Final Assessment for the China Unit
For the final assessment of this unit, the students will be engaged in an authentic testing experience. The assessment will be in the form of a performance based evaluation where the students will answer questions about China in a context and their performance will be videotaped and assessed in accordance to the correctness of their response and their level of thinking. The students will be told about this assessment at the beginning of the unit and will be given the assignment and a list of sample questions to study. The actual interview questions will come from the list and will be different for each student to ensure there is no cheating. Like a unit test, the students will be told what day their assessment will occur and will be given sufficient time to prepare themselves for the test.
An ongoing assessment will also occur throughout the eight week unit in the form of a learning log. The students will be given the opportunity to reflect on their learning and connect ideas together. This will also be handed in for evaluation. The students will be assessed on their level of thinking, formulating questions and ideas, and their understandings of the China unit and the topics being taught. The students will be told at the beginning of the unit that they will hand in their learning logs periodically throughout the unit for informal assessment. The learning logs will be given a basic mark if all the entries are completed and will be evaluated by a checklist. However, the main purpose for the learning logs is to obtain specific evidence of student learning and critical thinking.
Learning Log Checklist
o Are the learning log entries complete in number and thought?
o Does the content relate to the topics presented in the lessons?
o Do the entries show critical thinking about topics?
o Does the student formulate their own conclusions and questions about what they are learning?
o Is progress being made in student learning?
Final Assessment-Student Exchange Interview
You are a grade six student who has been chosen as a candidate to be a part of a Chinese exchange program. If you get into the program, you will live in China for six months where you will stay with a Chinese family and attend an International school. You will be given the chance to present your Canadian perspective on Chinese issues and will learn a great deal from your experience. Everything is paid for and at the end of your trip you will get the chance to tour China.
However, before you can be accepted into the program, you must have an interview with the head school mistress. She will ask you several questions about China where you will have to present the knowledge you have gained during these past eight weeks. Some of the questions will be purely informational with a right or wrong question. However, a few of the questions will ask you to express your opinion on an issue related to China and you will have to provide support for your argument.
Here is a list of sample questions:
What is the capital city of China?
How do the Chinese people meet their basic needs? Give an example for each?
In your opinion, how do you think China is changing from the increased use of communication and technology? Give examples to support your answer.
What do Chinese women wear for traditional attire?
Where is the Forbidden City located?
Locate China on a world map and give the coordinates of Shanghai.
What is the history behind the Great Wall of China?
State four countries that share a border with China.
In your opinion, should China adopt Canadian policy on people’s rights and freedoms? Why or why not? Give examples.
What is a land boundary?
List three different physical features China has as part of its terrain.
Why have the nations on the Pacific Rim become so important?
List at least five major cities in China?
List three different provinces in China?
What kind of government does China have?
List three different authentic Chinese dishes.
Are fortune cookies Chinese? Explain your answer?
In your opinion, should Canadians adopt Chinese family traditions? Why or why not? Give examples.
How is China an interdependent nation? Explain your answer and give examples.
You will be interviewed during the last week of the unit and will be assigned a specific time on one of the five days. The questions you will be asked will come from the sample list of questions and you will be asked ten questions with at least two of those questions being opinion based. Good luck with your interview!
Answers:
What is the capital city of China?
Beijing
Give an example of the Chinese meet the three basic needs.
Food: rice is an abundant resource in China and is used as a main source of carbohydrates
Shelter: many Chinese people live in apartments because it is very overpopulated and there is limited space
Clothing: pien-fu, the ch'ang-p'ao, and shen-i are all examples of Chinese traditional attire
In your opinion, do you think China changing from the increased use of communication and technology is a good thing or a bad thing? Give examples to support your answer.
Good thing: Increased communication and technology has opened China up to the trading industry and has therefore boosted the economy. An example of this would be China’s booming manufacturing industry. It supplies many of the products sold around the world.
Bad thing: The internet is an example of how communication is changing China. Chinese youths are being bombarded with the internet and this is causing major riffs within family tradition and the Chinese values.
What do Chinese women wear for traditional attire?
Chinese women wear cheun zam for traditional attire.
Where is the Forbidden City located?
The Forbidden City is located in Beijing.
Locate China on a world map and give me the coordinates of Beijing.
Beijing is at 40 ° East 116 ° South
What is the history behind the Great Wall of China?
In about 220 B.C., sections of fortifications which had been built earlier were joined together to form a united defense system against invasions from the north.
State four countries that share a border with China.
Four countries that China shares a border with can be from this list: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (northeast), Russia (northwest), Tajikistan, and Vietnam.
In your opinion, should China adopt some of the Canadian policy on people’s rights and freedoms? Why or why not? Give examples.
Yes-China has a lot of inhuman labour laws that allow for child and slave labour practices. If China adopted the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms, there would be no more child or slave labour in China.
No-China has strict values and beliefs. If Chinese people were allowed to have freedom of expression and beliefs, it would upset the balance there is in China. There would be a lot of protest and turmoil.
What is a land boundary?
A land boundary is the border of land between the two countries that they both share.
List three different physical features China has as part of its terrain.
3 physical features China has are mixed, semi evergreen-deciduous, coniferous forest, semi desert and desert areas.
Why have the nations on the Pacific Rim become so important?
They have become very important for the trade business, setting policies on health care, technology, the environment, telecommunications and other science areas.
List at least five major cities in China?
Five major cities can be taken from the list: Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guilin, X’ian, Kunming, Dunhuang, Lhasa, Shenyang, etc…
List three different provinces in China?
Three provinces can be taken from the list: Fujian, Guangdong, Hangnan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, etc…
What kind of government does China have?
China has a communist government.
List three different authentic Chinese dishes.
Three authentic Chinese dishes can be chosen from the list: wonton, rice, chow mien, beef noodles, stir fried vegetables, dumplings, spring rolls, Chinese bread, etc…
Are fortune cookies Chinese? Explain your answer?
Fortune cookies are not Chinese. They may have been inspired by Chinese cooking but they were actually invented in the United States.
In your opinion, should Canadians adopt Chinese family traditions? Why or why not? Give examples.
Yes-Canadians should adopt Chinese family traditions because it would bring families closer together. For example, part of the Chinese tradition is for a married couple to live with their parents.
No-Canadians should not adopt Chinese family traditions because Canadians some family traditions are very strict. For example, when a couple gets married, it is customary that the wife moves in with the groom and his parents. That might cause turmoil in Canadian families.
How is China an interdependent nation? Explain your answer and give examples.
China relies on a lot of different countries for economic, political, and social reasons. For example, China depends on North America for trade. China depends on the nations that surround it for military support if something were to happen. Also, China depends on the ever changing ideas on communication and technology from Japan, Europe, and North America for new inventions and more effective ways of doing business and educational uses.
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