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 Tactical group--the twentieth--were in Xizhou from April 29th through May 26th, 2017. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading about, responding to, and joining in the learning adventure.
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My inquiry project is going to be based on the Bai Minority performance. I will be learning all about the preparation for a performance, the meaning behind a song or act, and the comparisons of my theatre to theirs. I hope that learning about their theatre could improve mine,... more
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I would love to investigate the meaning of the big character propaganda and what it meant to the people of Xizhou during that time, as well as what it means to them now. I also would love to find someone who was around and remembers the time when some of the government... more
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I decided to investigate embroidery as my inquiry project topic because I'm interested in the process of embroidering (getting silk, about how long it takes to make a piece depending on its difficulty/size), but also to some degree the economic aspect of it (why is this piece... more
