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AnonymousI site I found that is dedicated to children who were adopted from China. The site is designed as an informational site that these children can go to to learn about their Chinese heritage. It reminded me of the documentary we had seen about the American who was adopted from Asia and when she went back found she knew nothing of her biological family's culture. This is one sight that can give some info.
AnonymousI thought it would be interesting to see what the Chinese embassy was putting out in the U.S. and what they had to say about hot topics. It of course seems to be written in an America is a friend style. They had topics like Bush visiting with the Chinese president, Tibet, economic issues facing China, and China in America's Eyes. An interesting site to look into although I wonder if the reporting is reflective of most Chinese viewpoints...
Anonymoushttp://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/network/
Looking through this sight gives teachers some ideas about things to do in their classrooms that involve Asia. A couple of ideas that I thought would be good are:
* Lesson based around a story from Indonesia titled Blooming Flowers of Flores
* Another lesson deals with Asian cities and the problems they face. Mentioned are things like urbanization problems in these various cities around the continent.
* Another lesson deals with India and the culture there. It emphasizes generalizations that people may have about the counrty and what is and is not true.
Anonymoushttp://www.asiasportsnews.com/
Since a thread was placed about sports in China thought I'd see what was out there for the Asian sportsfans. This sight gives a lot of information on all kinds of sports in Asia as well as articles on sports issues in general. It has links to individual sports like diving, sailing, baseball, etc. It is advertised as being powered by World News but this section has particularly interesting things. Many of the articles are about the upcoming Olympics but there are a number of championships and competitions that are covered. A good way to show students that Asians love thier sports just like Americans.
AnonymousOK this one's for all you travel lovers out there. This is a travel site for those interested in Japan. It's got the usual travel tips for the country that one might expect. Some of the other interesting points describe outdoor trips like camping and climbing. The one part that I really liked is the webcam section. Click on that and you can see live images of different places around Japan. I especially liked the snow monkeys bathing in the springs! If you like nature, the picture of Kijimadaira is breathtaking too! A neat site for teaching as well as personal interest. Hope you like it too!
AnonymousI thought this site might be useful. It was rather expansive with information not just on Japan or China but had links to countries like Mongolia, Nepal, Cambodia, etc. Each country had sections on business, culture, arts, and humanities. I looked in a couple of places like the Mongolian arts and humanities. In it were topics like literature. When I clicked on it it brought me to an article on Mongolian language and scripts. A warning though about the site, many of the sections I tried to click on could not be found. It is a hit or miss website, but seemed to have a wide variety of counrties to choose from in Asia.
AnonymousI checked out Korea WebWeekly. It's mostly a news site, so if one were doing current events or background information or extension on literature you're using in the class this would be a good site. It also has all kinds of links include music, Korea Teen (for teens outside of Korea, various news organizations and Korean newspapers, etc. The problem I had was that you needed to download translation programs (Korean or Japanese depending on which link- I didn't do this so I didn't get to look at some of the links.
It also includes a spot to add links of your own, so I would guess the website would keep growing.
Other uses for the site:
- Summary
-source citing
- having students identify different types of texts- compare contrast, salient features, etc
- research
- compare contrast with other texts, sources, literature, events
- evaluate a website
Obviously these could apply to most websites, but with my heavy Korean population it's good to give students something to connect to or that they find interesting, more choices more participation
DEAN
AnonymousAfter our discussion I went out and bought Monkey. I think it would be very accessable to High school kids- pehaps middle school (I haven't gotten very far yet and have been reading for my own pleasure). If you were doing folktales or mythology obviously it would be a good resource or history teachers IT HAS MANY CULTURAL CLUES AND REFERENCES TO CONFUCIONISM so if you want to use certain passages as models then you're smart like me- good idea!
Anyway, I found a great site http://www.geocities.com/wucheng_en/
It has pop culture influneces- including anime you know you students know and how they've been influenced by this story. It also contains various resources and versions of the story- information on monkies- links galore. Even elementary school teachers could use this site. It also has links specifically for teachers. The name of the site is "Monkey King Central."
Look it up.
DEAN
AnonymousSo Kayrn and AMy won't be surprised that I went and googled sex and china. I found an article in Travel In China http://www.china.org.cn/english/TR-e/44069.htm. There apparently is an exhibit at Zhengzhou and Chinese sex secrets including such things as, "An exhibition of more than 350 pieces of relics depicting China's ancient sex culture opened Tuesday in Zhengzhou, capital city of central China's Henan Province.
The one-month-odd exhibition addresses 10 issues, including sexual adoration, marriage regulations, sexual oppression experienced by women, sexual entertainment, sexual health care and deviant sex. "
So health and sciemce teachers- check it out. the article only has basics about the exhibit, but one may be able to find pictures, articles, reviews afterwards by looking up museum and Zhengzhou, or if you're feeling a little rebellious (I decided to rein myself in and not say it). Obviously though, the exhibit is about more than just sexual practices, so you could surely find out something appropriate for your classroom.
DEAN
AnonymousI found a cool website with all kinds of Chinese propaganda posters including New Family and Mao posters, the space prgram, images of womsden and a whole lot of links.
http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/index.html
I would use these as inspriation and examples for my kids to do the same based on what we were reading (The Giver by Lowis Lowry seems a good example- it is sort of a younger Brave New World without the sex and Soma).
They'd look at the posters identify audience, how the artist attempts to persuade them, and what the artist is trying to persuade them of. English teachers could also use these as intros to their persuassive essays which is one of the middle school standards.
The uses of these posters in social studies is obvious- cultural, connection to current events, etc. There are also secions on heroes and villins with posters of various Chinese nationalists and historic figures with descriptions of each and their accomplishments.
DEAN[Edit by="dlevengood on Aug 14, 9:27:39 AM"][/Edit]
AnonymousI found a good site for information of the Japanese theatre style of Kabuki:
http://www.lightbrigade.demon.co.uk/
It has links to pictures, a glossary of terms, fundementals, history, etc. I would say it would be an excellent start for teache o student reference. Curicullim connections: mythology, archtypes of good and evil, heroic and villanous, representations of god, goddesses, royalty, peasants, humor, tragedy, folklore.
I'd be into having the students turn something we read ino a kabuki play where they would design costumes and masks, rewrite the piece keeping the same theme or moral. Some may want to do a performance.
Another option would be a teacher show pictures of masks and have students identifty which characters it would be and explain their answer.
DEAN[Edit by="dlevengood on Aug 15, 10:37:35 AM"][/Edit]
AnonymousThe influence of Anime on my kids is huge. Seems like any artistically talented kids are totally into the cartoon character reproduction. I feel like I should have some familiarity with this genre and have some opinion as to its value. Knowing the kids' heroes may be a way to relate to their interests. The APA article on a Japanese Rock star TM Revolution was a bit of insight. The anime phenomenon originated in Japan but seems to have fans among many expat Asian groups.
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=12984
There's also a video clip, but its best to look at the interview in print first as the video clip does not include the questions.
AnonymousI really liked the website http://www.askasia.org/.
It is extremely user friendly and pleasing to the eye. They have a lot of information for both students and teachers. There is a short story for teenagers entiltled "Teenage Tokyo" that looked interesting. There are also lesson plans, photographs, project ideas, etc.
I would use this website to get pictures and crafts ideas for multicultural projects.
Miriam
AnonymousI found this link that I think is so very valuable for all educators. It describes the culture, family, practices, and traditions of Asians. It is straight forward and kind of summarizes a lot of what was discussed in the Asia 2004 Summer Seminar. It is a good quick reference for those working with Asian students. It clarifies the stereotypes and helps to explain why they do things the way they do. Very informative!
The link is: http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed369577.html
Miriam
AnonymousChinasprout.com is a website of Chinese cultural education products. They have books, clothing, toys, crafts, etc. They also have Chinese childrens's songs and videos. Of course you have to pay for this but some of the prices are reasonable and some schools still reimburse the teachers (if you're lucky). I liked this site because they seem to have many products available at one stop (I like one stop shopping). This will be very helpful if you are doing a unit on China and want some actual material that the kids can play with, listen to, and interact with.
Miriam