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		<title>Taking “The Tall Test”: Chinese Prep School: Lesson Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funding for the educational materials was provided by The Overbrook Foundation.

For a printer-friendly version of this lesson click here: (PDF) (RTF)

GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

TIME ALLOTMENT: Two to three 45-minute class periods

OVERVIEW

In this lesson, students will examine the culture of a Chinese prep school as its graduating class studies for the national college entrance exam—the Gaokao. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking “The Tall Test”: Chinese Prep School: Video Segments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funding for the educational materials was provided by The Overbrook Foundation.

This full video of Wide Angle's China Prep can be used alone or with the accompanying lesson, Taking “The Tall Test”: Chinese Prep   School (Grades  9-12). Time codes for selected clips may be found in the lesson plan. The video can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Video: Full Episode</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Prep follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province. Eighteen hundred students vie for spots in Beijing’s top two universities. Last year only 59 made it.

Studying seven days a week, the students’ lives are regimented almost every minute of the day as they prepare for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Aaron Brown Interview: Vanessa Fong</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aaron Brown sits down with Vanessa Fong, assistant professor of education at Harvard University, whose work has focused on Chinese youth and identity. Fong is also the author of Only Hope: Coming of Age Under China's One-Child Policy.
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AARON BROWN:
Professor Fong, it's good to have you with us on WIDE ANGLE.

VANESSA FONG:
Good to be here.

AARON BROWN:
Have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: The Gaokao: How Would You Fare?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gaokao or "tall test" is China's national college entrance exam. Try these sample questions to test how you would fare on the exam.

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		<title>China Prep: Video: Students Around the World Relive Entrance Exams</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/video-students-around-the-world-relive-entrance-exams/2568/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/video-students-around-the-world-relive-entrance-exams/2568/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it's the American SAT, the Chinese gaokao, or the Jordanian tawjehe, university entrance exams are a rite of passage for high school students around the world. In this WIDE ANGLE web exclusive, five students and recent graduates share their experiences with these stressful, sometimes life-altering tests. Special thanks to Peter, Janaz, Daniel, Alex and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/resources/2417/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China

CIA World Factbook: China
Information about China's geography, population, government, military and economy

BBC Country Profile: China
Information about China's history, leadership, and media, with links to BBC stories on the country

Online NewsHour: China on the Rise
Seven-part series on China's economy and politics -- site includes streaming video, audio podcasts and transcripts

New York Times Topics: China
In the year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Production Diary III</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/production-diary-iii/2589/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/production-diary-iii/2589/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read the first installment of the China Prep Production Diary

Click here to read China Prep Production Diary II

The Day After -- Monday, June 9, 2008 

Zhang Lie, one of our main characters, with the looks of a girl from a propaganda poster during Mao’s days, doesn’t seem to know what to think.

Before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Production Diary II</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/production-diary-ii/2405/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/production-diary-ii/2405/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read the first installment of the China Prep Production Diary

Judgment Day -- Saturday, June 7, 2008

After three years of researching, writing, fundraising and filming, finally the two-day exam that will complete our film begins. Car owners of Chongqing are asked not to get on the road before 9 a.m., so as not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Production Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/production-diary/756/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Director Marije Meerman blogs from China, where she's shooting a film about the gaokao, China's national college entrance exam. ]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: China Will Not Tolerate Cheating on College Entrance Exam</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/china-will-not-tolerate-cheating-on-college-entrance-exam/777/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As China's two-day National College Entrance Exam -- known as gaokao -- begins today, a swirl of activity is planned to ensure the best possible conditions for students to take the test that will determine their professional tracks within Chinese society.

All over China, traffic will be re-routed away from test centers and construction sites will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Prep: Chinese Students Return to School at Earthquake&#8217;s Epicenter</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/chinese-students-return-to-school-at-earthquakes-epicenter/787/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first students returned to school in Wenchuan, China, the epicenter of last month’s devastating earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000 people.

Many of the dead were schoolchildren who were crushed when poorly constructed school buildings collapsed in the quake. In Wenchuan alone, 347 students and 28 teachers were killed.

The 500 students and teachers from Weizhou Middle [...]]]></description>
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