The Great wall
Introduction:
The famous Great Wall of China, which was initially constructed in the Spring and
Autumn Period (770-476BC) and the Warring States Period (475r-221BC) more than
2,000 years ago. After the unification of the six other states by the First Emperor of Qin
Dynasty, the various sections of the walls were joined and extended as far as ten thousand
li across China’s Heilongjiang province to China’s westernmost province Gansu, hence
taking the name “The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li”. It is one of the greatest ancient
constructions in the world.
Pretend you are an American student who is learning Chinese and Chinese culture in
Beijing University in summer. You just visit the Great Wall and are very excited to write
an essay to your professor to introduce about the Great Wall of China.
The Task
Working in a group of three, you will research, gather and organize all the information
about the Great Wall. You need to search online and read the documents you can find.
The following questions will guide you to do your work.
1. Show the map of the Great Wall.
2. Why was the Great wall built and what were the materials and methods used?
3. What does the history of the Great wall tell us about Chinese culture?
4. Why is it important that the Great Wall of China has survived through centuries
and remains standing today?
5. To what extend does the Great wall serve as the icon for China?
The Process
The class will be divided into 5 groups. Each group will have 3 students. Each group will
do presentation using PowerPoint and hand in your group report. The report has to
include 3 questions above. The report should include the main three aspects:
The history of the Great Wall
The present of the Great Wall
The future of the Great Wall
The Resources
Online:
www.crystalinks.com/chinawall
www.thegreatwall.com.
www.chinahighlights.com/greatwall/
gochina.about.com
Evaluation:
Content
Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Covers topic
completely
and
thoroughly.
Complete and
very organized
information.
Appropriate
content
engages the
reader.
Some essential
information.
Includes
enough
elaboration to
give viewers
an
understanding
of the topic.
Works with
others, but
takes part in
few decisions
and
responsibilities
with others.
Little or no
essential
information
and few facts.
Cooperative Works very
Group
well with
Work
others.
Everyone takes
responsibilities.
Presentation Communicates
Skill
ideas
with
enthusiasm,
proper and
clear
voice
projection,
appropriate
language, and
effective
delivery.
Works well
with others.
Takes part in
many
decisions.
Does not work
well with
others.
Takes little or
no
decisions and
responsibilities
with others.
Communicates Communicating Difficulty
ideas with
ideas with
communicating
proper voice
unclear voice
ideas,
projection,
projection,
due to voice
adequate
not enough
projection,
preparation,
preparation for incomplete
and
the work.
work.
some
enthusiasm.
Self
Teacher
Evaluation Evaluation