Good start. It looks like "economy" will be one of the focuses in your presentation. Gareth's thoughts on foreign policy is great, too. Keep your good working and try to compare the current and the past. I'm sure the class will learn a lot from you.
Great ideas, Liza. What are other members' ideas? Here is a website that you might find helpful for your presentation: http://arts.cultural-china.com/ I bookmarked it for the class group, too.
I am glad to see that you found great information on the internet. It would be great if you can bookmark a few, share your ideas by making highlights, comments and notes in Diigo, and exchange your thoughts on the links/information you will be using for the presentation
Nick's China singing tour is a great experience. In the Journey to the west clip we watched in class, you can find that there were a few pauses for the applauses during the performance,. Different genre and instruments are great ideas. What do the rest of the group think?
Great job, the music team! I am so glad to see that you are including the history of Chinese music in your presentation in addition to the instruments. I like the the way Andrew shares his bookmark with the class. Nice highlights and notes.It would be great if you can also share thoughts on the video clips you found and discuss how you can put things together for the presentation. It would be nice if Jillian can share more thoughts, too. Please remember to send your outline of the presentation and 3-5 discussion questions to me before class. I look forward to your presentation.
I think the idea about different regions and their cuisines is very good. Are Matt and Clara interested in going toward this direction? Actually, Sushi is popular in big cities in China now...but no, it's definitely NOT Chinese.
Thank you for thinking of moon cakes. I think we can get a budget of about $50 from the department and I will ask the chair to reimburse you. A note on dessert: it is not as common in Chinese menu. The most common ones might be almond tofu or sweet soup, served cold or warm (made with beans, starch, sometimes dried fruit or white "wood ear"). Many Chinese have fruit after the meal instead of dessert.
I can see that you have found quite some information about Chinese food on the internet. It would be great if you can bookmark one or two of them, highlight the important message or make your notes/comments and share them with the class. I would also like to see group members exchange thoughts on the links you found and discuss how you are embedding them into your presentation. If the group work in Facebook or meet face to face for a discussion, please provide a brief note about your discussion and everyone's contribution made outside Diigo. Please also remember to send me the outline of your presentation and 3-5 discussion questions before the class. I look forward to your presentation.