Resources for Introducing China Across the Curriculum

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China All Around
Resources for Introducing China Across the Curriculum
By Heather Clydesdale

“Chinese language learning thrives best and has the greatest impact in schools when China is mentioned in other subjects as part of the curriculum,” contends Roberta Martin, Director of Asia for Educators at Columbia University. Even if a district does not teach Chinese language until the high school level, Martin and other curriculum developers say that student interest is sparked by introducing China in other subject areas at the elementary level and continuing to weave it into the curriculum through ensuing years.

Martin, along with Clayton Dube, Associate Director of the U.S.–China Institute at the University of Southern California, and Rylan Sekiguchi, a curriculum specialist with the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) assists teachers in this effort by producing China-related curricular materials that reach across subjects including social studies, language arts, science, math, arts, and crafts, as well as music and drama.

Read the full article to learn about some available resources: http://asiasociety.org/education/chinese-language-initiatives/china-all-around