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MAY 2018 Sign up for updates Timely, relevant resources to help build background knowledge and inspire further learning. China Leveled Articles: Life in China Lexile 760 Ancient China Lexile 970 China Lexile 1140 China: Government Lexile 1310 GoTube Video: China: Five Fascinating Facts Fact Box: China Sidebars: Important Dates in Chinese History, China and Taiwan Websites: Traveling to China, History of China go! Fact: 1.379 billion people live in China making it the country with the world’s largest population. View more Beijing Leveled Articles: Beijing Lexile 700 Beijing Lexile 890 Beijing University Lexile 1020 Beijing (Peking) Lexile 1270 GoTube Video: Beijing Sidebar: How Peking Became Beijing, Maglev Supertrains Websites: Beijing: 360 Cities, The Forbidden City go! Fact:Beijing is the capital city of China. Beijing’s name combines the Chinese characters for the word bei meaning northern and jing meaning capital so Beijing translates to northern capital. View more Great Wall of China Leveled Articles: Great Wall of China Lexile 730 Wonders of the World Lexile 990 Great Wall of China Lexile 1150 Great Wall of China Lexile 1300 GoTube Video: Great Wall of China Sidebar: Major Chinese Dynasties Table: World Heritage Sites: Asia and the Pacific Websites: History: Great Wall of China, UNESCO World Heritage Site: Great Wall go! Fact:At one time the Great Wall stretched 4,000 miles across northern China. In comparison, the continental United States measures 2,680 miles at its widest points. View more UPCOMING WEBINARS Learn more about getting the most out of Scholastic GO! by attending one of our upcoming online training sessions. Tuesday, May 8th 2018 10:00 to 11:00 am EST Sign Up Monday, May 21st 2018 3:00 to 4:00 pm EST Sign Up TODAY IN HISTORY May 4th is Star Wars day, a celebration of the Star Wars movies and a play on the line from the movies, “may the force be with you.” Fans of the films have turned this quotable line into the phrase “may the fourth be with you” and subsequently deemed May 4th as the time to celebrate all things Star Wars. More Today In History eNews Archive: Looking for more topic ideas and related content? Visit our archive page to view previous newsletters! Visit Scholastic.com For Librarians | For Teachers | For Parents | For Kids Please add scholasticcustomersupport@message.scholastic.com to your address book. We hope you enjoyed receiving this message from Scholastic Go! Your email address is: <%= recipient.email %> Please visit the Scholastic Preference Center to update your personal information and to manage your email subscriptions. If you would rather not receive emails from Scholastic Go!, please follow this link. Email Marketing, Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 | 1-800-SCHOLASTIC Privacy Policy | Scholastic Inc. | Terms of Use ©1996–<%= formatDate(new Date(), "%4Y") %>