We have spent our first unit of grade 5 studying China. We read Chinese History and Geography from the book: Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere by April Lotempio. To understand the culture in more depth we did the following:
We listened to following talks of Shri Mataji:
- Shri Mataji Beijing China 1995
- 1995-0913 Fourth World Conference On Women, Asian Games Village, Beijing, China
- Meditation Lecture in Hong Kong
- 1996-0310 Talk to Yogis, Hong Kong
- 1994-0424 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, Hong Kong
- 1992-0306 Radio Interview Hong Kong
We read following books:
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- Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin
- Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey
(Listen to Arjun’s essay on Courage with examples from above two books listed.) - Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz (Listen to Arjun’s character sketch of Jean Fritz)
- The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong
- Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
- Li Lun Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
- The Analects of Confucius at World Book Website (we will continue reading this for the rest of the academic year)
- Myths and Legends of China at World Book Website
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (we will continue reading this for the rest of the academic year)
Creative Writing: Arjun wrote a story called “Facing Your Fears” set in China.
We watched following movies:
- Painted Faces on Netflix
- Monkey King on Amazon Prime
- Monkey King 2 on YouTube Movies
- Shaolin on YouTube Movies
- Genius of The Ancient World: Confucius, Episode 3 on Netflix
- Princess Weiyoung on Netflix
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin on Netflix
- Return to The 36th Chamber on Netflix
- Disciples of The 36th Chamber on Netflix
- Guardian Brothers on Netflix
- Confucius movie on YouTube
- The Story of Laozi on YouTube
Arjun created following Chinese themed artwork:
Fortune Teller Kite Forged Sword Using Chopsticks Arjun has really become good at using chopsticks. Following food was either made by Arjun on his own such as Chinese Almond Cookies, Egg Drop Soup, Chinese Steamed Cake and so on, or we made them together:
Chinese Almond Cookies Chilli Garlic Noodles Egg Drop Soup Vegetable Stir Fry in Garlic Sauce Banana-Orange-Chinese Five Spice and Raisin Bread Chilli Garlic Potatoes Hot & Sour Soup Chinese Steamed Cake Steamed Dumpling Fried Dumpling Chilli Chicken Chinese Bhel Sweet Corn Soup Chicken and Veggie Manchurian Broccoli and Zucchini Stir Fry Fried Rice Chilli Tofu Our friend who is born and brought up in Hongkong made this Hongkong Style Noodles for us. It was absolutely delicious.
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