{"id":284604,"date":"2010-02-05T18:03:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T23:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2347"},"modified":"2010-02-05T18:03:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T23:03:29","slug":"teaching-ancient-civilizations-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-d-is-for-dancing-dragon-a-china-alphabet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/284604","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Ancient Civilizations with Children\u2019s Literature: D is for Dancing Dragon: A China Alphabet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/616q3qppqpl_ss500_.jpg\" title=\"616q3qppqpl_ss500_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/616q3qppqpl_ss500_.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"616q3qppqpl_ss500_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0&#8221;A is for Chinese Acrobats performing with beauty and grace.\u00a0 We clap and admire their physical strength, as they land in a very small place.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;B is for Beijing&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/D-is-for-Dancing-Dragon\/Carol-Crane\/e\/9781585362738\">D is for Dancing Dragon:A China Alphabet<\/a>, written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolcrane.org\/\">Carol Crane<\/a> and illustrated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sleepingbearpress.com\/authors_illustrators\/wang.htm\">Zong-Zhou Wang<\/a> is a wonderfully illustrated children&#8217;s book that celebrates the wonders of ancient Chinese culture.\u00a0 The author takes the reader through an alphabetic history of China from A to Z.\u00a0 Suitable for many ages, the author brilliantly writes in rhyming facts about China for the younger readers while providing enriching information that more advanced, older readers will surely enjoy as well all on the same page.\u00a0 As we read on, &#8220;F is for the &#8220;Four Treasures of Study&#8221; (explaining the Chinese written language), G is for the Great Wall&#8230;, I is for Chinese Inventions&#8230;, Z is for Chinese Zodiac&#8221; and so on, the book demonstrates through playful rhyme and colorful illustrations how ancient China has influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar and written language.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/D-is-for-Dancing-Dragon\/Carol-Crane\/e\/9781585362738\">D is for Dancing Dragon: A China Alphabet<\/a> could be a great resource to use when introducing ancient civilizations and their contributions to the modern world.\u00a0 The book even has a map at the front so students can determine China&#8217;s physical place in the world and make a connection to it&#8217;s physical relationship to the United States.\u00a0 This book correlates well with the Virginia Standards of Learning 2.1.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try this teacher friendly site to get ideas for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gale.cengage.com\/pdf\/TeachersGuides\/DancingDragon.pdf\">activity ideas<\/a> to accompany the reading of <em>D is for Dragon: A China Alphabet<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>For more<a href=\"http:\/\/lessonplans.craftgossip.com\/read-it-d-is-for-dancing-dragon\/2009\/01\/28\"> lesson plan ideas<\/a> and fun activities for grades 2 &amp; 3.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/Places\/Find\/China\">National Geographic Kids<\/a> has great interactive activities on line to reinforce teachings of ancient China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dancing-Dragon-China-Alphabet-Discover\/dp\/1585362735\">D is for Dancing Dragon:A China Alphabet<\/a><strong><br \/>\nAuthor:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolcrane.org\/\">Carol Crane<\/a><strong><br \/>\nIllustrator:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sleepingbearpress.com\/authors_illustrators\/wang.htm\">Zong-Zhou Wang<\/a><strong><br \/>\nPublisher:\u00a0 <\/strong>Sleeping Bear Press<strong><br \/>\nPublication Date:<\/strong>\u00a0 2006<strong><br \/>\nPages:\u00a0 <\/strong>48<strong><br \/>\nGrade Range:\u00a0 <\/strong>K-3<strong><br \/>\nISBN:<\/strong> 139781585364732<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0&#8221;A is for Chinese Acrobats performing with beauty and grace.\u00a0 We clap and admire their physical strength, as they land in a very small place.&#8221; &#8220;B is for Beijing&#8230;&#8221; \u00a0D is for Dancing Dragon:A China Alphabet, written by Carol Crane and illustrated by Zong-Zhou Wang is a wonderfully illustrated children&#8217;s book that celebrates the wonders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}