Chinese Cinderella					               				 Webquest

You will be given 2 days in the computer lab to find information on the following topics.    You will be called on to share the information you have gleaned. Click on the link and answer questions below each link on your own paper. 

TOPIC	Web Address	
A Brief History of China  
	http://history-world.org/a_brief_history_of_china.htm
•	Who is Confucius?
•	What is Taoism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China#Names
•	When was the Republic of China established?              Who is Sun Yat-sen?
•	What dynasty was replaced?                                          Who is Chiang Kai-shek?
•	What are the dates of this Republic?	
Chinese Language	http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechineselanguage/a/calques.htm
•	List and explain any 3 of the 10 expressions our language borrowed from the Chinese.
http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechineselanguage/a/loanwords.htm
•	List and explain any 5 of the 10 English words that are borrowed from Chinese 	
2.  Chinese Foot Binding	http://www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942
•	Explain the process of foot binding	
3.  Chinese Family Life	http://www.chinaunique.com/educate/culture.htm#family
•	Summarize typical family life in China
•	How many children may families have?
http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html
•	Which gender is preferred in China?
•	What is gendercide?	
4,  Role of Women in China	http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t3w24womenchinap2kk.htm
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinwomn.html
•	What has been the traditional role of women in China?
•	How has the role of women changed?	
5.  Chinese Calligraphy	http://www.chinapage.org/calligraphy.html
•	What is calligraphy?
•	What does Chinese writing look like?
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/name/blname.htm
•	Click one of the letters below to see a list of names.  Find your first name.  Copy the Chinese equivalent on the back of this sheet.  You will transfer your Chinese name to construction paper later.	
6. Chinese Calendar	http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
http://www.chinese.new-year.co.uk/calendar.htm
•	On what do the Chinese base their calendar?
•	Chinese years are named for what?
•	2009 is the year of the ____
	
7.The Author	http://www.adelineyenmah.com/
•	Summarize the life of this author.
•	Click on the Family Album link and see pictures of her family.
	
8. Mahjongg 	http://www.cs.utk.edu/~clay/mahjongg/rules.html
•	This game is known as the Game of the ____ _____.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong
•	Explain the rules of the game.	

After you have finished with the above, complete the following.   
1.	Go to these sites and find the meaning of your name
•	http://www.behindthename.com/         http://www.babynameaddicts.com/
2.	Ask your parents how you got your name.  (Are you named after someone – a family member or a famous person?)
3.	Do you have a nickname?  If so, what is it?  What does it mean?  How did you get that nickname?
4.	How do you feel when someone calls you by the wrong name or pronounces your name incorrectly?
5.	Why are names important?  What makes a name special?  What makes people with the same name different from each other?
6.	When you have finished with all the above, access this site:  http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/chinese/games/mahjongg/start.htm   to try your hand at playing the game.