HAPPY 2018 CHINESE NEW YEAR, CROCKER.   The YEAR OF THE DOG!

Check out this great website about Ancient China, at http://china.mrdonn.org/games.html

Information about dynasties that came after the Han dynasty (where we left off in sixth grade):   (Song, Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming)

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h06chin.htm 

Information about the Khans from Mongolia  (first and only non-Chinese ruling dynasty of China)

Youtube clip about Confucius

http://china.mrdonn.org/games.html

  Discussion Question:      Sayings by Confucius are called "Analects".   Followers collected hundreds of these "analects" or lessons about life.  Have you ever heard this one?     "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”    WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?   (You can read many more famous analects on www.goodreads.com)

Check out our China Cooking Show Project on Our Parent Information Page.   In the meantime, you might be interested in this wonderful cooking series, "A BITE OF CHINA", voted the most popular documentary of 2012.  Available on Amazon, but also on YouTube (episode URLs posted below).  Enjoy!

http://www.amazon.com/Bite-China-Xiao-Hua-Ji/dp/B00APD6Y3O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424892219&sr=8-1&keywords=a+bite+of+china

  Episode 1 on YouTube  (49 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRHNa9qdtlw

 episode 2 on YouTube   (49 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCgYUKPNCug

 Episode 3 on YouTube   (49 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxQ3j7ls1J0

 Episode 4 on YouTube    (49 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RETcZdsp1k

 Episode 5 on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QxvbeZ-9m4

 Episode 6 on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnbNa3JiUow

Episode 7 on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phnghlE6W1E