Summary
Across a year of seasons, this film weaves together three Chinese animal families -- a giant panda and her cub, a young golden snub-nosed monkey, and a snow leopard raising her cubs in the mountains. It contrasts life in very different habitats, from bamboo forest to high alpine cliffs. A vivid comparison of how animals grow up and survive where they live.
Viewer safety
The snow leopard's struggle to feed her cubs has a sad outcome, and predators appear -- an emotional thread for younger viewers; preview first.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
"Born in China" follows a panda, a golden monkey, and a snow leopard through one year.
- What habitat does each of the three animals live in?
- How are the challenges of raising young different for the panda and the snow leopard?
- How do the seasons change what the animals do across the year?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: habitat, season, offspring, survive, compare.
Try it: Make a two-column chart comparing the panda and the snow leopard: where each lives and one challenge each faces.