Lesson Plans

China Resources Available in the Media Center,

Burgess Elementary School, Sturbridge, MA

Sarah Swift, Library Teacher

Lesson Plans

Guide to Teaching Ancient China, by Cindy McNulty & Diana Marston Wood

Published by Primary Source, Watertown, MA (Grades 2-12)

Journey To the West: A Silk Road Play for Grades 4-12, by Meg Holmes $12

The Art and Archaeology of Ancient China: A Teacher's Guide, published by Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

The Story of Ancient China, by Suzanne Strauss Art (Grades 6-8) $11.50

ISBN 0-9656557-8-4 (Shipping & Handling $3)

This book offers a wide panorama of life during China's early dynasties (from the Shang through the Tang). It traces the origins and evolution of the imperial bureaucracy, explores the fundamental beliefs of the "three teachings" (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism), delves into the realms of calligraphy, poetry, and landscape painting, describes such marvels of engineering the Great Wall, and tells the tale behind such inventions as paper, gunpowder, silk, the wheelbarrow, the kite and the umbrella. While comprehensive in scope, the book is written in a lively, kid-friendly style. It makes the ideal classroom text, and can also serve as a teacher resource. Each chapter concludes with suggestions for enrichment activities and projects. Also included is a helpful guide to pronouncing Chinese words, a chart of the Chinese zodiac, multiple maps, and a glossary of useful terms.

Books for Children, Burgess Collection

Cinderella Tales

(originated in China, traveled West along the Silk Road)

This collection is used to illustrate the movement and variations of the tale

398.2 PER

Perkal, Stephanie and Bartsch, Spencer Alston. Midnight : a Cinderella alphabet.

1st ed. Arcadia, Calif: Shen's Books, [1997].

Note: Using a word for each letter of the alphabet, a grandmother introduces her

two grandchildren to the many versions of Cinderella told around the world.

E MED

Meddaugh, Susan. Cinderella's rat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1997].

Note: One of the rats that was turned into a coachman by Cinderella's fairy

godmother tells his story.

398.2 SAN

San Souci, Robert D and Perrault, Charles. Cendrillon : a Caribbean Cinderella.

1st ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [1998].

Note: A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and

narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.

E LAT

Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. Cinderhazel : the Cinderella of Halloween. New York:

Scholastic, [2002, 1997].

Note: An untidy witch named Hazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as

much as she does.

398.2 COB

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart and McLennan, Connie. Domitila : a Cinderella tale from

the Mexican tradition. Auburn, Calif: Shen's Books, [2000].

Note: By following her mother's admonition to perform every task with care and

love, a poor young Mexican girl wins the devotion of the governor's son.

398.2 CLI

Climo, Shirley and Heller, Ruth, 1924. The Korean Cinderella. 1st ed. New York,

NY: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1993].

Note: In this version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea, Pear Blossom, a

stepchild, eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.

398.2 DE

De La Paz, Myrna J and Tang, Youshang. Abadeha : the Philippine Cinderella.

Auburn, CA: Shen's Books, [2001].

Note: In this version of Cinderella, set in the Philippines, Abadeha endures

abuse by her stepmother before being helped by the Spirit of the Forest and

becoming the bride of the island chieftan's son.

398.2 CLI

Climo, Shirley and Florczak, Robert. The Persian Cinderella. New York:

HarperCollins, [1999].

Note: A retelling of the traditional Persian tale in which Settareh, neglected

and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, finds her life transformed

with the help of a little blue jug.

398.2 SIL

Silverman, Erica and Gaber, Susan. Raisel's riddle. Sunburst ed. New York:

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2003, 1999].

Note: A Jewish version of the Cinderella story, in which a poor but educated

young women captivates her "Prince Charming" a rabbi's son, at a Purim ball.

F HAD

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella. 1st ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books

for Young Readers, [1999].

Note: In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds

that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating

tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.

398.2 BRU

Brucker, Meredith Babeaux and Tang, Youshang. Anklet for a princess : a

Cinderella story from India. Fremont, CA: Shen's Books, [2002].

Note: Cinduri, hungry and ragged, is befriended by Godfather Snake, who feeds

her delicacies and dresses her in gold cloth and anklets with bells and

diamonds, to meet the prince.

398.2 COB

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart and Flotte, Edmund. Angkat : the Cambodian Cinderella.

1st ed. Auburn, Calif: Shen's Books, [1998].

Note: A Cambodian version of Cinderella in which a poor girl marries a prince,

is killed by her jealous stepfamily, and then, through her virtue, returns

to become queen.

398.2 Pol

Pollock, Penny and Young, Ed. The Turkey Girl : a Zuni Cinderella story. 1st ed.

Boston: Little, Brown, [1996].

Note: In this Indian variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a gown of

feathers for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a

sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised.

PROF 398.2 S

Sierra, Judy. Cinderella. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, [1992].

Note: Presents versions of the Cinderella story which represent many cultures,

geographical areas, and styles. Includes information about the tales,

related activities, and resources.

Per 4-'04

Muse. April, 2004. Peru, IL: Carus Publishing Company, [2004].

Books for Students

Chinese Celebrations

390 Hs

Hsiao, Ellen. A Chinese year. New York: M. Evans; distributed in association

with Lippincott, Philadelphia, [1970].

Note: After their grandmother's death two Chinese children spend a year with

their grandfather in a small town where they participate in many traditional

rituals and celebrations.

394.2 Beh

Behrens, June and Behrens, Terry. Gung hay fat choy = : Happy new year. Chicago:

Childrens Press, [1982].

Note: Explains the significance of the Chinese New Year and describes its

celebration by Chinese Americans. Note: Explains the significance of the Chinese New Year and describes its celebration by Chinese Americans.

394.2 Ch

Cheng, Hou-Tien. The Chinese New Year. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,

[1976].

Note: Briefly describes the most important Chinese holiday, which signals the

end of winter and the coming of spring.

394.2 Dem

Demi. Happy New Year! : Kung-hsi fa-ts'ai! New York: Crown, [1997].

Note: Examines the customs, traditions, foods, and lore associated with the

celebration of Chinese New Year.

394.26 MAR

Marx, David F. Chinese New Year. New York: Children's Press, [2002].

Note: A simple introduction to the traditions and festivities of Chinese New

Year.

394.261 HOY

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane and Migdale, Lawrence. Celebrating Chinese New Year. New

York: Holiday House, [1998].

Note: Depicts a San Francisco boy and his family preparing for and enjoying

their celebration of the Chinese New Year, their most important holiday.

394.261 KAP

Kaplan, Leslie C. Chinese New Year. 1st ed. New York: PowerKids Press, [2004].

Note: Provides information about the Chinese New Year, a fifteen-day celebration

that starts on the first day of the lunar year in January or February,

discussing the feasting, gifts, parades, and other traditions that

characterize the holiday.

394.261 MAC

MacMillan, Dianne M. Chinese New Year. Hillside, N.J: Enslow Publishers, [1994].

Note: Explains the history of Chinese New Year and tells how it is celebrated.

394.261 ROB

Robinson, Fay. Chinese New Year : a time for parades, family, and friends.

Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, [2001].

Note: Provides information about the Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated

with food, parades, fireworks, religious observances, gifts, and family

gatherings. Includes a related craft project.

394.261 WAT

Waters, Kate and Cooper, Martha. Lion dancer : Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year. New

York: Scholastic, [1990].

Note: Describes six-year-old Ernie Wong's preparations, at home and in school,

for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of

the lion dance.

Fairy and Folk Tales

388.2 B

Bishop, Claire Huchet and Wiese, Kurt. The five Chinese brothers. [New York]:

Coward-McCann, [1938].

Note: Five brothers outwit the judge and executioner when one is sentenced to

death.

398.2 Lag

Lagbao, Frederick E. Asian myths. Logan, Iowa: Perfection Learning, [1997].

Note: The stories in this book are from several Asian countries representing a

rainbow of cultures and races as well as a mixture of religions. Each of

the fifteen stories in this book has been carefully chosen to help you learn

something about a cultural group from Asia.

398.2 Lat

Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. The dragon's robe. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper &

Row, [1990].

Note: A young weaver in twelfth-century China saves her people from drought and

foreign invasion by weaving the imperial dragon's robe.

398.2 Law

Lawson, Julie and Morin, Paul. The dragon's pearl. New York: Clarion Books,

[1993].

Note: During a terrible drought, a cheerful, dutiful son finds a magic pearl

which forever changes his life and the lives of his mother and neighbors.

398.2 Ste

Steckman, Elizabeth and Inouye, Carol. Silk Peony, parade dragon. 1st ed.

Honesdale, Penn: Boyds Mills Press, [1997].

Note: How Mrs. Ming's pet dragon, Silk Peony, becomes the official parade dragon

of China.

398.2 YOU

Young, Ed. Monkey King. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, [2001].

Note: In his journey to a more enlightened state, a monkey must end his trickery

and understand that there is strength in admitting weakness. Based on a

section of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West.".

495 Wo

Wolff, Diane and Chien, Jeanette. Chinese writing : an introduction. 1st ed. New

York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1975].

Note: An introduction to the characteristics of written and spoken Chinese with

a discussion of calligraphy and instructions for writing characters.

Crafts

745.594 BLE

Bledsoe, Karen E. Chinese New Year crafts. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow

Elementary, [2005].

Note: Contains step-by-step instructions for ten craft projects for celebrating

Chinese New Year, such as noisemakers, paper firecracker candy holders, and

a dragon streamer puppet, and includes a list of further resources.

Poetry

811 Be

Belting, Natalia Maree and Low, Joseph. The land of the taffeta dawn. New York:

Dutton, [1973].

Note: Describes in verse life in the city of Ch ang-an, capital of the Chinese

empire of T ang a thousand years ago.

Geography

909.2 MAC

Macdonald, Fiona. The world in the time of Marco Polo. Harback ed. Philadelphia:

Chelesa House, [2001].

Note: Tells the story of medieval explorer Marco Polo, and looks at what was

happening in each of seven regions of the world during the time in which he

lived. Includes a time line and maps.

910 Le

Levy, Elizabeth. Marco Polo : the historic adventure based on the television

spectacular. New York: Random House, [1982].

Note: Recounts highlights of the famous Venetian traveler's twenty-four year

sojourn in china.

913.1 Kno

Knox, Robert and Hook, Richard. Ancient China. New York: Warwick Press, [1979].

Note: A brief, illustrated history of China from 1500 B.C. to 907 A.D.

915.1 Ch

Feinstein, Steve and Moore, Joanna. China in pictures. Minneapolis: Lerner

Publications Co, [1989].

Note: Describes the topography, history, society, economy, and government of

China.

915.1 D

Dahl, Michael. China. Mankato, Minn: Bridgestone Books, [1998].

Note: An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of

China, the third largest country in the world.

915.1 Jac

Jacobsen, Peter Otto and Kristensen, Preben Sejer. A family in China. Library

ed. New York: Bookwright Press, [1986].

Note: Text and photographs present the home, work, school, recreation, and day

-to-day activities of the Chen family who lives in a city in the Guangdong

province of China.

915.1 Mas

Mason, Sally and Pluckrose, Henry Arthur. Take a trip to China. London: F.

Watts, [1981].

Note: A brief introduction to the history, culture, and people of the world's

most populated country.

915.1 Pit

Pitkanen, Matti A and Harkonen, Reijo. The children of China. Minneapolis:

Carolrhoda Books, [1990].

Note: An introduction to the history, geography, and culture of China through

brief descriptions of the day-to-day lives of a variety of children.

915.1 S

So, Sungwam. C is for China. Parsippany, NJ: Silver, [1997].

Note: An alphabetical and photographic journey through China, depicting its

people, customs, history, religion, and beliefs.

915.1 Tan

Tang, Yungmei. China, here we come! : visiting the People's Republic of China.

New York: Putnam, [1981].

Note: Describes China today as seen through the eyes of a group of American high

school students.

915.1 Wat

Waterlow, Julia. China. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, [2000].

Note: An introduction to the geography, climate, schools, sports, food,

recreation, and culture of China.

Biography

92 CONFUCIUS

Tracy, Kathleen. The life and times of Confucius. Hockessin, Del: Mitchell Lane

Publishers, [2005].

Note: Presents a short biography of Confucius and discusses the first emperor of

China who began work on the Great Wall and his terra-cotta army, the various

Chinese dynasties, and the writings of Confucius.

92 Polo

Graves, Charles Parlin and Keane, Raymond. Marco Polo. 1st Chelsea House ed. New

York: Chelsea Juniors, [1991].

Note: Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Marco Polo

in his explorations.

92 Polo

Rugoff, Milton. Marco Polo's adventures in China. 1st ed. New York: American

Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade and institutional distribution by Harper &

Row, [1964].

Note: Recounts the adventures of Marco Polo who, with his father and uncle,

journeyed to the court of Kublai Khan in China from 1271 to 1295.

History

931 Bo

Boase, Wendy and Dalley, Terence. Early China. New York: Gloucester Press,

[1978, 1977].

Note: Discusses early Chinese civilization including the life, customs, arts,

and beliefs of the people.

931 C

Cotterell, Arthur and Brightling, Geoff. Ancient China. 1st American ed. New

York: Knopf, [1994].

931 Co

Cotterell, Arthur and Brightling, Geoff. Ancient China. 1st American ed. New

York: Knopf, [1994].

931 Fis

Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Great Wall of China. New York: Macmillan, [1986].

Note: A brief history of the Great Wall of China, begun about 2,200 years ago to

keep out Mongol invaders.

931 Hu

Hughes-Stanton, Penelope and McCaig, Rob. See inside an ancient Chinese town.

Rev. ed. New York, N.Y: Warwick Press, [1986].

Note: Focuses on life in Loyang which became the new capital of the Han empire

of China in 25 A.D.

931 Lo

Loewe, Michael. Everyday life in early imperial China. London: Carousel Books,

[1973].

931 Pi

Pine, Tillie S and Keats, Ezra Jack. The Chinese knew. New York: Whittlesey

House, [1958].

Note: An introduction to many useful items or processes invented by the Chinese

thousands of years ago, telling how we apply similar concepts to new ideas

today and suggesting ways to simply duplicate or enjoy the ancient Chinese

discoveries.

931 Sc

Schafer, Edward H. Ancient China. New York: Time-Life Books, [1967].

951 O

Odijk, Pamela. The Chinese. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Silver Burdett, [1991].

Note: Discusses the civilization of ancient China, including its daily life,

clothing, food, art, music, and other recreations.

951 WAN

Wang, Tåao. Exploration into China. Hardback ed. Philadelphia: Chelsea House,

[2000, 2001].

Note: Explores the history of China from earliest to modern times, discussing

beginning civilizations, the arrival of Buddhism, famous poetry, the arts

and sciences, Marco Polo, the last emperor, revolution, and other topics.

951.04 Fr

Fritz, Jean and Young, Ed. China's Long March : 6,000 miles of danger. New York:

Putnam, [1988].

Note: Describes the events of the 6,000 mile march undertaken by Mao Zedong and

his Communist followers as they retreated before the forces of Chiang Kai

-shek.

951.05 JIA

Jiang, Ji-li. Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution. 1st. ed. New

York, NY: HarperCollins, [1997].

951.1 Tho

Thompson, Brenda and Giesen, Rosemary. The great wall of China. Minneapolis:

Lerner Publications Co, [1977].

Note: Discusses the structure and history of the fortified wall stretching

across northern China that took hundreds of years to complete.

Picture Books

E BRE

Brett, Jan. Daisy comes home. New York: Putnam, [2002].

Note: Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has

an adventure.

E CHI

Chinn, Karen and Hu, Ying-Hwa. Sam and the lucky money. 1st ed. New York: Lee &

Low Books, [1995].

Note: Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he's received for Chinese New

Year.

E Fla

Flack, Marjorie and Wiese, Kurt. The story about Ping. [New York]: Puffin Books,

[1977, 1933].

Note: A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to

board his master's houseboat one evening.

E Han

Handforth, Thomas. Mei Li. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, [1938].

Note: After spending an eventful day at the fair held on New Year's Eve, Mei Li

arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God.

E KAT

Katz, Karen. My first Chinese New Year. 1st ed. New York: Holt, [2004].

Note: A girl and her family prepare for and celebrate Chinese New Year.

E Lea

Leaf, Margaret and Young, Ed. Eyes of the dragon. 1st ed. New York: Lothrop, Lee

& Shepard Books, [1987].

Note: An artist agrees to paint a dragon on the wall of a Chinese village, but

the magistrate's insistence that he paint eyes on the dragon has amazing

results.

E Nun

Nunes, Susan and Soentpiet, Chris K. The last dragon. New York: Clarion Books,

[1995].

Note: While spending the summer in Chinatown with his great-aunt, a young boy

finds an old ten-man dragon in a shop and gets a number of people to help

him repair it.

E RUM

Rumford, James. The cloudmakers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1996].

Note: A Chinese grandfather and his grandson who are captured by the Arab army

barter for their freedom by demonstrating the art of papermaking.

E Wil

Williams, Jay and Mayer, Mercer. Everyone knows what a dragon looks like. New

York: Four Winds Press, [1976].

Note: Because of the road sweeper's belief in him, a dragon saves the city of Wu

from the Wild Horsemen of the north.

Fiction

F Br

Brooke, William J and Koelsch, Michael. A brush with magic : based on a

traditional Chinese story. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, [1993].

Note: Liang, an orphan boy with a magic paintbrush that brings to life whatever

he paints, travels to the court of the Emperor of China to find his fortune

and true love.

F Ch

Chang, Margaret Scrogin and Chang, Raymond. In the eye of war. 1st ed. New York:

Margaret K. McElderry Books, [1990].

Note: During the final days of the Japanese occupation of China, Shao-shao

celebrates his tenth birthday, observes traditional holidays with his

family, and befriends the daughter of a traitor.

F Fr

Fritz, Jean and Tomes, Margot. Homesick, my own story. New York: Putnam, [1982].

Note: The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her

childhood in China in the 1920's.

F Kud

Kudlinski, Kathleen V and Farnsworth, Bill. Shannon : a Chinatown adventure, San

Francisco, 1880. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1996].

Note: Newly arrived in Victorian San Francisco from Ireland, Shannon plans the

daring rescue of a young Chinese slave.

F Lat

Lattimore, Eleanor Frances. More about Little Pear. New York: W. Morrow, [1971].

Note: During his school vacation seven-year-old Little Pear helps a neighbor

build a brick wall, learns the truth about dragons, and enjoys a visit from

his grandmother.

F Lat

Lattimore, Eleanor Frances. Little Pear : the story of a little Chinese boy. New

York: Harcourt, [1931].

Note: Five-year-old Little Pear's mishaps climax with a fall into the river.

Provides a picture of Chinese life.

F Lat

Lattimore, Eleanor Frances. Little Pear and the rabbits. New York: W. Morrow,

[1956].

Note: Little Pear, who likes animals and wants to be a farmer like his father,

goes to a fair at a nearby market town and spends his coins on a pair of

rabbits.

F Le

Lewis, Elizabeth (Foreman) and Young, Ed. Young Fu of the upper Yangtze. [1st

rev. ed.]. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, [1973, 1932].

Note: In the 1920's a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his

mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a

coppersmith brings good fortune.

F Nam

Namioka, Lensey and Kiefte, Kees de. Yang the third and her impossible family.

1st ed. Boston: Little, Brown, [1995].

Note: Third daughter Mary Yang makes an unexpected new friend while trying to

hide a kitten from her family.

F Pi

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Wingman. New York: Dodd, Mead, [1975].

Note: To escape the problems of being poor and Chinese, Donald begins to cut

school to climb the George Washington Bridge where he meets Wingman, a sort

of Chinese Superman.

F Ru

Russell, Ching Yeung and Zhang, Christopher Zhong-Yuan. First apple. 1st ed.

Honesdale, Pa: Boyds Mills Press, [1994].

Note: A young girl living in a Chinese village in the 1940s tries to find a way

to buy an apple, the fruit of rich people, to share with her grandmother.

F Ru

Russell, Ching Yeung and Zhang, Christopher Zhong-Yuan. Lichee tree. 1st ed.

Honesdale, Pa: Boyds Mills Press, [1997].

Note: In the late 1940's in southeastern China, ten-year-old Ying can't wait for

her lichee tree to bloom so she can sell the fruit for money to help her

family.

F Sc

Schaeffer, Edith and Liu, Lesley. Mei Fuh : memories from China. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin Co, [1998].

Note: Recounts the lives of an American girl and her family living in China in

the early 1900s, with details about food, home life, servants, and customs.

F Sch

Schlein, Miriam and Mak, Kam. The year of the panda. 1st ed. New York: Crowell,

[1990].

Note: A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda, and, in the process, learns

why pandas are endangered, and what the government is doing to save them.

F Ye

Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1975].

Note: In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San

Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.

F Ye

Yep, Laurence. The case of the Goblin Pearls. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins

Publishers, [1997].

Note: Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join forces to solve

the theft of some priceless pearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in

San Francisco's Chinatown.

F YEP

Yep, Laurence. Lady of Ch'iao Kuo : Warrior of the South. New York: Scholastic,

Inc, [2001].

Note: In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern

China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own

people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.

F Ye

Yee, Paul and Ng, Simon. Tales from Gold Mountain : stories of the Chinese in

the New World. 1st American ed. New York: Macmillan, [1989].

Note: A collection of eight stories reflecting the gritty optimism of the

Chinese who overcame prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for

themselves in North America.

F YEP

Yep, Laurence. The cook's family. New York: Putnam, [1998].

Note: As her parents' arguments become more frequent, Robin looks forward to the

visits that she and her grandmother make to Chinatown, where they pretend to

be an elderly cook's family, giving Robin new insights into her Chinese

heritage.

F YEP

Yep, Laurence. The journal of Wong Ming-Chung : a Chinese miner. New York:

Scholastic, [2000].

Note: A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as

he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle

during the Gold Rush.

F YEP

Yep, Laurence and Wang, Suling. When the circus came to town. 1st Harper Trophy

ed. New York: HarperTrophy, [2004, 2002].

Note: An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl

at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox

scars her face.

Periodicals

Per 10-'01

National Geographic. October, 2001. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society,

[2001].

Per 10-'02

AppleSeeds : children of China long ago. October, 2002. Peterborough, NH:

Cobblestone Publishing Co, [2002].

Per 12-'01

Kids discover : Marco Polo. December, 2001. New York: Kids Discover, [2001].

Per 2-'04

Muse. February, 2004. Peru, IL: Carus Publishing Company, [2004].

Per 3-'04

National Geographic. March, 2004. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society,

[2003, 2004].

Per 4-'97

Kids discover : Ancient China. April, 1997. New York: Kids Discover, [1997].

Per 5+6-'02

Muse. May/June, 2002. Peru, IL: Carus Publishing Company, [2002].

Per 7-'03

National Geographic. July, 2003. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society,

[2003].

Per 7-'05

National Geographic. July, 2005. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society,

[2005].

Per 8-'05

National Geographic. August, 2005. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society,

[2005].

Books for Adults

PROF 915.1 BON

Bonavia, Judy and Qi, Wu. The silk road : from Xi'an to Kashgar. 6th ed. Hong

Kong: Odyssey, [2002].

Note: A guide to the Silk Road for travelers, examining the history of the

ancient caravan routes through China, highlighting the attractions of seven

specific regions, and including maps, essays, and related literary excerpts.

Internet Sites

General Resources

China Resources for Teachers

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Internet%20Resources.html

China Resources for Students

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html

The China Experience: China Culture Index

http://www.chinavista.com/experience/index.html

Geography

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Land%20Background.html

Modern Day Map of China

http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/chinamap.gif

History of China Timeline

http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html

Inventions

For Teachers, a lesson plan for researching 14 Chinese inventions

http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000019.htm

Calligraphy

http://library.thinkquest.org/3614/drawing.htm

Silk and Embroidery

http://www.chinavista.com/experience/embroidery/embroidery.html

Religion: Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html#TEACHINGS

The following Items Were Purchased in China

Additional Books for the Burgess Collection, Primarily for Adults,

Not Yet Cataloged (September, 2006)

Warriors of Ancient China: The Terracotta Army, by Holdsworth, May

Echoes of Old China: Traditional beliefs and values, by Wiltshire, Trea.

The Color of Asia, by Moss, Peter.

Xi'an, Shaanxi and the Terracotta Army, by Mooney, Paul, Maudsley, Catherine and Hatherly, Gerald.

Chinese Calligraphy, by Chen Tingyou.

Ancient Chinese Writing: Oracle Bone Inscriptions from the Ruins of Yin, by National Palace Museum.

The Land of Silk, by Wei Liming.

Chinese Archaeology, by Yang Yang and Zhao Gushan.

Rare Wild Animals, by Zhang Cizu.

Traditional Chinese Costumes, by Yuan Jieying.

The Sanxingdui Culture: Cream Cultural Relics Unearthed from No. 1 Sacrificial Pit, by Dongfang Hongwen.

Sanxingdui and the Ancient Shu Culture, by China Travel and Tourism Press.

Du Jiang Yan: An Ancient Water Conservancy Project that Still Benefits Mankind, by Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House.

China's Southwestern Silk Road, by Lu Zhongmin.

Sanxingdui Museum in China, by Xiao Xianging, Fan Yi, Liu Nansong, et. al.

Stone Adzes of Hong Kong, by Rogers, Pamela Rumball and Valerie Ward.

Awakened! Qin's Terra-Cotta Army, by Shaanxi Travel & Tourism Press (autographed by the discoverer of the treasure).

Cantonese Phrasebook, by Lonely Planet.

Panda Adventure, by Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

Naxi Pictographs Copybook

Great Tour in Paradise: Mysterious Tour in Lijiang, by Lijiang Tourism Administration

Naxi Papermaking, by Yunnan Fine Arts Press.

Audio

Zhong Guo Di Zi—Modern Versions of Ancient Chinese Flute Music

National Palace Museum—Journey through Bronzes

China Sichuan Tour—Sanxingdui

National Palace Museum—Great National Treasures of China

The Best Chinese Traditional Melody

Cassette

Traditional Tibetan Music

Contemporary Chinese Music

DVD

The Tea Culture

A Tour of New Shanghai

Video/VCD

Music and Scenes of China

Ancient China

Postcards

China: Ancient Lifestyle in Modern Time

Shanghai in the 1930s

Contemporary Shanghai

The Terracotta Army

Hong Kong

The National Cosdtume of Yunnan China

The Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou

Maps

Map of the People's Republic of China

World Map, from the Asian Point of View

Realia