Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School Grade 8 students have taken four-week journeys to the village of Xizhou in Southwest China's Yunnan Province as participants in the school's Microcampus program. As representatives of their campuses, these students leave the "bubble" of their home city of 22 million people and become immersed in a new community of 2000 people, 2000 kilometers from home, at 2000 meters above sea level.
The Wildfires group--the twenty-third--were in Xizhou from March 9th through April 5th, 2019. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading about, responding to, and joining in the learning adventure.
Featured Projects
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For my inquiry project, I plan to focus on education in rural China. I specifically want to focus on the tools, supplies and technology they use at Xizhou and how it affects their learning. I want to... more
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I have chosen to study Bai Minority music. I will interview local musicians, see how instruments are made, find the meaning behind the pieces, and hope to play a couple of pieces in the process. I believe that I will get to truly interact with the locals this way, and get to... more
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I decided to investigate Traditional Local Medicine because I have always been interested in medicine, and Chinese minority (non-Han) culture in general. I plan to find out about the theory of the local medicine and the healing properties of certain herbs, I also plan on... more
