If your students are required to learn the Chinese dynasties, you might want to teach them the Chinese Dynasty song. The top one is fun for its stuffy professor types singing it and the bottom one is just plain fun.
- Nanjing (nanking)
Nanjing (Nanking) Nanjing means “southern capital†in Chinese. The city that is currently named Nanjing has had several names through history, and several other cities in China have also had that name. It is located on the southern bank of...
- Daily Life In Ancient China
Daily Life in Ancient China - This site geared towards children which describes itself as, "Learn about Taoism with Winnie-the-Pooh. Explore daily life in 4 Chinese Dynasties. Read things written in BC times. Take a quick look at 11,000 years of ancient...
- Another Chinese Dynasties' Song
Kudos to Jeff and George for finding Harvard professors singing the Chinese dynasties' song. I like this one above best, especially the kid on the left whom my students get a kick out of seeing. ...
- The Song Dynasty (china's Golden Age)
I am teaching the Tang Song Dynasties after Spring break. Columbia University has an awesome site, Asia for Educators, with a series of pages about the Song Dynasty. It includes the five categories you see above (economics, technology, cities, Confucianism,...
- Chinese Dynasties Song
While we are on it, I have several short videos on my Presentation below. One of them is a nice student version of the Chinese Dynasties song. I use it so that my students can remember the order of them. ...