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Florida Sunshine State Standards - http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/sss.htm

Social Studies:

SS.A.1.1.1: The student compares everyday life in different places and times and understands that people, places, and things change over time.

SS.A.2.1.1: The student knows methods of communication from long ago and the technological developments that facilitated communications (e.g., speaking by gestures; transmitting stories orally; the use of pictographs, hieroglyphics and different alphabets; writing by hand and printing with machines).

SS.A.3.1.2: The student understands the daily life, history, and beliefs of a country as reflected in dance, music, or other art forms (e.g., such as paintings, sculptures, and masks).

SS.A.3.1.3: The student understands the cultural traditions and contributions of various societies since the Renaissance (e.g., the role of folktales and literature in transmitting cultural beliefs and the holidays and ceremonies of different cultures).

SS.B.1.1.2: The student uses simple maps, globes, and other three-dimensional models to identify and locate places.

SS.B.2.1.1: The student identifies some physical and human characteristics of places.

Language Arts:

LA.A.2.1.3: The student reads for information to use in performing a task and learning a new task.

LA.B.1.1.1: The student makes a plan for writing that includes a central idea and related ideas.

LA.B.2.1.1: The student writes questions and observations about familiar topics, stories, or new experiences.

LA.B.2.1.2: The student uses knowledge and experience to tell about experiences or to write for familiar occasions, audiences, and purposes.

LA.B.2.1.3: The student uses basic computer skills for writing, such as basic word-processing techniques such as keying words, copying, cutting, and pasting; using e-mail; and accessing and using basic educational software for writing.

LA.C.1.1.1: The student listens for a variety of informational purposes, including curiosity, pleasure, getting directions, performing tasks, solving problems, and following rules.

LA.C.1.1.3: The student carries on a conversation with another person, seeking answers and further explanations of the other’s ideas through questioning and answering.

Visual Arts:

VA.A.1.1.1: The student uses two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to depict works of art from personal experiences, observation, or imagination.

VA.A.1.1.4: The student uses good craftsmanship when producing works of art.

VA.B.1.1.1: The student knows how subject matter, symbols, and ideas are used to communicate meaning in works of art.

VA.B.1.1.2: The student understands that works of art can communicate an idea and elicit a variety of responses through the use of selected media, technique, and processes.

VA.C.1.1.1: The student knows that specific works of art belong to particular cultures, times, and places.

VA.E.1.1.3: The student understands and uses appropriate behavior in a cultural experience.

References

Web Sites:

http://www.gwu.edu/~casa/Galleries/CASANewYear/slides/CASA%20Chinese%20New%20Year%20013.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/china.shtml

http://www.thebeijingguide.com/badaling/index.html

http://www.chcp.org/mpeg/SUMMER.MPG

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/index.html

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/pandas/interactives/wildpandas.html

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/

http://www.google.com