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AnonymousOne great way for students to embrace the country of China and learn more than in the textbook and see pictures of destinations in China is to make a project where the student can research China through a travel web site. I reccomend the following site:
http://www.chinaodysseytours.com/destinations/index.html
Breakdown of the site:
Travel Guide
- lists featured destinations such as Beijing, etc... Then it links to Why travel to this city?. When you get to that link it gives you the top 10 reasons, Hundreds of beautiful pictures!!!
descriptions of the destinations,and food specialties for that city
Maps
Tour choices -from 6 to 32 days
Yangtze River and 3 Gorge Dam cruise
General Destination descriptions
AnonymousEvery school that I know of in California has earthquake drills. Perhaps a way to include Japan into a class discussion is on earthquake drill day! (6th grade science also covers earthquakes and this could be used during that time as well)
Having students read the following article could help them understand that we have something in common with Japan.
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=268597
You could have students read this article the day of an earthquake drill and generate a quick discussion. Posible questions to ask students:
1.Why did the whole country, not just the schools take part in the earthquake drill! (Why is this important?
2. Does Japan have a history of having earthquakes? Research this.
3. What state(s) in the United States have many earthquakes?
4. How and why did the U.S. Military in Japan take part in the drill?
5. Why did they have transportation drills for an earthquake drill?
6. The Toyko Government estimates that how many people would have a difficult time getting home after a massive earthquake?
7. Why are helicopters used during the drill?
8. In your opinion is this an important practice or a waste of time for both Japan and our school. Why?
AnonymousThe following is one of the Japan news sites that I found helpful:
http://thejapannews.net/
Perhaps exposing students to news websites could be a project to help provide students some insight to the country of Japan.
Down the center are headlining stories for Japan. On each side are many links including:
News Links - lists of other Japanese news sites such as The Japan Times...
Sports- Japan football, cricket, daily soccer
About Japan- links to factbook, Japan Economy, Geography
Goverment- Links to Prime Minister news - what he seems to be doing on a daily basis
House of Representatives, Cabinet etc...
(These sites are in Japanese... but can be changed to English at a push of a button.)
World News Headlines
Travel
Tourism
Financial Markets
Business and Finance
It seems quite detailed and easy on the eyes.
AnonymousI found another Japan News site. This one is not quite as good as the one in my previous entry ( http://thejapannews.net/ ) . However, since it is quite different perhaps others will like i'ts format. It can be found at: http://home.kyodo.co.jp/It does seem to have more detailed headlines an different categories than The Japn News.
nice feature is the breaking news banner that moves accross the screen from left to right.
Some of the interesting sections were: Crime/ accidents and Others
General Links were: Politics, Scinece/ Tech/ environment, sports,Asia, News Extras- tourism, & Today in History.
I did find it hard to navigate this site. Many headlines did not have links to the entire story. It would take awhile to find alternate routes to the stories that matched the headlines.
AnonymousA good resource for students to use to get facts on any country is:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
It doesn't have pictures to help draw you in, but is very helpful and provides many facts on each of the follwowing topics:
Introduction- background history
Geography- what it is near, a map, coordinates
People- Population, population rate, birth rate, death rate, religions, language, etc...
Government- In Japans section it said monarchy
Economy- GDP
Communication- phone internet use,etc...
Transportation
Military
Trans national issues.
AnonymousI am very interested in the religion of Buddhism. So, I went to this website, listed in the subject slot, and found an entire section on Buddhism.
The Buddhism section on this website was quite extensive. I have five computers in my classroom. During reading/writing class, five students at a time may go onto this website and complete an activity.
The activity would consist of a worksheet which contained statements taken directly from the Buddhist section. However, there would be words missing from the statements which the students would have to find and fill in. This is called the CLOZE method, where words are missing and students must read an informational piece of writing to find the missing words.
This site would work wonderfully with this activity. But even more than that, anyone who ventures onto this website would find a plethora of wonderful material on Asia. I especially liked the pictures which one could click on, then see many pictures on a specific topic. With our hyper-visual students, this would benefit.
My favorite section of pictures is the Temples section, excellent pictures!
AnonymousI ventured to the Palace Museum website, where I found a beautiful tapestry of the Buddha Sakyamuni sitting in a meditation posture, under a canopy provided by the datura flower.
It is an especially beautiful tapestry. I really enjoyed it. I use tapestries when teaching about Medieval Europe. So, I would definately use this tapestry when discussing the various and multitudinous aspects of Buddhism.
I would have it displayed via powerpoint on the wall. I would begin by asking the students what they think the tapestry represents, what culture is it from, etc.
Then, I would explain the brief history of that tapestry, and use it as a springboard into more detailed information about Buddhism. I spend a couple of weeks on Buddhism.
Finally, I would have the students write a personal response regarding the tapestry.
AnonymousAt this site, I found a detailed section on Asian Art.
What I had considered doing with this section of the website was making copies of the Asian Art section, have students read it in pairs, then review how to write a summary.
After the reading and reviewing, I would ask the students to write a summary on Asian Art, based on their reading.
Afterwards, I was considering having the students peer edit, reread the hand-out and verify information in the summaries against the hand-out.
Not real creative, but I have to teach reading, writing, and history this year.
AnonymousI must admit, I wasn't really impressed with what was available on this site. That is, until I found the Audio Tour section. That section was cool!
I teach a few ELs, this section would be awesome. I found an Audio Tour on Hinduism. I figured I could use that to teach about Hinduism.
So, my idea was that students go online, find the Audio Tour, complete it, taking notes, then create a Travel Brochure, heralding the wonders of India while providing specific information about the religion of Hinduism.
I am very excited about this website and Audio Tour! I can't wait to try it out!
AnonymousWhile surfing the web for a site that I could use to help me teach reading and writing, I stumbled on this website, China the Beautiful.
This website is awesome! There are multiple icons to choose from, one of which is poetry. I selected the poetry icon, and found nirvana, sort of.
Within the poetry section of this website, I was able to select poems to be read to me. So, my students would be able to hear a Chinese poem being read in Chinese, just as I was able to at the Institute.
They also had many poems which students could simply click on and read.
I really liked this website because of the poetry aspect. I love poetry, irregardless of its country of origin. And I love to teach students how to write poetry.
This website has given me the ability to challenge some of my more gifted students. Using this website and what it offers, I will be able to provide my students with depth and complexity.
AnonymousI just wanted to thank Rocky for the awesome timeline. I'll make sure I introduce it to my classroom as soon as I can. Check out this website... it has awesome info on Asia...
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AnonymousThis is a webpage maintained by China News Digest that Clayton provided as a possible source.from the UCLA Asia Institute in Asia via the Web. The webpage offers links to a variety of sources that can be used in a research paper or a classrooom project showing the horrors of war and which graphically show the inhumanity of those who exhibit racial superiority and hatred. All the links listed are easy to access and the number of them gives the student researher or teacher a wealth of information. There is one warning. Students must be properly warned that the photographs of many of the atrocities committed in Nanjing are graphic and gruesome.
AnonymousThis website is a site for people that are interested in Chinese music with a link to download sites that can bring a treasure trove of music to the classroom. This website can be used in the classroom as a part of Chinese culture, past and present. Students can get a taste of the types of music Chinese people have enjoyed and produced generationally. The site features two languages on the homepage and gives links to issues involving music and the music itself. It is not very colorful except for the title headline. This is still a website that students and teachers can use.
http:www.ibiblio/org/pub/multimedia/chinese-music/
AnonymousAnother website recommended by Clayton on Asia via the Web. It provides a large photographic base of images of Tiananmen in that memorable and important event for freedom in Beijing. Teachers can use the photographs in powerpoint lectures or provide a link as a resource for powerpoint projects by students. It is large on information and as a resource for photographs of the Tiananmen incident even though it is not an aesthetic triumph. I found the site easy to navigate and with my slow computer, I thought the downloads were much faster than what Clayton had led me to believe in his short comments on the site. The site is created by Christus Rex in conjunction with an organization called Support Democracy in China and is decidedly political in its message, although it can be used academically as a historical resource for the event.
AnonymousThis web page ia a FAQ site that comes from a decidedly Chinese point of view that supports China's official viewpoint. It provides students with an insight into the way the official Chinese think about the war and current U.S. relations with the Chinese. This can be taught as part of an ongoing China study or as part of the Korean War as a counterpoint to the conventional American viepoint of the Korean War. Again, this page is pretty basic and the source, http://centurychina.com appears to have an axe to grind with Japan over the Nanjing Massacre and its official attitude toward the atrocities since World War II (for this I cannot blame them). Students and teachers can use this a way to compare and contrast American and Chinese viewpoints and attitudes.
http://centurychina.com/history/faq4.shtml#20