Customs and

Celebration

[Chinese Flag]

Population

More than one billion people live

in China

The largest group is the Han

Chinese, with about 900 million
people. Other groups include the
Tibetans, the Mongols, The
Manchus, the Nazi, and the
Hezhen, Which is the smallest
group, with fewer than 2,000
people

China is ranked number 1 as of

2015 as the most populated
country in the world, The United
States is ranked at number 3

The largest festival- also

called the Spring Festivalmarks the beginning of the
Lunar New Year. It falls
between mid-January and
mid-February and is a time to
honor ancestors.
During the 15-day
celebration, the Chinese do
something every day to
welcome the New Year, such
as eat rice congee and
mustard greens to cleanse the
body. The holiday is marked
with fireworks and parades
featuring dancers dressed as
dragons.
2015 is the year of the goat

False Stereotypes

Chinese people are only good at

math and science
Chinese restaurants cook cats
and dogs
Chinese people look exactly the
same
Chinese woman are subordinate
to men
Chinese people arent allowed
to be Christians
Chinese people are quiet
Chinese people cant drive

[Map of China]

Location

Ni hao (nee-Ha-OW)
is Hello

Teaching Strategies

Metropolitan and
Long Island

The New York

Metropolitan Area
contains the largest
ethnic Chinese
population outside
Asia, enumerating an
estimated 735,019
individuals as of 2012,
including at least 9
Chinatowns

Teachers should become friends

with these students and have
other students in the class
become friendly because they
can learn in the eyes of an
American student
Teachers should be aware that
the student may be unfamiliar
with the food and should
contact the parents so they
know what the school is serving
The student may have a difficult
time understanding what the
teacher is explaining in the class
so make sure to write down the
lesson not to jusy verbally

Located in Southeast Asia along

the coastline of the Pacific
Ocean, China is the worlds third
largest country, after Russia and
Canada
Shanghai is the largest Chinese
city by population and the
largest city proper by population
in the world (14.35 million)

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