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Caribbean Food

For Students 5th - 6th
In this social studies activity, students explore the history of foods and cooking in the Caribbean islands. Students read several informative paragraphs, answer 12 questions and make up a recipe from traditional Caribbean ingredients.
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Factory Conditions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this United States history worksheet, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions pertaining to factory conditions and the rise of labor unions. A short answer question is included as...
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Why is rice a remarkable grain?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research rice and its health benefits. For this rice lesson, 2nd graders discuss the popularity of rice in the world and its history. They make "rice squiggles" by sprinkling colored rice on a squiggle of glue. This lesson...
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Baker's Gold

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine art of the California Gold Rush. In this visual arts lesson, students analyze the photography and art of Isaac Wallace Baker. Young scholars also conduct further research about the miners of the era in order to...
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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Lesson: Immigration

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Many of your class members will have heard of Executive Order 9066 and the Japanese internment camps of World War II. Some may even recognize the terms “Issei” and “Nisei,” but few will have heard of Enemy Alien Hearing Boards, of the...
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New York on the Pacific Coast

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils explore the interaction and consequences of contact among different ethnic groups. Students examine a timeline and the important historical events in American History. They discuss immigration and migration.
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NCTA Lesson Plan on China

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify China's geography, especially arable land, rainfall, crop growing areas, rivers, and mountains. Students select a technological advance to draw a diagram of the particular advance make transparencies of the diagram,...
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Introduction to Tibet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore Tibet. For this Tibet geography and culture lesson, students work in groups to read and summarize a data set pertaining to a particular cultural aspect of Tibet. Students present information from their data retrieval...
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What Causes Earthquakes?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earthquakes learning exercise, students will read information about how different myths and legends have been created to describe the cause of earthquakes. Students will use this information to complete 3 short answer questions.
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Archaeology For Kids Quiz 85

For Students 4th - 6th
In this archaeology for kids quiz 85 worksheet, student interactively answer 12 multiple choice questions about honoring the dead in ancient cultures, as part of an online magazine.
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Blooming Thermometers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study phenology, or the study of climate change. They research the Japanese springtime festival of Hanami and plot and interpret average cherry blossom bloom date data from the past 1100 years.
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A Caravan Of Camels

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the role the Silk Road had in trade and commerce practices in China during different Chinese dynasties. The lesson plan evaluation consists of individual student writing assignments.
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The Gam Saan Adventure- Are You Willing to Risk it?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power, tracing the transformation of the California economy and its development since the 1850's.
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The Growth of U.S.-Japanese Hostility, 1915-1932

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the relationship between Japan and the United States between 1915 and 1932. In this diplomacy instructional activity, students examine the Open Door Policy, 21 Demands, and the invasion of Manchuria by Japan. Young...
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Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Asian Immigrants in California

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use readings, maps and photos to examine the life of Japanese-American immigrants in Locke and Walnut Grove in the early 1900s. They discuss their research findings, role-play the lives of immigrants and write responses.
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Angel Island

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders understand that the experience of Chinese immigrants is exemplified as one of many other immigrants' experience coming to the United States.
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The Fine Art of Paper-Cutting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create original examples of the ancient Chinese Folk Art technique of Paper-Cutting in this middle-level lesson plan highly adaptable for either the Art classroom or a Social Studies class.
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Tomb Guardians

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice using compasses to find cardinal directions in this cross-curricular lesson plan about the Chinese art of tomb sculptures. The lesson plan also includes a creative lesson plan extension.
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Playing in China

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create their own Chinese tangrams using in-class direction and prior knowledge in this two-day lesson for the early elementary classroom. Chinese toys are also explored.
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China

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the geography, culture and history of China. As a class, they discuss historical contributions to China, Confucius, and geographic features of the country. Pupils use the internet to answer questions about China.
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Participation in civic life

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate the political activism of Chinese in Australia - from the protests against discrimination in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the participation of Chinese Australians in all levels of government...
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The life of William Ah Ket - Building bridges between East and West

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story of William Ah Ket, an Australian-born Chinese man who became a respected leader in the community in the early twentieth century. This story is used as the context for research, vocabulary development and creative...
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Opportunity and Danger

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the Immigration Acts of 1862 and 1865. They discover how Chinese immigrants faced prejudice. They interview a first or second generation immigrant.
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Everyday Objects As Artwork

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine everyday Chinese objects and analyze why they are considered artwork today in this multi-subject lesson for Middle School. Small group colaboration is emphasized.

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