Country Study on China - Guess Who Game Cards on famous Chinese people

Use printable name cards for a guessing game about figures associated with China, adding clues from your lesson or student research.
Grades
Grades 9–11, High School
Pages
1
File type
PDF
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Updated Jan 06, 2024

Subject
Social Studies, Geography
Topic
Asia, China
Resource types
Games, Activities
Preparation
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This Teaching Resource is a fun Guess Who Game PDF (1 page, 15 cards) on Famous Chinese People. This Printable Resource can be great for Geography, Asian History and Social Studies Classes. Suitable Learners for this kind of lesson are students from 7th Grade to 12th Grade.

This Geography + Social Studies Guess Who Game on Famous People from China (Country Study) aims to introduce learners to China and its most famous Chinese People (leaders, writers, thinkers, actors, martial artists etc.). Little Preparation is needed for this Social Studies + Geography Activity.

Some of the Chinese People selected for this Geography + Social Studies + Asian History Country Study on China are:

  • Confucius (Founder of Confucianism)

  • Sun-Tzu (thinker and military strategist; author of "The Art of War")

  • Wu Cheng En (author of "The Journey to the West")

  • Xi Jinping (Chinese President)

  • Liu Cixin (Sci Fi Author of "The Three Body Problem")

  • Jackie Chan (Actor)

  • Bruce Lee (Martial Artist)

  • and many more!

A very fun and engaging way to play this "Guess Who on Famous People from China" (country study on China) game can be the following:

  • all Learners sit on the floor in a circle

  • every Learner has a Flash Card on their face

  • every Learner/player asks a question about their Flash Card's famous Chinese character

This Social Studies + Geography Country Study on China PDF Printable Teaching Resource (1 page, 15 cards for 15 Famous People from China) can be great for learners from 7th grade to 12th grade to introduce China and its Culture through its most important and celebrated people.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Name fifteen figures associated with China and say what each one is known for

  • Sort the same fifteen by field - philosophy and strategy, literature, film, business, political leadership

  • Place the figures in rough chronological order, from Confucius and Sun-Tzu in antiquity to Xi Jinping in the present

Teaching tips

  • Cut the sheet on its three-by-five grid to get fifteen portrait-and-name cards, one per player in a class of that size

  • Because each card has a name and portrait but no biography, pair it with a short profile, a textbook page or a research step first; the game runs on knowledge students already hold

  • Five cards name political leaders from Sun Yat-sen to Xi Jinping; decide in advance how much twentieth-century political background your class needs before those cards come up

Skills covered

  • Connect a person’s name and portrait with information from a lesson or research

  • Group figures by areas such as literature, philosophy, film, business or politics, allowing overlap

  • Use researched information to build a rough timeline

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What is printed on the cards?

Each card has a name and portrait. The 15 cards form a three-by-five grid; dates and biographies are not supplied.

Where do clues for a guessing game come from?

Use information from a prior lesson or student research to create clues about the named figures.

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Core concepts

  • Country study

  • China

  • Historical figures

  • Chinese culture

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