HS AP Mandarin

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High School > 2016-2017 > Mixed-grade High > Foreign Language > HS AP MandarinMonday, September 5, 2016,
2:31PM
Unit

Family and
school life
(Week 1, 7
Weeks)

Application of
Goals
In real-life
settings,
students are
engaged in
activities
common to their
counterparts in
China. Students
continue to
exercise their
listening
speaking,
reading, and
writing skills
through the three
modes of
communication.

Enduring
Understandings

Education
system in
China
Generation
gap
One-child
policy

Essential
Questions
Why did China
used to have
One Child
Policy?
What does
College life
mean to your
life?
how can you
narrow the
gerneration
gap?

Content
Students are able to
know the suggested
vocabularies on the
topic of school,life, job,
friendship, family, and
education
the fact of "One child
policy" and its
background;
Chinese education
system

Skills

Assessments
Express
feelings and
tell
preferences
with
supportive
reasons
Narrate or
converse on
topics such as
school life,
neighborhood,
vacation
experiences,
etc.
Compare and
contrast their
daily routine
with that of
their peers
and/or
counterparts
in China and
Taiwan
Research,
summarize
and presents
life of famous
people
through
written
records
Discuss and
debate teen
culture as a
social product

The assessment is aligned w

Modes of Communication on
Standards.
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Unit

Application of
Goals

Enduring
Understandings

Essential
Questions

Content

Skills

Assessments

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Travel in China
(Week 8, 7
Weeks)

Students first
review essential
language terms
used in travel
and
transportation.
Students then
apply language
terms in real-life
settings such as
making travel
plans. Students
also examine
transportation
systems
worldwide and
their role in
peoples life.

China is a
big country
with varied
geographies,
mountains,
rivers, and
plateaus,
etc.
Population
distribution
in China and
its impact in
society

Is Chinas
economic
reform bring
more tourist to
the country?

Students are able to

know the suggested
vocabularies on the
topic of ethnic group
custums,
transportation, travel,
geography and
climates in China.
transporatation
direction in urban cities
Chinese railway
system
basical information
about Chinese
geography, great
moutains, seas,
famous sightseeings,
etc.

Festvials
(Week 15, 4
Weeks)

Students
understand what
different between
Asia and western
festival, and what

Festival
mirrors a
community's
belief or

what is
religion?
why do people
celebrate
festivals?

Students are able to

know the suggested
vocabularies on the
topic of food and
festivals.

Research,
summarize,
and present in
person or in
groups about
said themes:
For example,
research on
minority
group.
Make travel
plans using
various
means of
transportation
and discuss
pros and cons
of each
arrangement
Design a
travel
brochure for a
chosen city,
state and/or
country
Compare and
contrast sister
cities/areas
between
China and US
on said
themes

Read stories
about
selected
Chinese
idioms and

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Application of
Goals
meaning behind
the festival.

Enduring
Understandings

philosophy.
Celebrating
festivals is a
reservation
of a nation
and ethnic.

Essential
Questions
What is
Chinese
people's
religion?

Content
Common Chinese
festivals, such as
Chinese Spring new
Year, Mid autum
Festival, etc and their
coresponding tradition
and stories.

Skills

Assessments
apply those
idioms in their
own writing
Analyze and
discuss how
values and
beliefs impact
a countrys
role in
international
affair

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Chinese
Culture and
History
(Week 19, 4
Weeks)

Focus on
Chinese
history/dynasties,
Chinese
traditional and
modern
liternature,
historical and
modern influntial
people in this
unit. Students
continue to
practice their
Chinese skills
through the three
modes of
communication.

China is a country
with long history and
influential people
generation after
generation.

what does
history teach
us?

Students are able to

know the suggested
vocabularies on the
topic of Chinese art
and literature and
history.
main knowledge about
Chinese dynasties and
historical famous
poeple, etc.

Research,
summarize,
and present in
person or in
groups about
the related
topic;
develop
presentation
skills in the
related topic

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Application of
Goals

Enduring
Understandings

Essential
Questions

Content

Skills

Assessments

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Chinese
Community
(Week 23, 3
Weeks)

This thematic
unit is the
continuation of
unit four.
Students focus
on life style and
health is related
to each other,
and people
started to focus
on health
wellness.
Students
continue to
practice their
Chinese skill
through the three
modes of
communication.

1. Siheyuan is

2.

3.

4.

the
traditional
housing in
Beijing
Smoking in
China is still
a major
problem
causes
people's
concern.
Chinese
herbal
medicine is
wellaccepted in
China
Chinese Tai-

how does
housing effect
people's way
of living?
what is your
thought on
Chinese
traditional
medicine?
why?

Students are able to

know the suggested
vocabularies on the
topic of urban and rural
communities, social
issues in current China.
Siheyuan and its
history

develop the
interpreting skills of
reading, listening
related topic
materials;
hold a
debate/discussion on
the topic of Siheyuan,
Chinese traditional
medicine, etc.

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Application of
Goals

Enduring
Understandings

Essential
Questions

Content

Skills

Assessments

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Entertainments,
Sports and
Technology
(Week 27, 3
Weeks)

After studying all

the previous
units, students
are to examine
issues and ideas
from broader
perspectives.
This unit focuses
on media and its
impact on
peoples life and
society as a
whole.

recent Chinese
entertainment is
more up close to the
western world in a
certain way;
News reports in
perspective

what
entertainments
are both
welcome in
China and
Western
world, what
are not? why?

Students are
able to know
the suggested
vocabularies
on the topic of
sports, social
medias,
entertainments.
TV, movie and
their impact on
peoples life
What make a
star star?
Beijing opera:
its past and
present
Entertainment
as a business
Teenagers
idols

Read,
comprehend,
and make
inferences in
authentic
materials
Defend
their
opinio
n
using
detail
ed
suppo
rt and
evide
nce
Completing
typing stories
with time
limits.

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