ppt used for teaching about life in China

1. The People’s Republic of China First Grade

2. The Flag of China

3. Geography

5. Yangtze River

7. Three Gorges : A often toured area of the Yangtze River and considered to be an areas that had one of the oldest civilizations.

8. Yellow River

9. The Yellow River Floods Frequently.

10. Mountains

11. Mount Everest World’s tallest mountain. Located between China and Nepal.

12. Plateau of Tibet: It’s know as the “roof of the world” because it is to wide and high. The Tibetan Plateau lies between the Himalayas Mountain range to the south and the Taklimakan Desert to the north

14. Deserts China has two huge deserts, Taklimakan and Gobi.

15. Taklimakan Desert: One of the largest in the World. It’s name means “Place of No Return”. It is covered with sand dunes and rocky soil.

16. Gobi Desert: It is covered with sand dunes and rocky soil. It is a cold desert.

17. The Largest Desert in Asia

19. Hong Kong - Island

20. Grasslands

21. Northeastern plains: The largest plain of China. It is the region formerly known as Manchuria.

22. Culture of China Culture is patterns of human activity

24. Big Cities

25. Shanghai ( Chinese : 上 海 ) is the most populous city in the China, with over 20 million people Located on China's east coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River

26. Beijing is recognized as the political, educational, and cultural center of the People's Republic of China, while Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in economic fields. The city will host the 20008 Summer Olympics.

27. Hotel in China

30. Style of Housing

31. Many homes have big red doors.

33. Another home with a red door.

34. Crickets bring good luck.

36. Many of the homes and shops have a bird or a cricket outside for good luck.

37. This is a recycling center for apartments.

38. Stores were designated to sell one type of item. All the stores that sold that item were together on the same street. This was one of the shops that sold materials to write with.

41. This is the harvested silk cocoons and some of the silk products.

42. Here women are cleaning the silk cocoons in water so they can unwind the threads.

43. Many, many cocoons are unraveled and spread out to create silk material.

44. The lady in the rickshaw is dressed in old-time clothing of silk. Qipao is an elegant type of Chinese dress. It combines the elaborate elegance of Chinese tradition with unique elements of style.

45. Here two children are dressed up in traditional (old) style of dress for a celebration. Notice how the other girls are dressed like we dress.

47. Chinese people seem to have an ability to crouch on their haunches with considerable ease. I have seen even older people meeting each other in the streets, particularly in the country towns and villages, who would quickly crouch while continuing their conversation. They can stay in that crouch a long time.

48. This is a group of American and Chinese students. They are all dressed the same.

51. At a banquet, 20 dishes of different foods were placed on the table in the middle. We were to shareall the dishes. There was so much food and many different tastes. To drink with meal we were offered tea and many different juices but not any we were use to. They use letchee in many of their juices.

52. Look at the rolls. In China we found very little bread. This roll-like food is to be eating with your chop sticks. When you pick them up they deflate and inside there is a little layer of sweet bean paste.

54. You need to bring your own bowl to the noodle stands and they fill them with your lunch.

55. Rice is served at the end of the meal not during the meal at restaurants and in wealthy families. Meat is the sign of wealth and what is serve (no rice and very little vegetables) to guest.

59. This is a park for adult to exercise not a playground for children. Exercise is very important .

60. Parks are very busy with people dancing and singing.

61. At an opera, we were offered messages, tea, and cake. Magic was included.

62. There was lots of acrobats.

63. This was the tea dance. The dancers pored tea as they danced.

64. This is from the famous mask dance. This dancers mask would change throughout the dance.

66. Over 5,000 Chinese Character

67. On average, China's children spend 8.6 hours a day at school, with some spending 12 hours a day in the classroom. The majority of children spend longer hours at school than their parents spend at work.

68. All of the students said they had to do homework, revise and prepare for classes after school. Around half of the students' parents testified that they often don't allow them to play outside as it means less study time.

69. This is a statue of Confucius . He was a famous teacher. He put the greatest emphasis on the importance of study. .

70. Schools in the Country

71. Classmate of Chinese school children conducts as they sing a national song in the loess plateau.

73. Most people get around on bikes, taxi, or bus. Few people own cars.

82. The Forbidden City

87. Buddhist Temples

91. Great Wall

102. Tapir

105. Bamboo Rat

106. The treeshrews (or tree shrews ) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.