Math and Chinese
Games
Chinese games
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Which Chinese game will increase spatial relationships and concept?�
Tangrams
Adjectives
1. Understand Chinese table game, tangram history related to math.
2. Use Chinese to describe the geometry terminology.
3. Use Chinese language to describe preposition and proper way to use “take” grammar
4. Compare Chinese and local table manners
5. Can create a story with tangram in Chinese
Founded: Ming dynasty
( Jan. 23rd,1368－April 25th,1644)
Populated: between Ming and Qing dynasty
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tangram-channel.com%2Fhistory-of-the-tangram%2F&psig=AOvVaw0kocbTSwLql35FsKBQM_SJ&ust=1628659215224000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCNjlrsPapfICFQAAAAAdAAAAABAN
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Tang Dynasty Demographic
Latin Root Words - graph/gram = write
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Original function: game
Yan ji tu-燕几图
Original puzzle combination- 2 long table, 2 medium table and 3 short tables.
燕几图是通过2只长桌、2只中桌、3只短桌的任意组合
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Die ji tu-蝶几图
Adding triangle, parallelogram to create 6 shapes and 13 combination
三角形和梯形的6种13只“碟几”
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The sets before Tangram
Yizhi tu & Qiqiao tu
Qiqiao tu
Song Dynasty- Sibo, Huang黄伯思�Triangle table for 3 people to sit; square for 4 people to sit and 6 people for 6 of rectangular�
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苏州留园中的清代明式红木云石面七巧桌
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Qing dynasty tangram tables at Liu garden in Suzhou
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Around 1891-industrialist Friedrich Adolf Richter
The Anchor puzzles- German
Material: stone or false earthenware
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1815- Captain M. Donnaldson�In 1955, Helen Donnaldson of Ambler donated her family’s papers to the Historical Society of Montgomery County, including Richard Donnaldson’s correspondence, a brief diary, and the two original tangram books.�When it docked in Canton, the captain was given a pair of Tangram books by Sang-Hsai-Koi’s – the ship then sailed to Philadelphia, the very first Tangram books release too America were based on the pair brought by Donnaldson.
Tangram book- US
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China
Japan
German
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Founded: Ming dynasty
( Jan. 23rd,1368－April 25th,1644)
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Conclusion
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Vocab: Color, shape, preposition, adjective, nouns
Preposition: top, bottom, left, right, middle
Color: blue, orange, yellow, red, green
Shape: square, triangle, Parallelogram
Size: big ,small, medium
Nouns: cat, person, dog, cake, tree
Grammar: ba A fangzai B de preposition
把A 放在B 的上面
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Tools
Digital: https://mathigon.org/tangram
Object: a box of tangrams
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Extended culture lesson-Chinese table manner
尚左尊东”
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