Your to-do listWhat the Chinese do to get home for Chinese New YearCheck out this article from the New York Times on what is referred to as the world largest annual migration. Learn how to make Chinese lanternLet's see what else you know about Chinese New YearPlease head to Kahoot!
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Your to-do listWhat is your family’s most important holiday? Why? What do you do to celebrate it? Please respond at your class' Padlet below. What do we need to celebrate Chinese New Year?How did Chinese New Year get started? Watch the video below for its origin story.. Each year is assigned an animal in the Chinese zodiac. Can we name all twelve of the animals? Why are these the animals? Watch this video to find out. Your outlet for everything you need for Chinese New YearYou and a classmate or two are running a store that supplies people with everything that they would need for Chinese New Year. Using Spark Video or iMovie, create an advertisement showing all the goods that you have for sale to meet your customers Chinese New Year needs. You should have at least ten items in your advertisement with a picture of each. Make sure that the images you find are large enough that they do not become pixelated in your video, Use this article from Time magazine, Vox's Brief Guide to the Chinese New Year, these resources from Chinese Family Adventure and the video below to find out what the key elements to Chinese New Year are. This activity is worth 20 points, two points for each item and its image. An opportunity for all of youThe Chinese Club will host its annual Chinese New Year Celebration and Fund-raising Fair on 1/28 (Saturday) from 1pm - 5pm at TA Cafeteria. It is also the first day of Chinese New Year this year. At the fair there will be Chinese games, snack food, souvenirs, and performance for all to enjoy! It is open to the public, so bring your friends and family with you to celebration Chinese New Year with us!
If you attend the event and either send me or bring me evidence of your attendance, you will receive extra credit. Your evidence could be a souvenir from the event or a selfie that you took. Your to-do listToday is Inauguration Day. What do you know about the day in general or this year's events? Please post your response to your class' Padlet below. What happens on Inauguration Day?What specifically goes on on Inauguration Day? Please head to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies website to learn more about the days events and answer the questions posed here. Here's how your work turned out. Maroon 1Maroon 3Your to-do listWhat was Karl Marx thinking?Make Mine Freedom
What are the pros and cons to each system of leadership proposed in the movie?
Propaganda
Please post an example of propaganda below. If you post an example from World War II, please try to find another one as well. Be sure to include your name with your post.
Mao's Plan to strengthen China
China needed to rebuild and recover after World War II and its own civil war. Mao Zedong's answer was in his Five Year Plans.
Use the reading provided in class to learn more about the First Five Year Plan. This would have represented a big change for the Chinese. Help to convince them to support it by creating a piece of propaganda advertising the plan. Consider using Canva or Adobe Post to create your propaganda. Your to-do listYour to-do list
PropagandaPlease post an example of propaganda below. If you post an example from World War II, please try to find another one as well. Be sure to include your name with your post. Mao's Plan to strengthen ChinaChina needed to rebuild and recover after World War II and its own civil war. Mao Zedong's answer was in his Five Year Plans.
Use the reading provided in class to learn more about the First Five Year Plan. This would have represented a big change for the Chinese. Help to convince them to support it by creating a piece of propaganda advertising the plan. Consider using Canva or Adobe Post to create your propaganda. Your to-do list
What do you do to remotivate yourself when you are in a funk or rut? How do you turn things around when they aren't going your way? Please post your response to your class' padlet below.
#MakeChinaGreatAgain
After years of domination by Western powers and Japan, China needed to find a way to reassert itself and take control of its own country. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century, China began to do exactly that.
What if the leaders of China had the same resources to communicate their message as our leaders do today? Your task is to tweet the history of this time period. You will need ten tweets. Each must include
Use the Tweet Table and the reading below to complete this activity. Or if you are up for a challenge, take your tweets and create a product using Spark Page or Spark Video.
Your to-do list
Outsiders continue to force the door open to ChinaPlease head to eBackpack for the Opening the Door to China activity. Explaining the RelationshipU.S.-Chinese relations have always been complicated but there is a history that explains it. Write a letter from China to the United States that explains why these two countries have a tense relationship. Please cite three events that you learned about today that help explain this relationship. (Collins Type 2,9 points)
Submit your work to the Explaining the Relationship assignment on eBackpack. |
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