pre-2011 web resources

[Anonymous]

I teach 7th grade, and am finishing up the Japan unit. I have quite a lot of China and Japan resources posted on my teacherweb site. The url is http://teacherweb.com/CA/SouthPointeMiddleSchool/MsBrittenham
Hope you find something of use there. [Edit by="dbrittenham on Jan 29, 3:07:08 PM"][/Edit]
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[Anonymous]

http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/index_flash.htm

This is a very large site that is run by The Asia Education Foundation, in Australia. The purpose of the site is to "provide[s] schools and teachers with a range of services to engage young Australians with Asia through studies of Asia."

Like any good teacher I focuses right in on the most important section of the site "Curriculum Resources" Here you can browse all of the materials that are available for purchase and also see some of the materials that have been put on-line.

The best source of on-line materials can be found at a page that was developed by a group of teachers after they took a study tour of China (sounds familiar!) On this page you can find a really cool virtual tour that mirrors the trip the teachers took and at each location there is an introduction where they write about what they saw, did and who they met. Then you can find lesson plans, pictures and links to other websites that have useful information related to the city and or the lessons.

Because the study tour seems to have included teachers across the curriculum and of all years of study you can find lessons for everyone. I thought that this was a really great site. That looked very nice and had very good information. I would recommend it.

[Anonymous]

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/index.htm

Since I have been working on lessons for Mao and Communist China I thought that I would review this site. It is the Marxist Internet Archive (MIA for short) This is a very large cite that as far as I can tell is devoted to putting large amounts of Marxist writing on the internet.

Because of my focus I limited my movement within the site to the portions on China. There I found some good information. There is a long list of Chinese Communist Party leaders with brief biographies and pictures. I thought that the best resource that the site had to offer was an extensive collection of readings regarding Communism in China. This included major works of Mao, Lenin, Lin Biao, Marx and Trotsky.

There are also 12 mp3 music downloads of songs taken from “6 inch records issued in the People's Republic of China during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.” The songs have not been translated so I do not know what they say but the author of the site does ask anyone with more information on the songs to e-mail him. So perhaps translations will be available in the future.

All in all I thought that this was a useful source of information on Communist China.

[Anonymous]

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu

This is a great website that is filled with really good information, lessons, maps, pictures, etc. In many different areas of study—religion geography, government -- just to name a few.

I found the information on the site very concise. I thought that it was a good source of general information and clear overviews. However, much of the content is very brief I did think that they were helpful in understanding the general history periods China and Japan.

Unfortunately some links are marked as “under construction” and it is very disappointed when you see them get excited and then rollover the link to find that it isn’t there YET. This happened to me with the “Cartoons” link. The nice thing is that you get the impression that with time this site is going to get better and better.

I also have to say that I love the colorful Frank Lloyd Wright look that the cite has. I really recommend this cite for anyone interesting in almost any Asia Topics.

[Anonymous]

When I sat a couple of sixth graders down to try this website today, their first reaction was to exit to something else. I don't know the show sagwa but they did and I guess it's a show for the very young. But after asking (i.e. ordering) them to give it a try, two of my remedial readers got into it.

i agree that there's no way to advance to another level and they repeat the same words over and over. but the repetition does reinforce the learning and there's probably not enough words that look like what they represent. most characters are not pictograms.

one character that's particularly funny is the one meaning older brother. It's a person with a big mouth and the picture is an older brother lecturing his younger brother. the kids liked that one.

anyways, I agree a nice, fun introduction to Chinese/Japanese character writing.

dan

[clay dube]

The Asia Society Museum (New York) has prepared a quite useful website on the transmission of Buddhism along trade routes. The site offers maps (simple, not interactive, but clear and easy to use), select works of art from different places, and clear prose. The glossary could be more substantial, but it is a handy reference.

See the site at:
http://www.asiasocietymuseum.com/buddhist_trade/intro.html

[Anonymous]

Dan,

Would you recommend this site to other teachers? If so, should the students be prepped before hand? Any pointers?

jem

[Anonymous]

A great way to get students involved and to keep current with events in the east is to learn throught the travel channel. They often have great coverage of Places in China, Japan, and South east Asia. Last week they had some great coverage of Japan. Besides their TV coverage they have information on Asian Countries. Check out the links below to find more.

General Information on Asia by the Travel Channel

TRAVEL CHANNEL HOME

[clay dube]

The Population Reference Bureau maintains a useful website and publishes an annual "World Population Datasheet." The datasheet for 2005 is 17 pages in length and offers easy to understand tables and charts documenting growth rates, access to resources such as clean drinking water, and income. These tables are produced using World Bank and United Nations statistics.

Download the 304 kb pdf at:

http://www.prb.org/pdf05/05WorldDataSheet_Eng.pdf

The site also offers articles on trends in Asia:
http://www.prb.org/template.cfm?template=InterestDisplay.cfm&InterestCategoryID=214

The educators section of the site offers lesson plans, handouts, and recommended activities:
http://www.prb.org/template.cfm?Section=Educators

[Anonymous]

Hi jemila,

Well, I guess I would. It's not something that they can spend more than about ten five to ten minutes on. And I think it'd be more fun for elementary but I think it's something that would be fun to show on a projector to everyone.

dan

[Anonymous]

As I was preparing my web page for the PV seminar I came across a great resource for all subjects. It is http://www.kidsclick.org. It is a site that is approved by librarians and a great resource. I used it to find information on Japan.

[Anonymous]

Another source with a wealth of information for world history and Asia is
I found tons of sites dealing with Japan for my web page. http://www.archaeolink.com/ancient_japan.htm%5BEdit by="crieder on Feb 15, 11:39:36 AM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

My students have spent a lot of time on travelchinaguide.com to help them get more information on some of the cities of the Silk Road. It is concise and organized into categories. It's a good spring board for researching more in depth about certain ethnic cultures or historical sites.

This site could also be used in anticipation of future travel, as it has climate as well as travel tips.

It is state approved, so every so often the language is biased. For example, they were talking about drilling for natural resoures and the road system it necessitated and how great that was for the progress and economy of the region. (Nothing was mentioned about ecological issues). Nevertheless, it is a very useful site.

[Anonymous]

Silk Road Seattle project is a museum created web site about the Silk Road. There's a great timeline that shows which cultures/empires were prevalent in each area at different points in time. You can click on the cultures to get more information about them. There are also maps that show those same empires & their territory.

The web site also has descriptions of the 5 main religions along the route as well as items traded and examples of how ideas were diffused throughout the route.

The content is superb. The reading level is quite high. This would be great for high school or high readers in middle school. The maps/timelines could be accessed by all levels.

http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/exhibit/timeline.html will take you to the timeline directly

http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/exhibit/religion/religion.html will take you to the religions.

[Anonymous]

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/SStudies/Countries/China/

This is an interesting website with a ton of specific links. It is a resource for kids and teachers including information on the history of China, education in China, Understanding Chinese Culture, Ways to better health: Chinese traditional method of curing diseases, Art of China. This can be used as a tool for lessons in technology, social studies, art, language arts etc. I am honestly fascinated with all the information one site contains. The hooker is that some of the links don’t exist anymore. I hate when that happens. Why??

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