thedevelopmentofchinesecharacters howoldisthechinesewriting readthearticlequicklyandanswerquestions 2 whoinventedchinesecharacters 3 howwaschinesewritinginvented 4 whendidthechinesegovernmentsimplifiedcharacters fastreading howoldisthechinesewriting 2 whoinventedchinesecharacters thousandsofyears cangjie 3 howwaschinesewritinginvented 4 whendidthechinesegovernmentsimplifiedcharacters cangjiesawthefootprintsofbirdsandanimalsinthesnowandhegottheideahecouldusedifferentshapesorpicturestorepresentobjects inthe1950s listentothetapeandgivethemainideaofeachpart para 1 para 2 para 3 6para 7 8 briefintroductionofchinesecharacters theoriginsofchinesecharacters formanddevelopmentofchinesecharacters pronunciationofchinesecharactersandsimplifiedchinesecharacters chinesepeopleinventednumerouscharacterstorepresent or ideas objects actions para 1 chinesewordsareoftenformedby differentcharacters combining carefulreading para 2 usedifferent torepresentdifferent shapesorpictures objects retelling accordingtothepictures makeupastory para 3 pictograph changeovertimeuntiltheybecame squarecharacters picture words developfrom into drawings standardforms mountain para 4 6 otherexampes notallcharactersareusedtodescribled sometimesweneedtoexpress othercharactersweredevelopedfor and objects ideas numbers directions para 7 8 pictophonetic meaning sound character discussion doyouthinkchinesecharacterplaysaveryimportantroleintoday sworld why startingtheproject howtodesignabooklet planning preparing producing presenting planning workinsmallgroupsanddiscussandchoosewhatcharactersthegroupwouldliketoresearch discussthelayoutofthebooklet dividetheworkeachgroupmemberwilldo collecttheinformationneeded usethetabletoplanthelayoutandassigntaskstogroupmembers preparing lookforinformationasmanysourcesasyoucanfind tips organizinginformation 1 introduction2 method3 findings4 conclusion producing everyonewritesasectionofthebooklet thenputwhathasbeenwrittentogether addphotosorillustrationswherenecessary proofreadthedrafttocorrectmistakesifthereareany newideascanbeadded nowthebookletisfinished presenting presenttheb