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AnonymousBoy! Was that a challenge. Two weeks vacation has allowed my brain to work better. I had posted the five missives below on the wrong exchange.
I could not copy/paste using the mouse and was frustrated. Then, I used keyboard commands (control + c for copy; control + v for paste). It was fast.
I lost the links, but I could reinstall them.....that took the most time.
Just FYI.
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AnonymousI viewed the website http: http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/
The Pacific Asia Museum contains over 14,000 works of art and artifacts from Asia. It is well organized according to the following topics:
• Calendar & What’s New
• Explore the Collection
• Research Library
• Chinese Ceramics
• Visions of Enlightenment & Art of Buddhism
• Japanese Paintings & Prints of Nature of the Beast
I discovered that the museum in Pasadena has a library that is open to the public. It contains 9,000 books that are not available for circulation. It contains a wealthy of information on Hong Kong Art, Imperial Silk, Symbols of Japan and Things Thai.
The section on Visions of Enlightenment & Art of Buddhism contains several artifacts, but do not offer much information on the objects other than date, place of origin, and title.
The section on Chinese Ceramics is teacher friendly. Within the site one can find Discussion Questions, Activities, Curriculum Connections, and Fact Sheets. This is a very useful site if a teacher is looking for art work, artifacts, or student friendly reading material.
AnonymousI viewed the website http://www.clevelandart.org/
I viewed the website only looking for teaching resources. It was slightly difficult to identify links that would provide teaching material. I clicked on the collections, and then viewed the departments. I discovered that there are sites on Japanese Art, Indian & South East Asian Art, and Chinese Art. All these links contain artifacts. The links only contain the name of the artifact, the year of the object, and its dynasty. It was disappointing to find no description of its meaning, significance of motifs, or its significance to the culture.
If you click on the Education link, you will find Teacher Resource Center and Asian Odyssey. Both are very useful! I found the Asian Odyssey as the best of the link. It includes lessons dealing with:
• Buddhism
• Daily Life & Festivals
• Daoism & Confucianism
• Geography & Climate
• History & Culture
The lessons all use artifacts within the collection and provide links to those artifacts within the lesson plan site. This section would be a time saver for teachers.
AnonymousI also examined the following website: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
There are several topics, but the most relevant is the social studies link. It allows you to view the lessons based on grade level and topic. I selected the link Cultural Studies: Asian Studies. There are eight lessons under this topic. They range from Mathematics in Asia, Hinduism, and Tension in Korea. I viewed the lesson on Divided Peninsula: Six Decades of Military and Political Tension in Korea. It requires students to research causes and results of the division in Korea. They complete their lesson by researching several websites. The site contains the handouts for the research.
I would not be able to use the lessons for middle school, but it is a very useful site for lessons on a wide range of other topics.
AnonymousI found an excellent website at http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/cultures
The layout is very easy to navigate. There are several topics all dealing with Chinese culture, such as legends, customs, festivals, thoughts, music, beliefs, etc…
Most of the information is text and does not contain graphics to catch a teenager’s instant attention. However, the text is student friendly and can be used for a variety of assignments in the classroom. A teacher can have students use the site for research papers, a newscast about Chinese culture, a comparison with American culture, etc…
AnonymousTeach the Children Well—website
I agree it is a wonderful site! The designer has collected the best student, parent, and teacher websites. They are divided my subjects, topics, search engines for kids, and reference sites. I would definitely use the website and links for future web quests, introductions to lessons, artifacts, and primary sources.
AnonymousI just was searching for some more poetry websites and came across a real good one to me.
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
It has a lot to do with Chinese Literature and History. There is a lot written in Chinese too. I especially liked that you can listen to poetry in Chinese, but they don't have a lot of English Translations of the poetry. They have a nice section which is kind of like a slide show with the Chinese next to the English.
Check it out and see if you agree.
AnonymousThis site has a list of Chinese Poets and poems with a time line
It also has a really good FAQs page.
Enjoy
Anonymous• http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/ebooks.htm
This website provides some resources about Buddhism. While it isn’t something that is explicitly taught, it does have some information at a children’s level that they would enjoy coloring and reading about. There are a lot of links at the homepage. The chanting sounds of monks is a great audio tool for the classroom.
• http://www.thailandlife.com/
This is a fascinating website. This is about a thai kid who has been writing an online diary for a long time. He’s a teen and as such provides some commonalities to kids here in the states. Here is what the site says about him: “
Panrit "Gor" Daoruang is Thailand's most famous teenager. He writes about his life growing up in Thailand. Gor became famous around the world when he started writing about his life on this website. He then later wrote a weekly column for the Bangkok Post at the tender age of only 16. He writes about every aspect of Thai culture that he has personally experienced. From his own wedding to the birth of his daughter. This book is a must for anyone interested in Thai culture or who are thinking about teaching in Thailand. For the first time ever, here is the story of what Thai teenagers are really up to in their spare time”
This is a great resource about life in Thailand from a teen’s perspective. The teacher needs to be careful about the content. He’s honest and talks about drinking and alternate lifestyles, but I haven’t come across explicit details or the like. But there is a lot to read, so a pick and choose method is best.
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Anonymous1 http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/
This is a really cool webpage. It’s especially designed for kids. It gives links (within the website) to culture, food, anime, and history of Japan. It has interactive features, animations, photos, sound files, and a language component. There’s a diary in Manga form that kids will like to read. And it’s all free![Edit by="dcolato on Jul 19, 11:56:58 PM"][/Edit]
Anonymous2. http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/korea/kids.htm
In this website, kids can take a virtual trip to South Korea. They click on locations and they get images and descriptions of where they are. The text is light and there are plenty of images to keep the kid’s interest. Periodically there are worksheets they can download to work on or color such as the flag, kimch'i pot, decorating Hahoe masks, number charts, or basic words. Great for independent time.[Edit by="dcolato on Jul 19, 11:58:14 PM"][/Edit]
Anonymous3. http://www.mrnussbaum.com/china.htm
This is a page with a map of China. It’s an interactive map where you click on icons in China and at the bottom you get images and a short description of the place. For example, you click on the Great Wall outline and you’ll get a description and a photo o a section of the wall. The map has features for Beijing, Gobi Desert, Nanjing, etc. Fun, short, and to the point. The main website has other features for the world. Take a look and see if there is anything else you are interested in. The other links for China: word search, crossword, etc were not that interesting to me.
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AnonymousThe Los Angeles Korean Cultural Center website offers many resources for educators (in fact I’m taking a one week salary point class on heritage there in August). In this part of the website, there are numerous images which showcase Korea’s rich culture in food, clothing, art, and architecture. You can’t click on an image to enlarge them, and the text can be a bit long for elementary students, but it is safer than just “google-ing” images of Korea.
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Anonymous5. http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/virtual_china/index.html
This site is nice because it shows the different regions of China: Beijing, Shanghai, West, Northeast, Southwest, and the South. Once you click on the region you will get a list of images from that area with a short description. Click on the image to get a larger view.
The site also has a virtual image of the Forbidden City so you can pan it 360 degrees.
AnonymousIt's hard to remember or peruse 487 missives about resources. Sorry if this is redundant
Here is a site that I found while researching links for my China/Japan web quests.
Nightly Business Report lessons using East Asian business activity
It uses current stories andhas lesson plans; some links may not exist anymore (web pages come and go in the professional and academic worlds.)
It covers East Asia widely
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