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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I’ve decided to choose Bai Nationality Study since I am really interested in their culture. I wish to specify on one special part about the Bai nationality, tea. I would like to study the evolution of tea culture. I would like to study the changes in the Bai minority tea... more
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Traditional Chinese Medicine stands out to me as a focus for my inquiry project because I am interested in medicine. As said in the prephase (phase 0), ever since my mom started watching a medical tv show, I just developed a liking to medicine. I hope to someday have a future... 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
