku page). There is a good video called "The story of the Silk Road" (6m) - Travelers on the Silk Road were protected by the Great Wall and introduced to Western products and ideas brought by traders. The caravans of the Han Dynasty grew wealthy and extended Chinese territory to the North and West of the Great Wall.
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This video talks about the geography, what was traded (goods and ideas), the business of trading, the Great Wall, the Silk Road, Dunhuang, Bactrian camels, and more.
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This TEDEd is about the Silk Road and "globalization". It ties a modern analogy to ancient times.
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This video makes many great points, but is probably not appropriate to show students.
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This video shows some key Buddhism locations along the silk route, but doesn't talk specifically about the spread of Buddhism on the Silk Road. It has some nice footage of the desert.
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These maps are from this site.
China Trade
From China came famous Chinese porcelains, ceramic lusterware, lacquer-ware, snow white vases, bowls, glasses and dishes with patterns, ornaments, jewelry, decorative boxes, umbrellas, Chinese varnished products, medicines, perfumes, paper, gold, skins, tea, rice, corals, jade, amber, ivory, rhino horns, turtle shells, spices, glaze, cinnamon, ginger, bronze and iron items, and mirrors.
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European Trade
From the west came gold and other metals, ivory, gems and stones, glass, asbestos, coral, alfalfa, grapes, string beans, onions, cucumbers, carrots, pomegranates, figs. From Eastern Europe came skins, furs, fur animals, bark for skin processing, cattle and slaves. From Northern Europe came furs, skins, honey, and slaves.
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Central Asia and India Trade
From Persia came dates, saffron powder, pistachio nuts, and silver products. From Somalia came frankincense and myrrh. From India came sandalwood, cotton, fabrics, spices, pearls, semi-precious stones, dyes, ivory and Buddhism. From Egypt came glass bottles. From Central Asia and Mediterranean came wool, flax fabric processing, carpet manufacture and weaving, jade, furs, Parthian tapestries and carpets, camels, arms and military equipment, gold and silver, semi-precious stones and glass, Samarkand glass, skins, cotton fabrics, wool, gold embroidery, exotic fruits such as watermelon, melons, and peaches, fat-tailed sheep, hunting dogs, leopards, and lions.
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Sources
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Dunhuang
Kucha
Kashgar
Ctesiphon
Antioch
The Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China in 360°
This video shows a segment of the Great Wall of China in the Gobi Desert.
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This shows a lot of still images of the Gobi Desert.
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Cost of Building
Student Activity Ideas
Maybe the students to put together a spreadsheet to show the cost of building the Great Wall of China or create a Infographic. Here's an example of an infographic that was done using PiktoChart. It's free and really easy to use. Students would need to use a Chromebook because the iPad app is not adequate. The difficult part of a creating an infographic is knowing what you want to say.
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