Students can discover and interpret visual material.
We can explore maps of a city
satellite view of countries
photos of art work
photos of a place before and after (modernization, war, pollution, natural disasters, etc)
images of deities to point at what the details tells us
This is the last discussion I opened to the Chinese Culture Club at out google groups:
Let's have a day to see images and interpret meanings
what about observing maps?: locate the Asian countries. Locate the border countries of China, etc.
for example look at this image
www.dharma-media.org/media/general/dwnld/thanka/deity_wrathful/wheel_of_life.jpg
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Files:
Visual tools are great.
You sparked me with the idea:
At the begining of a class about China, have students bring pictures or items that represent China/Chinese culture (or can be things they think is from China). Have a disscussion about China/ Chinese culture (or the culture/country of your choice.)