1. China Nation Day: Thursday, December 1, 2016
Topics, Tactics & team-members

2. CND: Topics
popular Problematic Pastimes: smoking, gambling & alcoholism in China
Getting familiar with Chinese Geography: major cities, rivers, regions and provinces
A Cook's Tour of China: what are 10 regions and their specialties? (and let's make dumplings!)
A Day in the Life of a (grade-school and high school) student in China
Tibet: a part of China or suppressed nation?
Five Chinese authors we should read: Bios, Themes and Excerpts
Who are China's wealthiest? Lifestyles of the rich & famous
Gender Imbalance: history and current problems & policies
The China-North Korea relationship: history and current status
Organ harvesting in China: Falun Gong
Rites of Passage in China: birth, death & marriage
Pollution Crises in China: land, water, air – problems and prospects
China's superlatives: inventions, 1sts and most _______
LGBTQ community in China: history, current problems & achievements
China's Nobel Laureates: Physics, Peace, Literature and Medicine
Pop Culture in China: video-games, movies & music

3. In competition for a topic?
Memorize five FACTS you have learned about your topic.
Describe an AWESOME IDEA you have for presenting the topic in an interactive way.
Best presentation of above two aspects wins the reservation!

4. Reservations: John, Rainelle Dominique Pema Michael Susanna Ruthanna
popular Problematic Pastimes: smoking, gambling & alcoholism in China
Getting familiar with Chinese Geography: major cities, rivers, regions and provinces
A Cook's Tour of China: what are 10 regions and their specialties? (and let's make dumplings!)
A Day in the Life of a (grade-school and high school) student in China
Tibet: a part of China or suppressed nation?
Five Chinese authors we should read: Bios, Themes and Excerpts
Who are China's wealthiest? Lifestyles of the rich & famous
Gender Imbalance: history and current problems & policies
The China-North Korea relationship: history and current status
Organ harvesting in China: Falun Gong
Rites of Passage in China: birth, death & marriage
Pollution Crises in China: land, water, air – problems and prospects
China's superlatives: inventions, 1sts and most _______
LGBTQ community in China: history, current problems & achievements
China's Nobel Laureates: Physics, Peace, Literature and Medicine
Pop Culture in China: video-games, movies & music
John, Rainelle
Dominique
Pema
Michael
Susanna
Ruthanna
Sunny, Sarah
Nova
YinYan
Pauline
Jose
Spencer

5. CND: Tactics Your presentation must include at least 2 of the following teaching tools or tactics:
ALL presentations must have one of the following, to teach the content you have researched:
Visual Aids: posters, slides, Prezi
a Lecture: verbal explanation
Readings selected, edited and distributed by you*
* Ready to be photocopied by November 24 (week prior to presentation)
In addition: an interactive element that must include at least one of the following:
manipulables: jigsaw puzzle; cards
role-play: with prepared script or improv
a board-game: reproduced for up to 20 players (i.e. played on big screen or 5 game boards with 4 players each)
music
a game-show: Jeopardy; Wheel-of-Fortune; Cash-Cab

6. CND: Team-Members & Marks
Pre-presentation Research & Interview: 10 marks
Effective Teaching: 10 marks
good use of technology
4 periods of work & 4 pages of notes (per person, minimum) explained in 4 minutes on November 24th
clear explanation
sufficient background & context
organization
Content: 20 marks
Creativity: 10 marks
Annotated Bibliography
interactive
effectively covers topic as described & discussed
attractive
interesting
at least 20 facts per student researched & presented