10,000 Shovels by Milana Galagaza-Sopko

TITLE: 10,000 Shovels: China’s Urbanization and Economic Development
REVIEWED BY: Milana Galagaza-Sopko
Oakland Catholic High School
9-12 Grade Librarian
ABSTRACT: This five-day, 50-minute lesson curriculum unit explores the extraordinary economic growth of China beginning in the late 1970s. It discusses the migration from rural decline to urban sprawl and how it has affected the Chinese from environmental practices to food production to industrialization. The curriculum guide is to be used while viewing the included DVD. The curriculum is available on-line, however, the DVD is not.
RECOMMENDATION: This Curriculum unit would be excellent and includes a DVD that would be of classroom value because the lesson plans, quizzes, introductory questions, web site links, culminating lesson questions, transparency copies, handouts and an instructional DVD are included. This curriculum unit is inclusive and in-depth. It could be utilized when teaching Social Studies, Modern World History, World Cultures, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Contemporary World Issues, and International Relations and is most suitable for grades 9-12, but can be adapted for middle school.
URL: It is also available to download in PDF format by going to http://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/10000_shovels_chinas_urbanization_and_...