pre-2011 web resources

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World Atlas.com Map of Asia
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm

Content:
The website contains interactive and basic maps of the world. This site satisfies need to access maps and to provide students with a good map website. The user begins by selecting a continent, then once the map appears, the user can scroll over the map and select a country. A map of that specific country appears along with a description of that country, which includes a brief historical overview, facts and figures, geographical coordinates, land statistics, and recommended links.

Ease of use:
Extremely easy to use. Just look for the gray tabs near the top to first select the continent.

with Students:
A great place to begin researching about a country.

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http://www.taleofgenji.org/">The Tale of Genji guide- link
http://www.taleofgenji.org/

Contents:
This website acts as a guide to "The Tale of Genji". It includes a through overview of the background and setting of the tale, a summary of teh 54 chapters, and a photographic travel guide through the world of Genji. There are many more links on this site as well including info about pilgrimages, buddhism, Kyoto, and a link for opera for beginners 😐 ????

The pictures and paintings that correspond to the tale load quickly and are clear.

Ease of use:
It is basically easy to use, but there is so much that it is easy to get overwhelmed unless you are going along with the tale. All the information seemed thorough and easyto access. Not sure why the opera link is included though.

with Students:
This can be a valuable tool to help bring the world of Genji to life for the students with real life pictures. The historical overview is particularly valuable as well. I'd have students use the site to learn about the background of the text.

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The British Museum, London, has a great website that supports its education department. I found it while looking for ways to engage 6th graders in the study of Ancient China. I wanted to design a project based lesson that was related to the Terracotta Warriors or to the items found in the tombs of the Ming Emporers. What I found was much more interesting, a tomb exploration that was interactive, not simply old black and white photos of a tomb (even though they have value and are a teaching resource).

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html

The site is easy to navigate and all thr texts are easy to read and comprehend. The information is presented in an irresistable format. Sixth graders will love it.

My primary interest was in exploring the Zhou tomb. It has four chambers and the objects in them are described and the student learns their purpose for use in the afterlife. The coffins of the lord and his wife and concubine have jade items that were ritualistically placed on the bodies before burial. The lord has the most, the wife less, but placed in a similar way and the concubine fewer. A link to the workshops that supplied the jade, ceramic and bronze items can be toured where the students learn how each object was produced. A "Challenge" is also presented to see it the student can select the right combination of objects to rest in the tomb with the wife of the lord.

Also interactive is a section on geography where the student can see pictures and read about modern China, see maps of Ancient China, and read a myth of Nu Gua Creator of the People. Again there is a "Challenge."

Students can also select to play in the section on time which looks at the timeline of the Dynasties and find out what makes the Shang so interesting and what happened when the Zhou King was killed. There is also a section on writing/caligraphy that is engaging.

Each section/unit has "Staff Room" which is additional information for the teacher: background information; discussion questions and guides with standards that the teacher can follow; worksheets; and follow-up activites. All these can be downloaded and/or printed.

This is a websit not to be missed if you teach 6th Grade. It is student friendly, teacher friendly, and all the information is vetted.

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This is a great teacher resource. Specifically for the show on China about its environmental woes that is airing in August.

Joining online is free to teachers. Get the PBS Teachers Newsletter and updates and information about upcoming PBS shows that relate to your topic of inquiry or to your discipline. Many are podcast. The is also a forum to participate in.

There is a four part series "China from the Inside." Episodes are: Power and the People; Women of the Country; Shifting Nature; and Freedom and Justice.

Part 3, "Shifting Nature" -- about polution, the environment, and the change from communities wanting factories for the jobs and money they will bring, to their desire for unpoluted water and air and increased quality of life--- will be on-air and online Friday, August 1, 2008, 10 - 11:00 PM. Grade range for this series is 6-8 and 9-12.

http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/

For each episode, there are links to:

Discussion Forum

Interactive Map -- This includes interesting sound clips from various sites around the country, from firecrackers on new years day, monks chanting, a mothr singing a lullaby, building thr Olympic pool in Beijing, . . . .

China-US Quiz -- Test your China IQ Can you get 100%? It is about current events.

About the Series -- synopses of the episodes (and opportunity to buy the video for your school library)

Behind the Scenes -- about the director and the film crew in action

For Educators -- lesson plans, film clips, etc.

Some of this information stays active for up to a year.

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I have been doinf some research for lesson plans related to Asian Literature and I cam across this website. It is geared towards K-6th grade teachers so I can't use the site, but my wife is already in love with it. She is a K/1 teacher and she has already taken 2 or 3 ideas from the site.

When you go to the site, it breaks down the Asia section to Japan, Cina, India, and Russia. Under each heading there are at least 10 lessons that can be used at various elementary school levels.

Some of the links are disabled, but there is still enough there to pull from.

Proteacher.com

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This is a great site. It has three main links, one for teachers, one for students, and one for kids. As you can imagine by the titles of the links, there are many resources for teachers. It has lesson plans, essays, maps, images... The coolest thing about the site is the other two links.

Under the student link, there are a lot of great articles that students can use as research for assignments that htey may encounter in class. There are also contests that students can enter, and there are quizzes, words of the day in Mandrain, just so many cool things.

Under the kids link, there are so many great things for primary students. There are games, maps, art, stories, words of the day, etc...

this is a very easy site to navigate with tons of great resources for all ages. Click the link below and have fun.

AskAsia.org

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Discovery Education

This is a great resource for teachers. You can do many things on the site. You can create puzzles, find lesson plans, and many other things.

The site is very easy to navigate. There are links to many helpful resources. I especially like the lesson plan link. When you click on the link, it breaks down the lessons like this...

# View all K-5 lesson plans
# View all 6-8 lesson plans
# View all 9-12 lesson plans

This makes it very easy to find a lesson that will apply to your specific grade level. Once you click on your grade level rabge, you can select a subject of focus, like Economics, or World History.

I clicked on the Literature link, then selected the "Children of War" lesson. I was looking to adapt the lesson to go along with a film like Empire of the Sun, a film I show in my Humanities class that deals with a young boy who gets separated from his parents in China during the Japanese occupation of Shanghi during World War 2.

Great site. Check it out. 😀

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National Geographic.com

OK. This is a really great site run by one of the oldest and most trusted organizations that deals with world issues.

I linked you directly to the part of the site for lesson plans. This site breaks down the lesson plans by grade level and the site also gives standards that eash lesson falls under.

This is a great site no matter what topic you might be teaching. In my 30 minutes or so on the site I found several lessons that deal with Asia.

If you go to the site's main page... click here

and there are a multitude of activities for kids, resources for the older students, and also tons of resources for teachers. Great site.

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The Usborne Internet-linked books are some of my favorite classroom resources to have on hand, whether we use them for research, quick answers to in-class questions, showing pictures of some of the things we discuss, or simply for something interesting and educational for kids to flip through when they finish early. They are easy to use, give little bits of information at a time, are well-organized, and have pictures that are fun and show students more about topics.

Sad to say, but I have only just started looking at the resources that the company has posted online. The site is easy to use, and kids can type in the book and page number they are looking at to find a few links about the information there. The site has other resources, too, but I think it will be especially useful with the Usborne books.

Main Website: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com

One Example- Tied to the pages in the Medieval World book pages about kingdoms in Southeast Asia: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_select_link.asp?lang=usa&lvl=2&id=1945&From=68&To=69

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This is a fantastic site for students. It covers Chinese history, environment, religion, clothing (a student favorite), economy, science, literature, games, philosophy, food, people, art, architecture, books, craft projects, and a teacher section with lessons. This site is in no way perfect. I guide my students with specific tasks while using this site. It has a lot of information and can be very overwhelming. It also has a lot of pop-ups. It is good for when I give my students a research project. I can give specific areas for them to narrow down their research ideas. Perfect for my English project. Then I can give them a grade for both English and History for such a time-consuming project.

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I love this site. I have it as a link for my students, but I like it for myself more. It has so many wonderful lesson ideas. It also includes free powerpoints for teachers to used that are geared for children. There are quite a few art lessons to do with students as well.

There are also links for Japan and Korea.

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While searching the websites listed for the Usborne Internet-Linked book Medieval World, I found a great site that gives a virtual tour of the Hindu temple Angkor Wat in what is now Cambodia. This temple was created during the Khmer kingdom (often noted as the "greatest" kingdom in southeast Asia). This site is an amazing virtual tour, and can certainly be used by students, but be patient...it loaded very slowly for me!

http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/southeast-asia/cambodia/angkor/preah-khan/map.html

For links to other great sites about Angkor Wat, see the link on my last post about Usborne Internet-Linked Books.

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http://www.samurai-archives.com/
This website offers great resources for those interested in learning more about the history of the Samurai. On this site you may find several articles and a list of recommended readings. This website was updated recently.

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http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/

This is an awesome site. It is an online collection of Asian art from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' permanent collection. If you like something you can click on add to my collection and view it later or email the images.
Included in this collection are several restored Chinese and Japanese rooms. If you click on the teahouse for example, you can link to an interview with the curator as well as a detailed explanation of the objects in the room.

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I have found this website:

Monkey King

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that takes the 16th century Chinese folk novel Monkey, written by Wu Ch'eng-en, and gives it a visual/comic representation.

I think this web-site will be useful for me because I assign this novel as summer reading, and many of my students get confused about how Monkey can be a monkey but also a hero. Following the links, the students can see how he transforms into a more anthropormorphic character:

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