Foreign Language Survey December 16, 2016

Warm up response For each type of food write: What it is What the kids thought of it What you think you would think about it Food type 1 Food type 2

Let’s take a look at china! Slightly smaller than the United States Fourth largest country in terms of land area behind: 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. United States

China - Geography Mt. Everest: Yangtze River: The Gobi Desert: Tallest mountain on Earth (29,029 ft.) On the border of China and Nepal Yangtze River: Longest River in China Third longest river in the world Empties into the East China Sea at Shanghai The Gobi Desert: Large desert in northern China and southern Mongolia Picture: By Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org (Original Photograph) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Notes Set up a page in your notebook for notes. Make 3 columns with the titles: Government Economy Culture

China - Government Government type: communist Chief of state: president Head of government: premier Picture: by Antilong (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013

China - Government Only members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), parties allied with the CCP, or CCP approved candidates can be elected No major political opposition groups exist Image: By Converted from Image:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg by User:PhiLiP with Inkscape. Outline added for visibility by User:Henry Dorsett Case [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Emblem of the Communist Party of China

China - Government China is divided into 23 provinces*, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 municipalities Despite its size, China is only within one time zone *China considers Taiwan its 23rd province By Map_of_PRC_with_province_names_zh-cn.svg: Created by User:PhiLiP. derivative work: Translation by Peter17 (Map_of_PRC_with_province_names_zh-cn.svg) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

China - Government Hong Kong Occupied by the United Kingdom in 1841 Returned to Chinese control in 1997 China has promised Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy Hong Kong Flag (from CIA World Factbook): red with a stylized, white, five-petal Bauhinia flower in the center; each petal contains a small, red, five-pointed star in its middle; the red color is the same as that on the Chinese flag and represents the motherland; the fragrant Bauhinia - developed in Hong Kong the late 19th century - has come to symbolize the region; the five stars echo those on the flag of China Hong Kong picture: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_view_from_The_Peak_01.jpg

Chinese food in America… Go back to your warm-up page First, we will get the reality of what foods we think are Chinese are not really Chinese at all! Now we will watch some actual Chinese people trying food at Panda Express… Track what foods the Chinese people try Track their reactions by marking how many people like it and how many don’t like it Have you tried these foods? What did you think? Video clip #1 Video clip #2

China - Economy GDP per capita: $9,800 World rank: 121st Monetary unit: yuan/renminbi Currency picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Renminbi_banknotes.JPG

China - Economy China’s economy has been moving from being controlled by the government to having more private businesses China is the world’s largest exporter of goods Picture: by Beat Strasser (Flickr: China Shipping Line) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

China - Economy China is the second largest economy behind the United States Pollution is a long-term problem Picture: by High Contrast (Own work) [CC-BY-2.0-de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

Chinese people try our foods… fortune cookies String cheese Snacks (Korean people)