#5: UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites in China
In the modern world, where there are so many conveniences - cars, televisions, computers, the internet - and where people around the world are more connected than ever, it can be easy to forget your history. It is especially easy to forget the amazing creativity and hard work that your ancestors put into shaping your cultural heritage. For this reason, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has developed a list of "World Heritage Sites" in order to remind people of past cultural achievements and to recognize places worthy of preservation. China is home to 25 UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites and four mixed sites (cultural and natural). This goal of this volume is to help your children or students understand how China's past has shaped the present, and will continue to shape the future.
Sites discussed include:
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
Ancient City of Pingyao
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Dazu Rock Carvings
Historic Center of Macau
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Longmen Grottoes
Lushan National Park
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Mogao Caves
Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Mountain Resort and Temples, Chengde
Old Town of Lijiang
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
Temple of Heaven
The Great Wall
Yin Xu
Yungang Grottoes
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
Mount Huangshan
Mount Taishan
Mount Wuyi
Book includes teacher introduction and planning strategies, bulletin board resources and ideas, class discussion topics and projects, approaches to active learning, student information sheets, student activities, and references and resources.
Included CD-ROM (Win/Mac) features additional teacher tips and charts, more student handouts and activities, photos, internet resource links, and puzzles.
The Chinese Culture Active Learning Series is endorsed by Huang Youyi, Vice President of China International Publishing Group and Vice President of Translators Association of China, and Lin Wusun, Retired President of CIPG, Senior Editor and Translator.
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"Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations" ~ UNESCOThe United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has developed a world-wide list of important and amazing sites to help people understand the influence of the past on our present-day world. China has 25 designated World Cultural Heritage Sites (plus 4 mixed cultural / natural sites), and all are clearly and concisely pictured and explained in this fascinating book and CD tour of preserved ancient wonders.
Students visit famous tourist attractions (Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace), but also learn about China's breathtaking topography and human accomplishments through paragraphs about lesser-known sites like the Four Mountains, the Peking Man site and the Confucius Family Mansion.
The OCDF Active Learning Approach is based on children becoming actively involved in their learning process while using their thinking, feeling, and physical domains. Using authentic assessment children are creatively encouraged to analyze, collaborate, discuss, write about and integrate their new knowledge, and the Active Learning Series books do an outstanding job of bridging the learning process and the finished product . The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites in China text offers activities and discussion topics to explore while utilizing this holistic approach, and helps students look at fascinating sites in China and truly grasp the reason for these sites' lasting importance on the global scale.
The book is divided into sections, with activities added for specific age-groups. The CDRom that accompanies the book is full of Chinese music, songs, storytelling, additional handouts and teaching tips. These support materials supply literally hours of cultural fun, along with extra background facts for in-depth instruction.
--Jean MacLeod, author of At Home in the World and co-editor, Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
Our Chinese Daughters Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with offices in Bloomington, IL and Beijing. OCDF Publications is devoted to ensuring educators and parents have access to high-quality, accurate Chinese culture education resources.
Contributors to this volume include Donna Breniman (West Lake Middle School, Apex, NC), Li Fugen (President, Dolphin Books), Dr. Jane Liedtke (CEO, OCDF), Dr. Jason Patent (Stanford University), Sui Hong, Sun Xiaobing, Georgina Van Dort (Western Academy of Beijing), Michelle Wu (The Spence School, New York, NY), and Megan Zaroda (OCDF).
Updated 03.12.2010
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