China Nation Day: Thursday, December 1, 2016 Topics, Tactics & team-members
CND: Topics popular Problematic Pastimes: smoking, gambling & alcoholism in China Getting familiar with Chinese Geography: major cities, rivers, regions and provinces A Cook's Tour of China: what are 10 regions and their specialties? (and let's make dumplings!) A Day in the Life of a (grade-school and high school) student in China Tibet: a part of China or suppressed nation? Five Chinese authors we should read: Bios, Themes and Excerpts Who are China's wealthiest? Lifestyles of the rich & famous Gender Imbalance: history and current problems & policies The China-North Korea relationship: history and current status Organ harvesting in China: Falun Gong Rites of Passage in China: birth, death & marriage Pollution Crises in China: land, water, air – problems and prospects China's superlatives: inventions, 1sts and most _______ LGBTQ community in China: history, current problems & achievements China's Nobel Laureates: Physics, Peace, Literature and Medicine Pop Culture in China: video-games, movies & music
In competition for a topic? Memorize five FACTS you have learned about your topic. Describe an AWESOME IDEA you have for presenting the topic in an interactive way. Best presentation of above two aspects wins the reservation!
Reservations: John, Rainelle Dominique Pema Michael Susanna Ruthanna popular Problematic Pastimes: smoking, gambling & alcoholism in China Getting familiar with Chinese Geography: major cities, rivers, regions and provinces A Cook's Tour of China: what are 10 regions and their specialties? (and let's make dumplings!) A Day in the Life of a (grade-school and high school) student in China Tibet: a part of China or suppressed nation? Five Chinese authors we should read: Bios, Themes and Excerpts Who are China's wealthiest? Lifestyles of the rich & famous Gender Imbalance: history and current problems & policies The China-North Korea relationship: history and current status Organ harvesting in China: Falun Gong Rites of Passage in China: birth, death & marriage Pollution Crises in China: land, water, air – problems and prospects China's superlatives: inventions, 1sts and most _______ LGBTQ community in China: history, current problems & achievements China's Nobel Laureates: Physics, Peace, Literature and Medicine Pop Culture in China: video-games, movies & music John, Rainelle Dominique Pema Michael Susanna Ruthanna Sunny, Sarah Nova YinYan Pauline Jose Spencer
CND: Tactics Your presentation must include at least 2 of the following teaching tools or tactics: ALL presentations must have one of the following, to teach the content you have researched: Visual Aids: posters, slides, Prezi a Lecture: verbal explanation Readings selected, edited and distributed by you* * Ready to be photocopied by November 24 (week prior to presentation) In addition: an interactive element that must include at least one of the following: manipulables: jigsaw puzzle; cards role-play: with prepared script or improv a board-game: reproduced for up to 20 players (i.e. played on big screen or 5 game boards with 4 players each) music a game-show: Jeopardy; Wheel-of-Fortune; Cash-Cab
CND: Team-Members & Marks Pre-presentation Research & Interview: 10 marks Effective Teaching: 10 marks good use of technology 4 periods of work & 4 pages of notes (per person, minimum) explained in 4 minutes on November 24th clear explanation sufficient background & context organization Content: 20 marks Creativity: 10 marks Annotated Bibliography interactive effectively covers topic as described & discussed attractive interesting at least 20 facts per student researched & presented