Check out this resource for our next project

We will be using this resource for our next project. Take some time to familiarize yourself with it before you start using it.

If they fought a war over it...

You might as well learn what it is. Click here for more information on opium.

Thanks to those of you who attended Meet the Faculty Night

And now a message from our President... our Kid President.

Meaning of the Chinese flag

Check out this page as well as this page to get idea of what is represented on the Chinese flag. This may help you as you design your own.

More Thinglink resources

Check out this page from Mrs. Doyle, our Technology Integration Specialist, on Thinglink. It will give you a much better idea of what a good Thinglink looks like and what a bad one looks like.

Thinglink

For those of you looking to start experimenting with Thinglink, now you've got the link. I'll be posting more resources later.

Since we were talking about pollution

No, that's not a painting. It's a picture from Taiwan of a polluted river. Click here to learn more. Thanks to Mr. Arenstam for sharing.

Have a good weekend

You've earned it after our first full week of school. Just to update all of you, I'll be posting more resources, especially about our first project, to the website over the weekend as well as sharing the folders on Google Drive that contain all of our notes from class. If you want to check out the website you will be using to create our flags, click here.

A head start for those of you paying attention to the blog

You will be receiving your first project tomorrow. Start thinking about this image...

A way to start learning where all the provinces are

It may be an elementary school game but it's a great way to start learning where the territories in China are. http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/China-puzzle.html

Pronouncing all those places in China

One of our biggest struggles this semester will be making sure that we pronounce the names of places and people correctly. This map will help you out.

What happened to China?

As a preview for our lesson on Wednesday and Thursday, in which we'll be looking at all sorts of maps of China, take a look at this one. What is it trying to tell us?

Welcome Back Everyone!

Thanks to all of my classes for a great first few days back. I'm really looking forward to the adventure we are going to share learning about China. Looking forward to learning about all of you more when I see your artifacts on Monday and Tuesday.