China

Here are some links to help you learn more about China.

** REMEMBER THE MPPS CYBER-SAFETY RULES AT ALL TIMES! ** Find a map that you can print out at National Geographic.

Have a play with the interactive map at National Geographic.


 * Factfile
 * A Day in the Life of a boy in China
 * Virtual Sightseeing tour
 * The Forbidden City (Beijing) (click on the photos to enlarge them)
 * The Great Wall across the Yangtze River (the largest dam in the world)
 * Pandas
 * Build a rice paddy online
 * China's Age of Invention (not very kid friendly but the pictures are good)
 * 21st century China

Try Geographia: click the link to the country you are studying - it's not very kid-friendly but it might have some good pictures to look at.

Try Mr Dowling's Browse the World site.

=Interesting people from Chinese history= Fu Hao, Woman Warrior in ancient China King Wuling, the man who brought trousers to China Cao Xueqin, China's greatest novelist Confucius