Cross-Curricular Connections

The Great Wall of China is a four thousand foot long wall that runs through the middle of China. It took a thousand years to build. Click on the link below to view panoramic photographs of the Great Wall.

http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/china/great-wall/map.html

The narrator of the story is very worried about what her friends will think of her family and their customs. She is afraid that they will make fun of her. Have anyone ever pressured you into acting in a way that you did not want to act? Click on the link below to complete an activity about peer pressure.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078774055/student_view0/chapter1/student_web_activities_-_lesson_2.html