Chinese Cinderella
Webquest
You will be given 2 days in the computer lab to find information on the following topics. You will be called on to share
the information you have gleaned. Click on the link and answer questions below each link on your own paper.
TOPIC
A Brief
History of
China
Web Address
http://history-world.org/a_brief_history_of_china.htm
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Who is Confucius?
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What is Taoism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China#Names
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When was the Republic of China established?
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What dynasty was replaced?
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What are the dates of this Republic?
Who is Sun Yat-sen?
Who is Chiang Kai-shek?
Chinese
Language
http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechineselanguage/a/calques.htm
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List and explain any 3 of the 10 expressions our language borrowed from the Chinese.
http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechineselanguage/a/loanwords.htm
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List and explain any 5 of the 10 English words that are borrowed from Chinese
2. Chinese
Foot Binding
http://www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942
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Explain the process of foot binding
3. Chinese
Family Life
http://www.chinaunique.com/educate/culture.htm#family
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Summarize typical family life in China
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How many children may families have?
http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html
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Which gender is preferred in China?
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What is gendercide?
4, Role of
Women in
China
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t3w24womenchinap2kk.htm
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinwomn.html
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What has been the traditional role of women in China?
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How has the role of women changed?
5. Chinese
Calligraphy
http://www.chinapage.org/calligraphy.html
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What is calligraphy?
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What does Chinese writing look like?
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/name/blname.htm
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Click one of the letters below to see a list of names. Find your first name. Copy the Chinese equivalent on the back
of this sheet. You will transfer your Chinese name to construction paper later.
6. Chinese
Calendar
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
http://www.chinese.new-year.co.uk/calendar.htm
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On what do the Chinese base their calendar?
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Chinese years are named for what?
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2009 is the year of the ____
7.The Author
http://www.adelineyenmah.com/
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Summarize the life of this author.
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Click on the Family Album link and see pictures of her family.
8. Mahjongg
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~clay/mahjongg/rules.html
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This game is known as the Game of the ____ _____.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong
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Explain the rules of the game.
After you have finished with the above, complete the following.
1. Go to these sites and find the meaning of your name
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http://www.behindthename.com/
http://www.babynameaddicts.com/
2. Ask your parents how you got your name. (Are you named after someone – a family member or a famous person?)
3. Do you have a nickname? If so, what is it? What does it mean? How did you get that nickname?
4. How do you feel when someone calls you by the wrong name or pronounces your name incorrectly?
5. Why are names important? What makes a name special? What makes people with the same name different from each
other?
6. When you have finished with all the above, access this site:
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/chinese/games/mahjongg/start.htm to try your hand at playing the game.