Potential Curriculum - Treasures of China

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Since I teach Business and Technology to high school students, I thought I would share a website that combines learning with technology by creating an interesting game teaching Internet research by answering questions. The lessons create a treasure hunt on China that discusses its cultural heritage, economic boom and human rights issues. The website has 10 questions and links to websites where the students may research their answers.

There is a discussion question, which asks the students to think about China?s past, their relationship with other countries, economy and how it treats their citizens. This could be made into a discussion question, group work and individual assignments as a paper.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/chinahunt.html - intro

[Anonymous]

This is a website from a kid?s life point of view to learn about Japan. It is for kids between the ages of 4 and 16. There are a series of questions by subject intended to climb Mount Fuji (15 levels). If you do not answer the question correctly, you can try until you get it right. In addition, there are subjects where you can learn more about Japan from a kid?s point of view such as Comics/stories, discrimination/peace, traditions, school, social health, toys/hobbies, food, environment, sports, nature and arts/entertainment. Although entertaining, it seems to be more appropriate for a younger audience than high school.

http://www.kids-japan.com/%5BEdit by="lkrant on Sep 11, 8:15:41 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

This website offers basic lessons in the Japanese language, culture, grammar expressions, Kanji, how to write Hiragana, Hiragana culture, Katakana, audio files to hear the pronunciation and learn how to write simple phrases in Japanese. There are word games in the form of lessons, articles and other information through links to other websites to learn more about Japan.

You can learn about Japanese baby names, naming conventions, and their meaning, and common Japanese surnames. You can create Kanji tattoos, and see what your name would be in Japanese. This seems like an entertaining and interesting website for students of all ages because of the range of activities.

http://japanese.about.com/mmore.htm

[Anonymous]

This is a lesson regarding Three Gorges Dam that is being constructed on the upper Yangtze River in China. Students learn about the location of the dam, benefits and problems of building the dam and the engineering principles used to build the dam. There are discussion questions, extension questions discussing natural philosophy and preserving Chinese culture. In addition, there links to other websites on dams, hydro-electric power, reclamation and an introduction to civil engineering and the building of dams. This website can be used for grades 6-8 or 9-12.

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/threegorges/%5BEdit by="lkrant on Sep 11, 8:22:56 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

This appears to be a general information website for Korea. There are many categories, which are very informative about Korea such as news, government press releases, publications, magazines, history, and visa information. You can look into such diverse things such as food, Taekwando, sports, traditional dance, music, drama, Buddhist sculpture, and painting. Lastly, you can learn about the location, people, festivals, and science in Korea.

In addition, there is a multimedia center where you can listen to audio of a frog, see a video of The East Sea, or see photos of scientific accomplishments such as Korean medicine, movable metal type scripture, armillary clock and rain gauge. There is also a website directory to provide even more information such as arts/culture, news/media, travel, business/economy, science/technology, entertainment, sports/education, government, computers/information technology, society/life, and cities/provinces. This website is very complete and informative.

http://www.kois.go.kr/

[Anonymous]

Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/buddhism.shtml

Found this site as I researched my project. It fits very nicely into the 7th grade curriculum and tells the story of how Buddhism moved out of India. Very good illustrations.

[Anonymous]

Thank you........my world history 10th graders should have a great time in the computer lab.
I look forward to this lesson.
Cathy, Temecula

[Anonymous]

Perfect.....thank you. My 9th grade world geography class is studying India and we'll check this out ASAP. by the way: this next week is Mother Therea's birthday.
Cathy, Chaparral, Temecula

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