Fordham University's East Asian History Sourcebook

[Anonymous]

Thank you, straylor, for this awesome website. I teach seventh graders, and it is so important to bring in visuals to help them better imagine the cultures we study in class. This site is great and can be used for so many different units.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

For the last couple of months I have been visiting Fordham University's website entitled East Asian History Sourcebook. The link to this website ishttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.asp. For your information, there is also a sourcebook on Ancient History, Medieval, Modern History, Byzantine Studies, African, Global, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, Lesbian and Gay, Science, and Women. This website is relatively easy to use and contains many useful images, articles, videos, and links to other websites. I have utilized several of the images and articles in my U.S. History class. In addition, several of my students have visited the website and found it useful as well for an upcoming discussion on the four schools of Chinese thought. Some of the images and video links I have utilized are shown below:

Picture of Unbound Feet Close Up

Tienanmen Square: Student Stops Tanks

The Goddess of Democracy, Tienanmen Square

Anti-Chinese Cartoon from 1877

Video excerpt from "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" (for some reason the video will not stick)

This website is extremely useful as a teaching tool and I hope other educators utilize it for what it's worth. I would strongly recommend it.

[Anonymous]

This is indeed a very useful website. For example, under Imperial China, I found a list of all Chinese dynasties and under each dynasty are images of its emperors, art works, important people or historical sites, and a map of that dynasty (starting from Han dynasty).
There is also a section titled “Chinese Technology” where you’ll find images of Chinese use of paper, the earliest printed book, and the use of the crossbow, etc. In addition, there is a section about Chinese literature. It includes Chinese poetry and classic novels such as “Romance of the Western Chamber” and “the Dream of the Red chamber.”

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