Traveller’s Quiz: China
| Format | worksheet |
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| Concepts | events and culture |
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Starter
This starter involves a quiz. The one provided below is designed for use as part of a project on Chinese music. It is ideal for use in conjunction with a discussion of other cultural objects and information, eg the Chinese flag, Chinese food, religious and linguistic traditions. The quiz is a useful introduction to the topic; it gains the students’ interest and engages their previous knowledge of China and the wider world. Alternatively, the quiz can be used as ‘respite’ in the middle of a lengthy project on Chinese music.
Print out or copy the following handout and distribute it to the class (either one for each student or one for every group of students in the class):
You can make quizzes for your students about other countries using information from some of the following Web sites:
Answers
1: a; 2: b; 3: b; 4: c; 5: a; 6: c; 7: b; 8: b; 9: b; 10: a.
Plenary
Give students a short quiz on the theme of instruments from around the world. You may wish to use or adapt the following handout:
The answers are: 1: Australia; 2: West Africa; 3 West Indies;
4: India; 5: South America; 6: Indonesia; 7: United States of America;
8: India.
Traveller’s Quiz: China
Traveller’s Quiz: Instruments Around the World