Chinese Treasure Chest Vol. 2 (Revised)

This second edition of Chinese Treasure Chest is a valuable resource that every Chinese teacher can use to enhance your lessons. Students will discover a treasure trove of fun, meaningful, content-related lessons through which they can learn Chinese and develop an appreciation for the Chinese culture. 

Special features:

• Organized into 12 monthly sections to fit the school year 
• Over 700 ready-to-use games, songs, craft projects, attractively illustrated worksheets, and teacher-directed activities designed around themes in the elementary curriculum
• Activities include games, songs, crossword puzzles, cut-outs, picture cards, TPR activities, role-play, chants and conversations
• Seasonal activities to help students celebrate special events and holidays of each month (e.g., Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Dragon Boat Festival).
• Teacher notes at the beginning of each section state the learning objectives and difficulty level of each activity, and offer suggestions on how to implement an activity
• Additional Chinese New Year worksheets, projects and songs that your students will love
• Free online resources that teachers can download for use in the classroom. These include 12 color posters of the themes from the calendar pages, the map of China, and classroom commands, as well as audio recordings of songs, vocabulary, reading passages, and dialogues. The icon will appear at the top of worksheets that have an audio recording. Visit http://emarketing.cengageasia.com/ctc2 to access these resources.

Volume 2 covers the months January 一月 to August 八月. Contents include:

• January 一月: Zodiac Animals 十二生肖 / Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) 农历新年（春节）
• February 二月 : 100 Days of School 上学一百天 / Valentine’s Day 情人节 / Adjectives to Describe People 描写人物的形容词 / Telling Time 现在几点 (钟) ？/ Cultural Link: Emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇
• March 三月 : Countries of the World 世界各国 / Landforms 地形 / Famous Chinese Women 著名华人女性 / Foreign Language Month 外语月 / Spring 春天 / Cultural Link: Hua Mulan 花木兰
• April 四月 : Colors 颜色 / Fruits 水果 / Animals 动物 / Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节 / Cultural Link: Chinese Inventions 中国的发明
• May 五月 : Food 食物 / Mother’s Day 母亲节 / Cultural Link: Tea-Drinking 中国茶
• June 六月 : Leisure Activities 休闲活动 / Sports 运动 / Father’s Day 父亲节 / Insects 昆虫 / Cultural Link: Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
• July 七月 : National Day 国庆节 / Cultural Link: Four Treasures of the Study 文房四宝
• August 八月 : Summer Fun 夏天乐 / Cultural Link: Zheng He 郑和

Chinese Treasure Chest comes in 4 volumes:

• For Vol 1, click here
• For Vol 3, click here
• For Vol 4, click here

ISBN: 9789814773959