The Great Wall of China is a wonder of the world. Learners explore the history and construction of the incredible feat using both non-fiction and fictional works. The resource includes multi-day lesson plans that contains ideas for graphic organizers, journaling activities, and projects. 

Concepts

the great wall of china, china, ancient china, asia, chinese history

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Facilitate an inquiry-based project on the Great Wall of China using the resource as a guide

Classroom Considerations

• Resource may require acquiring suggested resources that are not included
• Some reading activities are too simple for middle school pupils

Pros

• Project builds research skills
• Suggestions allow for a variety of classroom adaptations

Cons

• Not all the links in the resource work, requiring additional teacher research

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.10 RL.5.1 RL.5.10 RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.10