The Great Wall

The Great wall

Introduction:

The famous Great Wall of China, which was initially constructed in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC) and the Warring States Period (475r-221BC) more than 2,000 years ago. After the unification of the six other states by the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty, the various sections of the walls were joined and extended as far as ten thousand li across China’s Heilongjiang province to China’s westernmost province Gansu, hence taking the name “The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li”. It is one of the greatest ancient constructions in the world.

Pretend you are an American student who is learning Chinese and Chinese culture in Beijing University in summer. You just visit the Great Wall and are very excited to write an essay to your professor to introduce about the Great Wall of China.

The Task

Working in a group of three, you will research, gather and organize all the information about the Great Wall. You need to search online and read the documents you can find. The following questions will guide you to do your work.

1.  Show the map of the Great Wall.

2.  Why was the Great wall built and what were the materials and methods used?

3.  What does the history of the Great wall tell us about Chinese culture?

4.  Why is it important that the Great Wall of China has survived through centuries and remains standing today?

5.  To what extend does the Great wall serve as the icon for China?

The Process

The class will be divided into 5 groups. Each group will have 3 students. Each group will do presentation using PowerPoint and hand in your group report. The report has to include 3 questions above. The report should include the main three aspects:

The history of the Great Wall

The present of the Great Wall

The future of the Great Wall

The Resources

Online: www.crystalinks.com/chinawall

www.thegreatwall.com.

www.chinahighlights.com/greatwall/

gochina.about.com

Evaluation:

Excellent / Good / Average / Poor / Self
Evaluation / Teacher
Evaluation
Content / Covers topic completely
and thoroughly. Complete and very organized
information. / Appropriate content engages the reader. / Some essential information.
Includes enough
elaboration to give viewers
an understanding of the topic. / Little or no
essential information
and few facts.
Cooperative
Group Work / Works very well with others.
Everyone takes responsibilities. / Works well with others.
Takes part in many decisions. / Works with others, but
takes part in few decisions and
responsibilities with others. / Does not work well with others.
Takes little or no
decisions and
responsibilities with others.
Presentation Skill / Communicates ideas
with enthusiasm, proper and clear
voice projection,
appropriate language, and effective delivery. / Communicates ideas with
proper voice projection,
adequate preparation, and
some enthusiasm. / Communicating ideas with
unclear voice projection,
not enough preparation for the work. / Difficulty
communicating ideas,
due to voice projection, incomplete work.