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AnonymousThis is a valuable web-site for teachers who teach young children:
The site offers information that includes:
- Child Development
- Anti-bias Research
- Discipline and Guidance
- Health and Safety
- Learning Environment
- Prefessionalism
- Program Management
Some issues that are discussed include:
Multicultural Issues
- Asian-American: What teachers should know
- Beyond Cultures: Communicating with Asian American children
- Celebrating Holidays in Early Childhood Programs
- Family Involvement in Early Multicultural Learning
Anti-Bias issues include:
- The Benefits of an Inclusive Education: Making it work.
- Teaching Tolerance
- People of Every Stripe [Edit by="jharrington on Aug 17, 12:24:53 AM"][/Edit]
AnonymousI want to introduce another web-site that exposes young children to other cultures.
Click on Multiculture. This link discusses cultures from many countries. For example, in the Japanese culture "Himamatursi Day" or "Day of the Dolls" is celebrated in Japan to commemorate their ancestors. The site gives teachers ideas and activities on how to incorporate "Himamatursi Day" into their daily curriculum.
Under Book Themes: click on Multiculture:
Here is a list of a few books that provide children with a glimpse of other cultures and traditions.
- At the Beach (Chinese) By, Huy Vounlee
- Everybody cooks rice. By, Norah Dooley
- How my parents learned to eat (Japanese-American) By, Ina R. Friedman
- Mouse Match: (A Chinese Folktale) By, Ed Young
- Ten Oni Drummers (Japanese) By, Mathew Gollub
- Tikki Tikki Tembo (Chinese) Story retold by, Arlene Mosil
These are all excellent books. K-2nd teachers... do not overlook reading these books to your children. They will thoroughly enjoy them. Also, the multiculture activities will be of great interest to you and your children........Enjoy!! Janice
AnonymousThis is a page on kids domain.com. I found some great projects to do when studying about China and/or Chinese NEw Year. The directions are simple, the projects do not require too many unusual materials, and crafts is always a fun way to reinforce what was taught.
The address I cut and pasted was as follows:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_chin-ny.html
If that doesn't work, just go to kidsdomain.com. They also have other great craft ideas.
Miriam
AnonymousThe website proteacher.com has free lessons plans for teaching about China, India, or Japan. There is also links for much sought after information such as printable maps, flags , art, etc. The address that took me there was :
http://www.proteacher.com/090066.shtml
WHat I thought was particularly useful is that they have many lessons that include printable blackline masters that you can copy and distribute to your students.
This website covers many topics that you may want to teach to your students. I was impressed with the many choices offered.
I would definitely recommend that you visit this site.
Miriam
AnonymousI found a wonderful web-site that gives teachers an opportunity to introduce Asian cultures to their students through puppetry: "Discovering puppetry in other cultures."
http://www.puppet.org/index.shtml
1. Click on education
2. Click on Distant Learning/programs
3. Under topics click: puppetry in other cultures
Download either Elementary school guides or
Middle/HS study guides
This is a brief outline of what the study guides offer: For example:
Activity 1. Map excercise...Where is China
Activity 2. Chinese folktale- read/share different folktales
Activity 3. Computer activities
Activity 4. Puppetry activity: shadow puppets for the classroom
There is also step by step directions on how to make the puppets. The web-site offers an array of other sites to visit.
Janice
AnonymousHere is a web-site for teachers, librarians, publishers, and all those interested in young reader's books from and about the Pacific Rim and South Asia.
The site offers:
1. Book Reviews - collection of reviews from prestigious sources across the world.
2. Interviews - conversations with authors and illustrators from Pacific Rim and Asia.
3. Resources - annotated guide to children's book resources.
4. Essential Reading - guide for educators.
5. Panorama - related books in english about the Pacific Rim and Asia.
6. Gallery - on-line exhibit of uncoming artists.
This is a valuable site and I recommend it to all teachers. Also, sign up for the monthly newsletter.
Janice
AnonymousI came across a fantastic web-site......I am amazed at all the information that is on this site.
CHECK IT OUT
http://teachthechildrenwell.com
This site has topics on practically every subject from A-Z. The site is designed mainly for elementary grades. However, if you are teaching Middle/HS still check out the site.
Click on Asia;
Here are some examples of the topics:
- About Korea
- Ask Asia
- China
- China Experience
- Discovering China
- Kids' Eyes on Korea
- Kids' Eyes on Vietnam
- Muslim Heritage
- Six Paths to China
- South Korea - Culture - History - Religion
- Vietnam: Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit
The site also contains references and search engines for kids.
Enjoy, Janice
AnonymousThe web site I decided to review was from http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism for anyone wanting to teach about Asian religions.
This sight is somewhat more advanced in the sense that there is quite a bit of information to swallow for someone who is completely new to Buddhism. I would say that a good place for someone looking at this site should go first to their link on the comparisons of Buddhism to Christianity to get a Western perspective.
Overall, it is a good web site because it is comprehensive and has an easy to follow format starting from history, beliefs and other religious sects. There are many internal links and some of the links have charts in them. However, due to the fact that there are no visual aids, pictures, maps and etc. I would recommend this site to probably 9th grade and up or depending on the level of knowledge in your classroom. However, I would not recommend this site to students under 8th grade.
dave
AnonymousThe second website that I decided to review was an Indian religion of Sikhism. Since our seminar did not focus on India too much, I decided to review this site for people to get a glimpse of this unknown and misunderstood religion.
The web site address is http://www.sikhs.org
Of the many religious websites that I have visited, I must say that this is one of the best websites. Here are some of miy findings. On virtually every page, there is an icon you can click on that links you to the correct page. Once you are there, it gives you more icons with images. Some of these links include comparisons to many of the world's major religions politically, ethically, and historically. Every page seems to have a verse from the Sikh holy text that introduces that page. If you navigate further, there is a virtual tour of the Sikh golden temple and an audio/movie of Sikhs engaging in prayer. There is a page dedicated to user's comments and the final pages have current news and how to get involved with Sikh organizations. This is a great web site to get a "a-z" idea of Sikhism
dave
AnonymousThe third website review I did was on a very important but unknown religion called Jainism from India. I decided to review this religion largely because it has so many similarities with Buddhism but has received so little attention and following that I thought this site might be a good place to start.
The web site address is http://www.jainnet.com
This was a site that I would recommend moderately. Some of the things I liked about this site re links such as "Jainism simplified" where a beginner could go on the site and get a quick glance at the religion. The images on the web site were not spectacular and were not very many of them but enough to get a basic idea. There were links to other related sites and also links to writing the web monitor as well as how to get in touch with Jain temples in America.
dave
AnonymousTeach the children sure is a treasure trove. I am always looking for "safe" sites my kids can explore, hoping that this year we will actually have computers on line in the classroom (a big if).
Anyway, I am always on the lookout for good fables, well presented, and this site has many from all around the world and they provide a quick and satisfying review of theme, which is a seventh grade standard, but is one of those skills that are not that well reflected among my underperforming eighth graders. Rebecca
Teachthechildrenwell.com [Edit by="rmansdorf on Aug 20, 8:56:08 AM"][/Edit]
AnonymousJanice, you are absolutely right about this website (teachthechildrenwell.com) - fantastic! I've already printed out a lesson plan about American and Japanese cities that I may be able to use for a compare and contrast essay assignment (9th grade English) and I've bookmarked the page. Thank you!
AnonymousI was using the resources and looking for web pages in the forum, but I must say I was surprised that the location: http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/resources.asp has not been updated since 2000. We are providing so much enriched information here that it would be really useful to "those who come after" to know that updating is going on. Clay should either delete that blatant notice about the last update or update more frequently. It's my first negative comment, by the way. Rebecca
AnonymousI am spending too much time wandering around the net rather than posting my reviews and finishing the course! Asian Art is rich in meaning and symbolism and this is a good way to try and teach "under the surface" to literal minded eighth graders so I found a good site: http://www.artsmia.org/arts-of-asia/tibet/teachers_guide/index.cfm which incorporates the idea of mandala and its many meanings. The artsmia site is from the Minneapolis museum of art and the curriculum items are well-defined and the links are excellent. It's a treasure trove of images and ways to employ them in the middle school curriculum.
AnonymousI am so amazed to see so many website reviews by our classmates. I did go to some of them...THANKS EVERYONE! The first site I'm going to review is http://www.asiasource.org
I noticed no one had the chance to review this site yet...but it is a great site to go to for resources. You can go to several of their links such as Asia Today where it tells you the lastest new stories. Then they have Asia Profilies where you can get maps and statistics (great to use in our classroom). You can also click on Asia Food which has asian food resources (such as recipes). Asia Views has sections where you can find articles. This site has a wealth of information. Please take a look at this site.
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