New Content Alert - Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China

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New Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China - Tibet/Chengdu

OWC's Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China features 41 multimedia tours of seven Chinese cities/regions. The new content focuses on Tibet and Chengdu.

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OneWorld Classrooms has recently posted nine new multimedia tours in the Tibet and Chengdu sections of our free online resource, Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China. (You will need to enter your username and password for access - see below). Cultural Profiles now features 41 multimedia tours exploring seven Chinese cities/regions. While the text is appropriate for middle and high school grades, elementary grades may simply use the photo slide shows, audio and video. This free resource is made possible by grants from the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation and the Freeman Foundation.

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In our next bulletin, we will announce new modules on our Student to Student Language Lab.

Happy classroom trails!

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New Multimedia Tours on Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China.

Follow these easy steps to access the new multimedia tours of Tibet and Chengdu featured on OneWorld Classrooms' free Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China:

1. Go to the Cultural Profiles Launch Page and enter your username - - and password - .

2. Select a city/region on the map of China ...

... or from the alphabetical index:

2. Select a timeline (Modern or Historic) and a topic:

3. Explore the photos, text, audio and video in the multimedia tour! TIP: Project the tours onto a screen and travel as a class, or have students explore individually. Assign different tours to different students and have them report back to the rest of the class.

Also, explore the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Warriors tomb, the Silk Road, the hometown of Confucius and much more in the other sections of Cultural Profiles of Historic and Modern China!

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