China fact file
Research China: where it is, what it is known for, three interesting facts, and a drawing.
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China reading map
Find English readings connected to China, including Chinese New Year instructions, a fictional diary, a Beijing opinion piece, and an informational panda article.
13 readings
China reading map
Read about China through Chinese New Year instructions, an argument about Beijing hutongs, and an informational panda article. Compare the purpose of each text, and use details to distinguish information about a subject from an author’s stated viewpoint.
How to Get Ready for Chinese New YearLower Elementary · Instructions • Functional TextsChina
The Giant Pandas of the Misty MountainsLower Elementary · Explanatory Article • InformationalChina
The Great RaceLower Elementary · Reader's TheaterChina
The Great Wall of China for KidsLower Elementary · InformationalChina
My Day in the Golden CityUpper Elementary · Diary Entry • FictionChina
Qin Shi Huang: China's First EmperorUpper Elementary · BiographyChinaThe Great Wall of ChinaUpper Elementary · InformationalChina
The Mighty Yangtze: Asia's Longest RiverUpper Elementary · InformationalChina
The Mist of the Li RiverUpper Elementary · Short Story • FictionChina
The Secret of Silk: How Ancient China Clothed the WorldUpper Elementary · Explanatory Article • InformationalChina
Preserving the Pulse of Beijing: Why the Hutongs Must SurviveMiddle School · Opinion Piece • Opinion / ArgumentativeChina
Silent Sentinels: The Discovery and History of the Terracotta ArmyMiddle School · Report • InformationalChina
The Ancient Key to a Modern Cure: The Story of Tu YouyouMiddle School · BiographyChinaChina printables & worksheets
Compare information and opinion in the panda article and hutong argument, or organize questions with a KWL chart.
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China KWL chart
Write what you already know about China, what you want to find out, and what you learned.
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Plan a story set in China: characters, setting, problem, what happens first, next, and last, and how it ends.
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Put China in the middle and collect words and ideas connected to it.
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Printable word puzzles built from China words — download as PDF, answer key included.
Easy word search
8×8 grid · 6 words across and down · answer key included
Medium word search
10×10 grid · 8 words with diagonals · answer key included
Tricky word search
12×12 grid · 10 words with backwards words · answer key included
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About China
China is home to the Great Wall, one of the world's most famous ancient engineering achievements.
The giant panda is native to south-central China and lives primarily in bamboo forests.
China's Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.
Read China through different text types
The China readings include practical instructions, an opinion piece about Beijing, and an informational article about giant pandas. Compare how each text presents its subject and uses details. The hutong reading gives a city-level perspective within the country collection.
Follow and question the text
The Lower Elementary functional text How to Get Ready for Chinese New Year can be read for sequence and usable directions. Ask readers to compare the practical instructions with the informational article and the Beijing opinion piece, identifying how their purposes and evidence differ. My Day in the Golden City is an Upper Elementary fictional diary entry. Readers can identify its narrator’s perspective and compare that form with the instructions.
Compare an argument with information
The Middle School opinion piece Preserving the Pulse of Beijing: Why the Hutongs Must Survive presents an argument about Beijing. Readers can identify its position and supporting reasons. The Lower Elementary explanatory article The Giant Pandas of the Misty Mountains is informational. Ask students to sort statements by text and explain which are presented as information and which belong to an author’s viewpoint. A facts-and-opinions organizer or KWL chart can support the work. Explore Asia for more place-based readings. For broader geography topics, browse the geography reading collection.
China reading map FAQ
Which China selection is an informational article?
“The Giant Pandas of the Misty Mountains” explains its subject in an informational article.
What is the hutong selection about?
It is a Middle School opinion piece about preserving Beijing hutongs.
Which reading gives Chinese New Year instructions?
“How to Get Ready for Chinese New Year” is a functional text with instructions.
How can readers compare the panda and hutong texts?
They can identify informational details in the panda article and the claim and reasons in the hutong opinion piece.