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Ancient China |
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Grade 6 |
The Sixth grade is gathering information about daily life in Ancient China and the following sites will be of use in that research: (the book, which the students will have access to in school, is definitely the best source of the information they need to find.) Specifically, they need information on the following topics (for Ancient China):
| Birth and birthdays | Food | Chinese Homes |
| Life in the country | Life in the city | Crafts |
| Education | Festivals and Ceremonies | Travel and transport |
| Marriage | Clothing |
General Sites of Information
The following sites will provide information
on more than one of the topics of research.
Daily Life in
Ancient China -the
most useful page on this subject! You will be able to find most of the
information available by using this site.
Chinese
Inventions and Remedies
Daily Life of
the Ancient Chinese
- these pages are from a school, but the
information should be reliable for this project.
Timeline
of Chinese Dynasties - these pages are
not easy to read, but there is great information on them if you can take the
time to scan for it. The information, however, is all tied to certain
dynasties.
China
- Daily Life - this is the
host page for others like the ones above (they have a lot of good information,
but you need to scan and then read to find it). The best ones are listed below:
The
Rise of Ancient China
Specialized pages
These pages will provide information on some of the
specific topics listed.
| Festivals Chinese New Year Taipei Lantern Festival Holidays and Festivals in Taiwan Lunar Festivals Chinese Lanterns Holidays and Festivals (do not use this one until you are sure which of these festivals are from ancient times.) |
Marriage
/ Birth/ Birthdays Chinese Marriage Chinese Lanterns Fiona's Moon Yuet - this site is a personal page but the information is interesting. Photos - also a personal page, but with the description of Moon Yuet (an ancient tradition). Traditional Chinese Customs Marriage Customs Birthday customs |
| Food Traditional Chinese Customs - Chinese Food |
Clothing Fashion and Clothes Cheongsam: Traditional Chinese Dress |
| Rural
Life New Year Pictures Chinese Farming |
Education History of the educational system in China |
NOTES:
Some of these sites may be difficult to read because the reading level is so
high.
There is wonderful
information available on Thinkquests, but they are temporarily closed.