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AnonymousThis is a website of the news about 2008 Beijing Olympic. It is under Chinadaily News website. You can get the most updated news about Beijing Olympic. The website address is
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/
AnonymousThis website has a great amount of aqesome clipart for educators to download and use in the classroom. There are some good stuff about Asia. If you cannot type Chinese words, you can also use the words that are provided in this website to do some artworks in the classroom. The website address is:
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/cat.cfm?type=backgrounds&sec=General&cat=Asian
AnonymousThis website has a great amount of information about China including a lot of geographic facts and updated information. Teachers can have students to go on this webpage to look for answers after they generate some questions about China. The website address is
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107411.html
AnonymousThis webpage contains many great traditional Chinese music played by several famous artists playing Chinese flok instruments. Teachers can use them as a backgroud music when introducing Chinese history or culture to students in the classroom, so no need to buy any CD anymore.
Anonymous“One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and Demise” written by Marie Vento is an informative website. The content of this website furthers my knowledge about footbinding, which was an ancient custom in China, lasting from the tenth century until 1911, when it was made illegal by the government. Girls were as young as three to five years of age when they would have their feet bound and that bound feet were referred to as a golden lotus. At first, it was practiced by only the very rich, who regarded it as a status symbol. Over the years, the practice spread to poor farming families. Eventually footbinding had become necessary because unbound girls were considered unsuitable for marriage.
The reason for footbinding also was due to the fact of keeping women at home in order to protect their virginity. Chinese men found women with small feet beautiful. The site states that footbinding was not just beautiful and attractive, but a sexual fetish among the Chinese men.
Complications that occurred from footbinding were ulceration, paralysis, and gangrene. Death also resulted with as many as ten percent.
I would highly recommend this website to high school students. When first opening the website, it can be deceiving as to the content since it is a research paper approximately five pages in length.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/studpages/vento.html
AnonymousI was searching for lesson plan ideas and I came across a website titled “China Institute Programs for Educators.” This website contains a few lessons plans, which are great. “Aging in Contemporary China” Lesson #1 is a class exercise that I will definitely use as an “into” to my East Asia Unit. The lesson uses photographs to learn about the elderly in contemporary China. The website provides a PDF handout of six photographs to use. However, I will use my own since I took so many on our trip. Students are divided into groups and are assigned the following questions:
1. Examine the photos and develop a title for each one.
2. Describe how the photo provides an understanding of Chinese culture.
3. What roles do older people play in modern Chinese society?
4. How do the photos demonstrate filial piety by younger Chinese?
Each group presents their observations to the class. In addition, three project ideas are suggested at the end of the lesson.
http://www.chinainstitute.org/educators/curriculum/aging/lesson1.html
AnonymousDuring our field study to China and browsing the Beijing Olympic store merchandise, I realized immediately that the Fuwa were symbols of China’s landscape. Fuwa will not only represent the Five Olympic Rings but also serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. An English teacher could easily use this website as a resource for a lesson on symbolism. The Fuwa include the following:
Beibei: Fish
Jingjing: Panda
Huanhuan: Olympic Flame
Yingying: Tibetan Antelope
Nini: Swallow
I recommend this website to English and physical education teachers.
AnonymousGail Tsukiyama, author of Women of the Silk visited Palos Verdes High School on February 13, 2007 when she learned that her book was added to the sophomore core novel list for 2006-2007. Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco to a Chinese mother from Hong Kong and a Japanese father from Hawaii. Her novels are not only contemporary, but are also multicultural, as they are influenced by a fusion of Chinese and Japanese cultures. Women of the Silk is about a group of women working in the silk factory in China during the 1920’s. I found discussion questions to some of her novels in PDF format.
The Language of Threads
Night of Many Dreams
The Samurai’s Garden
Women of the Silk
My sophomore students enjoyed reading Women of the Silk. It was a wonderful experience to have an author visit our school. I hope that we are able to do this again! I recommend this novel, as well as, the two websites for classroom or personal use.
http://literati.net/Tsukiyama/TsukiyamaBooks.htm
http://www.stmartins.com/RGGs/comprehensivegailtsukiyamargg.pdf
AnonymousI was searching for a WebQuest and I came across an excellent one titled “Searching for China.” This WebQuest contains an introduction, question, background, individual roles, group process, feedback, and conclusion. A dictionary link is even provided for students! The quest that the student team needs to explore is “What actions should the U.S. take in its policy towards China?” The student team will develop a group report that examines six perspectives of China (business, cultural, religious, human rights, environmental, political). By completing this WebQuest students should achieve the following goals:
1. Develop an interest in the study of China.
2. Use the power of the internet for advanced exploration of China.
3. Learn information about six key aspects of Chinese culture.
4. Realize that complex topics can be looked at from various perspectives.
5. Formulate and support an argument from one of the six perspectives.
6. Work with your teammates to problem-solve a combined action plan.
7. Question the nature of international relations in our more interdependent world.
The WebQuest is very detailed and even provides a link to why this assignment is important. I recommend this website to history and English teachers.
AnonymousIf anyone has not visited the site Asisa for educators located at http://afe.easia.colombia.edu you definitely should check it out. This website has an amazing array of sections, which I found easy to use. It is designed with Classroom Materials arranged by subject area (i.e. art, language, literature). My favorite part of the website is the Featured Units, with preplanned lessons with topics such as "China And Europe: What is Modern?" and "Contemporary Japan: Society and Culture".
AnonymousAsk Asia is one of my favorite websites. The address is http://www.askasia.org
There are educational materials on this Asia Society website. The lesson plans and essays were pretty good, but the part I found the most useful was the maps and images.
It is also hard to find websites for student use and this is one I have yet to try, but I definitely will. There is a student section that has resources and content on globalization issues.
AnonymousI found a great website about Japan. In addition to an incredible amount of topics, I was most impressed by the striking images found on this website. Go to this website to look at the incredible photography alone! There are photos of Old Japan as well.
The detail on this website is incredible. I learned a lot from simply looking at some to the topics, then wondering what it was, and clicking on the link to find out what it was. Some of the topics include karakuri automotons, kyogen comic drama, kyudo archery, mingei folk art, and shodo calligraphy.
The website is at http:www.csuohio.edu/history/japan
AnonymousI was most impressed by a online Shanghai newspaper called Eastday. It has international news, but I always find it refreshing and extremely informative to read news from a perspective other than the U.S's. For example, there was an article about the U.S. diplomat missing in Cyprus and another about Britain bracing for a new round of terror attacks, that I found slightly different from those I would read in the LA Times or New York Times.
An interesting article I found on this site talked about Premier Wen Jiabao vowing on Saturday to tackly algae outbreaks that plague the countries freshwater lakes. He allegedly urged government officials to enhance environmental management. I find this environmental article amongst international news to be very encouraging. Environmental issues are seemingly becoming more and more important and I cannot help but feel excited about that.
The address for the Eastday newpaper in English is http://english.eastday.com
AnonymousAsian Week is a magazine that calls itself "The Voice of Asian America" and it has a website at http://news.asianweek.com.
It has national news relating to asian americans as well as local news (If you live in the Bay Area). The other categories of news include Asian Commerce, Opinion, Sports, Arts & Entertainment, Briefs, and Eats.
The website was pretty interesting. Even though it focuses on the Bay Area, many of the articles, even the ones considered "local", are more widely applicable. For example, I read an article under Bay Area that said Asian American Corporate Women Taking Care of Business that was interesting to read on many levels. The article suggested that this trend was widely spread, far beyond the scope of the Bay Area.
AnonymousI discovered the website Asia for Educators while working on my webpage for this institute. It was disappointing to discover that several of the sites were under construction. The site was not very colorful and lacked animation, but it was easy to navigate. I was pleasantly surprised to find a wealth of primary sources ranging from early to modern Asian history. Several primary source pages had discussion questions and suggested teaching ideas. I focused my attention on “What makes a good Communist Party member?” There were quotes from Chairman Mao, a letter to an editor, and an essay by a Chinese scholar. The documents could be used to compare and contrast democracy and communism, or examine the philosophy of communism. If I was to use the resource in the classroom, I probably would have my middle school students create their own handbook for the youth of the party, or a recruitment poster.