*(Easy)
Louis, Ai-Ling; Yeh-Shen: A Chinese Cinderella
Young, Ed; Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China
Tao, Wang; Exploration into China
Song, Nan Zhang; Five Heavenly Emperors: Chinese Myths of Creation

*(Average)
Buck, Pearl; Fairy Tales of the Orient  oop
Fisher, Leonard Everett; The Great Wall of China
Glubock, Shirley; The Art of China
Goff, Denise; Early China
Hughes-Stanton, Penelope; 
Kids Discover Magazine; Ancient China
Lattimore, Deborah; The Dragon's Robe
Lord, Bette Bao; Spring Moon  H/F  women's role
Millar, Heather; China's Tang Dynasty
Nancarrow, Peter; Early China and the Wall
Rowland-Entwistle; Confucius and Ancient China
Williams, Suzanne; Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China
Major, John; The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History

*(Challenging)
no listings in this category

*(Read-Alouds)
Confucius; The Wisdom of Confucius
Sadler, Catherine; Heaven's Reward: Fairy Tales from China
Sanders, Tao Tao Liu; Dragons, Gods, and Spirits from Chinese Mythology
Ho, Minfong; Maples of the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty

*(Resource)
China's Buried Kingdoms  Time-Life
 

Simulations:
China  Interact  10+ hrs

Video:
Age of Iron    EMC#882285  26 mins
Ancient China    EMC#886252  23 mins
Ancient Chinese    EMC#886004  24 mins  dated
Asia    EMC#883503  25 mins
Asia    EMC#882300  26 mins
Birth of Civilization    EMC#882284  26 mins
China: 1000 Kilometers Beyond the Yellow River    EMC#883794  45 mins
China: A History    EMC#882061  23 mins
China: A Human Geography    EMC#882062  21 mins
China: A Long March from an Ancient Civilization to a Current Culture  EMC#500045  16 mins
China and Japan    EMC#882294  26 mins
China: Dynasties of Power    EMC#885998  48 mins
China: Glories of Ancient Chang-An (Xi-An)    EMC#883793  45 mins
China in Transition    EMC#882293  26 mins  Tan Chien-Sui Dynasty
China: The Mandate of Heaven    EMC#884217  60 mins
China: The Middle Kingdom I    EMC#885365  25 mins
China: The Middle Kingdom II    EMC#885366  25 mins
First Emperor of China  no EMC listing  42 mins
The Great Wall of China    EMC#885812  30 mins
Ma Liang and the Magic Paintbrush    EMC#880700  15 mins  folktale
Marco Polo    EMC#884097  22 mins
Mongol Onslaught    EMC#882291  26 mins
On the Town    EMC#884042  30 mins  cultural contribs.
Tikki Tikki Tembo  EMC#821744  9 mins  folktale
Wonders of Man's Creation  EMC#886181  Great Wall, among others 

Software:
Ancient World 2000  Decision Development
 

Internet:

http://ericir.syr.edu/
Projects/CHCP/

http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/
Classroom/Social_Studies/
Multicultural/China.html

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/
WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

http://eawc.evansville.edu/
index.htm

http://www.julen.net/aw/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/
nova/chinamum 
Time capsule look at ancient China through a discovery of a mummy.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
lostempires/china/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
genghis/index.html 
A feature of Genghis Khan

http://kroeber.anthro.mankato
.msus.edu/prehistory/
china/index/shtml

http://www.AandE.com/class 
Confucianism

http://quest.classroom.com/
galapagos1999/market/
aqmarket.asp

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/
China/Chinaquest.html 
Modern China connections

Art of China Homepage
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/
~agenhtml/agenmc/china/
china.html*
Description: Learn about Chinese music, language, and food as well as painting, pottery, bronze vessels, and jade carvings.
Comments: Lots of visual resources. Links to other sites.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

China The Beautiful
http://chinapage.com/
china-rm.html*
Description: Listen to Chinese sounds and admire the Chinese paintings, calligraphy, poetry, classics, novels, arts, and history.
Comments: This site is a must for educators and students as a resource for a study on China.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

China the Beautiful - Chinese Art and Literature
http://www.chinapage.com/*
Description: This is a homepage for 5,000 years of Chinese cultural heritage - a tiny bit of it anyway. The China Room is like visiting the Chinese gallery in an art museum.
Comments: Award winning site.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Creative Impulses: China 
http://www.evansville.net/
%7Enbmautz/china.html*
Description: This site has links to information on China's history, people, and culture organized for easy research. 
Comments: There is a good description of each linkso that students can focus their research.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
 

Daily Life in Ancient China
http://members.aol.com/
Donnclass/Chinalife.html*
Description: This is a student developed site on Life in Ancient China. It has a good selection of readable and pertinent text for the 6th grade classroom as well as timelines and examples of poetry and art.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
 

National Palace Museum, Taiwan, ROC
http://www.npm.gov.tw/*
Description: Visit the museum of Taiwan with exhibits of bronze, ceramics, jade, lacquer ware, decorative costume, religious articles and other historical artifacts from throughout China's history.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

World Mythology: Myth by Image
http://www.artsmia.org/
mythology/
mythbyimage.html*
Description: Visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and look at this great collection of images from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China! If you click on the picture, you will discover more about the myths of these cultures. 
Comments: Text is fairly advanced for sixth grade. 
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Ancient Chinese Technology
http://library.advanced.org/
23062/*
Description: Chinese Science and Culture was a sketch of a global history of science and technology which emphasized China as the source of many of the prerequisite technologies of modernity-- printing, the compass, gunpowder, cast iron, and so on-- and discussed the historical and intellectual contexts of Chinese empirical and theoretical knowledge of the physical world. It was basically an effort to dismantle the assumption that there is something essentially "Western" about science and technology. 
Comments: This is student created project done for ThinkQuest. It is well researched but there are a few spelling and grammar errors.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

History of Ancient China
http://fractal.umd.edu/
history/ancient1.html*
Description: Learn more about Chinese Pangu, the legendary creator of the Universe, and the early dynasties.
Comments: Excellent source for teachers and students. Well written lesson of complete Chinese history
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: Low

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/CHCP/  
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project

http://www.members.aol.com//
DonandLee/index.html

http://www.askasia.org/
index.htm

http://www.kqed.org/fromKQED/
Cell/golden/glmenu.html

http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/
academy/ace/soc/elem.html

gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/
Educational_Resources/Lesson_
Plans/Big%20Sky/social_studies

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus

http://www.trinity.edu/departments/
education/core/newplans.htm

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/
Lessons/crossroads

http://talk.startribune.com/cgi-bin/
WebX.cgi?homework-14@@.ee6b2b9  
homework help

http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/
search/activity.html  
*Houghton Mifflin

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/
lesson.html#social

http://www.nwrel.org/sky/Classroom/
Social_Studies/Social_Studies.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
resources/ngo/education/ideas.html

http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/  
*Houghton Mifflin supplemental games, quizes maps

http://www.socialstudies.com/index.html

http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/
socialstud/socstu1.html

Banpo Village: Gone, But Not Forgotten
Viewable on the 1999 
CTAPCD-ROM!
As a renowned scholar of neolithic society, you have received the exciting opportunity through the Chinese Ministry of Culture to compete in the Battle of the Scholars in discovering the mysteries of one of the most important finds of the late 20th century. You will be using your skills to explain the meaning behind the cultural artifacts and physical remains found at Banpo neolithic village site near Xi'an, China.
Author: Tim Nguyen
 

In Celebration of the Silk Road
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/silkroad/*
In this activity you will travel the Silk Road, the world's first "Internet," in search of artifacts -- but first you and your team mates must qualify for a dig permit. 
Author: Gail Desler
 

Board Games of the Ancient World
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/
edt628/dstorz/index1.html*
Like today, people of ancient civilizations invented board games for something fun to do. Many of their games are still played in some form, but others have been lost and we can only guess at their rules. You and your teammates will research ancient games and recreate them for others to play today.
Author: Dan Stortz
 

Confucius Says
http://home.earthlink.net/
~womenwhist/lesson3.html*
Students read sayings by Confucius and examine the consequences of Confucian ideas about women on the cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
Author: Lyn Reese
 

Exploring the Mandala
http://www.askasia.org/
for_educators/instructional_
resources/lesson_plans/
mandala/mandala.htm*
A mandala is a diagram intended to symbolize the universe or cosmos in Buddhism. It defines a sacred space -- a space created for the performance of ritual or for the use of a great teacher or mystic. These activities introduce students to the concept of special spaces -- spaces set aside for specific actions or activities.
 

The Silk Route: 7000 Miles of History
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
curriculum/socialstd/
Curriculum.html*
We are going back in time to the year 700, about 1,300 years ago. You want to travel between the places marked on the map. There are no cars, trains, buses or airplanes. With your partner, plan a route that will let you travel from one of the locations to the other. Remember, there are physical obstacles in your way.To access this lesson, click on "return to Social Studies Overview page" and then on "Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books." Select the title from the list.
Author: Barbara Yingling

Presentations are to be typewritten, and an additional visual station display is required for a unit ending classroom jigsaw activity. Students tour (or host) the displays in shifts as a culminating event.

Topics for selection include:

*Chinese Philosophy (any one):

   Taoism / I Cheng / Mencius / Confucius / Zen Buddhism

*Chinese Literature (exact selection to be determined by teacher)

    poetry / legends and folklore (eg, Ode to Mulan ?) 

*Chinese Music

*Daily Life in Ancient China

*Chinese Art (chose one):

    Calligraphy / Painting in Ancient China 

*Chinese Language 

*Trade, Silk, and the Silk Road

*The Great Wall

*Chinese New Year

*Tattooing

*Famous Emperors (may be best to chose one)

*Chinese Social Order

*Dragons

Written reports will be graded on an individual basis, with attention given to conventions of writing, as well as to content. Reports should be accompanied by an outline.

Sample Rubric:
4 Points:  *Gathers relevant, accurate information
         *Shows thorough understanding of content
         *Exhibits outstanding insight and creativity
         *Communicates ideas clearly and effectively
         *Presentation is clear and highly informative
3 Points:  *Gathers sufficient, accurate information
         *Shows adequate understanding of content
         *Exhibits moderate insight and creativity
         *Communicates most ideas clearly and effectively
         *Presentation is understandable and provides sufficient information
2 Points:  *Gathers limited, accurate information
         *Shows partial understanding of content
         *Exhibits limited insight and creativity
         *Communicates a few ideas clearly
         *Provides very limited information
1 Point:   *Fails to gather accurate information
         *Shows little or no understanding of content
         *Does not exhibit insight or creativity
         *Is not at all informative 

Display stations may be evaluated in similar fashion with this rubric.

1. Explain the importance of the Shang Dynasty to the development of China.

2. Identify the geographic features of China that made government and transmission of ideas difficult.

3. Describe the life of Confucius, and explain some of the basic tenets of Confucianism regarding family and government.

4. Identify Confucian principals as they appear in Chinese fables or tales.