China:
5 Major concepts of geography
1) Location
2) Place
3) Human
Interaction with
the Environment
4) Movement
5) Region
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Groups of five
Each person will create a page in a CHINA flip book
Location
Location
Location
Place
Place
Place
HI with the E
HI with the E
HI with the E
Movement
Movement
Movement
Region
Region
Region
Absolute and Relative location
Physical & Man- made characteristics of a
place ex. city/ town
The many ways people have adapted to
their surroundings or altered them for
economic reasons
Of people, goods, and ideas
Refers to ways of categorizing areas of the
earth ex. climate/ religion
Absolute and relative locations of Shanghai. Analyze the reasons Shanghai was
originally.
Absolute and relative locations of Beijing (Peking). Analyze the reasons Shanghai was
originally.
Explain why Tibet’s location may have influenced China’s decision to take it over and
colonize it. Research Tibet’s geography and location, then INFER / analyze the
reason(s) China would colonize Tibet.
Research Mount Everest
Research the Gobi Desert
Research the Great Wall of China
Describe the way the Chinese government seeks to control population growth and
the method it uses to control it.
Analyze the causes and effects of pollution in China
Analyze the human effect on pandas
1954 Kai-Sheck fled to Taiwan with many of China’s business and intellectual people
Analyze Communism in China
Analyze the reason all broadcast media is owned by the Communist Party of China
Explain why China’s geographical boundaries limited its interactions with other
regions and cultures for many centuries.
Describe China’s climates (N,S,E,W)
Chinese cultures (ex. calendar, food, holidays, Zodiac, language, writing)
Websites:
Facts About Chinese
Culture for Kids |
eHow.com
A Kids Life in China
A to Z Kids Stuff |
Beijing
Everest Facts for
Kids
The Yangtze River
China | TIME For
Kids
China - Kids Konnect
China: History,
Geography,
Government, &
Culture |
FactMonster.com
China map, flag and
country information
on the Yahoo! Kids
World Factbook
The best 21 China
facts for kids
China’s air pollution
is so bad it’s visible
from space - NY
Daily News
Pollution in China
National Geographic
Kids
http://www.ehow.com/info_8056522_chinese-culturekids.html#page=5
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/china.html
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/beijing.html
http://www.alanarnette.com/kids/everestfacts.php
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/
yangtzeriver.htm
http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/china
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex/26places/countriesplaces/307-china.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107411.html
http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/worldfactbook/country/ch--China
http://www.great-wallofchina.com/china-facts-forkids.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/china-pollutionbad-visible-space-article-1.1253838
http://www.china-family-adventure.com/pollution-inchina.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ then type China in the search box