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[Anonymous]

I recommend that you check out the website:Korea Academy for Educators.org. The Korea Academy provides opportunities for educators to learn about Korean history and culture and the Korean American experience in order to promote cross-cultural understanding. They offer workshops (for salary points 😀 ) as well as tours and teaching opportunities in Korea. The big opportunity coming up is the Korean History & Culture and the Korean American Experience
Sixth Annual Seminar for K-12 Educators (August 3-7, 2009) Korean Cultural Center
5505 Wilshire, Los Angeles. They give lots of free resources as well as snacks and lunch. They don't just talk at you . You often have opportunities to take part in activities, such as learning to play the Korean drum, touring the museum and art galleries and DVD clips that lead into lecture and discussion. Korea Academy for Educators.org.

[clay dube]

Hi Folks,
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THANKS!

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much for sharing the PBS TeacherSource website PBS TeacherSource! I had never seen it before, but it has so many fabulous resources! I especially like a link it has called "A Soundscape of China" Soundscape of China
This is an interactive map of China; students can click on parts of the map and a window pops up-- the window shows an image of this part of China and plays an audio clip.
I teach ancient Chinese history, and sometimes I wish I could make the material a bit more relevant to my students; I think that since this website can give them a snapshot of parts of modern China, it can help them make connections with this content.
I especially liked this link off of the PBS teachers website, but there were so many wonderful resources here-- thank you again for sharing!
-Karen

[clay dube]

I'm impressed by the "How Stuff Works" website. I followed the books and newspaper column for a long time, but I didn't realize the empire now includes videos and podcasts on historical topics. You need to endure an ad, but the quality seems pretty high. Check out this one on the Great Wall:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12179-prehistory-chinas-great-wall-video.htm

[Anonymous]

A website that I have used in my class prior to our seminars is called Web Japan:

Web Japan

Probably I am not the only person on this forum who has referred to this site, though I have not went through the whole 44 pages to find out. So, I will explain how I use it.

On my website I have a table of contents of website that I have my students choose from every week and write about. At times I suggest or feature a certain site that parallels our class discussions. Web Japan is a site that is clearinghouse of facts, trends, links, videos... about Japan. My students have liked it.

If you check out my website you will also find another site worth mentioning called Face to Face which is about the survivors who were incarcerated or discriminated against after Pearl Harbor and September 11th.

Finally, I would recommend NPR's Studio 360 episode about modern Japan, find it.

[Anonymous]

http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/china.html

there are two things this website offers
1. free powerpoint presentations about a variety of topics regarding ancient Chinese history, you can access these presentations by clinking on the topics (links). the link prompts your computer to download the presentations.
Some of the presentations are detailed and have very good illustrations/photographs of archeological findings, maps, artwork, historical figures. Some are cartoons, but they help convey the information.
Other presentations are short or they have very little graphics/color, not appealing to 7th graders, but can definitely be worked on, since the presentations open in powerpoint.

2. If you scroll down, you will find a section entitled "Ancient China for Kids"
under this section there is another list of links in which kids can click, and go to a webpage that has information on the topic. Again these webpages vary, some have detailed information, timelines, information about different historical themes, but others are simplistic and don't explain the topics thoroughly.
These webpages, however, would be a very useful tool for research projects, using the internet to find facts or important dates.

this is a list of the titles of the powerpoint presentations:

Ancient China
Ancient Chinese Dragons
Shang Dynasty
China - Shang, Chou, Philosophies
Silk Road, Han Society
Cultures of East Asia - AD 500 - Tang & Song
Ming and Qing Dynasties
Ancient and Classical China
Ancient China #1
Ancient China #2
Ancient China
Taoism
Confucius
Buddhism
The True Story of Mulan
Mulan's Mirrors
The Warrior Well
Ancient Chinese Astronomy
Chinese Writing (grades 3-5)
Chinese Zodiac
The Umbrella - Ancient Chinese Invention
Chinese Inventions
Ribbon Dance
Post-Classical China: Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties [Edit by="rgama on Jun 20, 3:05:07 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc100/Art1.html

in depth background information about literati painting
this website has a powerpoint like format, where you click on the link to the next page for more information.
The author chronologically goes from ancient chinese paintings to calligraphy to academic painting and then literati painting. the author also explains the social and political background of each time period. very useful information for creating a lesson about literati painting.

"The key division that we will emphasize here is one between men who were called "academic" painters, and those who were seen as painters in the literati tradition... "Academic painters" were professionals, both in their virtuoso skills, and in the fact that they depended on permanent employment as painters, or on selling their paintings to live... "Literati painters," on the other hand, were amateurs -- they painted as a means of self-expression, much the same way they wrote poetry; both forms were inheritances from the Neo-Daoist era of the Six Dynasties." [Edit by="rgama on Jun 20, 3:04:21 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

http://www.thecraftyclassroom.com/CraftJapanWoodblockPrinting.html

This webpage explains how to create woodblock prints in your classroom, has step by step instructions. No history information on the webpage, just instructions. I would give a brief introduction, using Pitelka's description of the content of these prints --> the floating world, and show examples of Japanese woodblock prints.

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[Anonymous]

Thank you for posting this website-- I had never seen the "How Stuff Works" website-- this video is a great intro to the Great Wall-- I really like the images and the background information on/connections to Emperor Qin. I also like how the clip is concise and to the point-- it seems like a great visual supplement to reading activities. I'm also excited to use some of the other clips on this website for other civilizations too...
-Karen

[Anonymous]

ok there's quite a few online resources here and believe it or not 2 of my favorites are already here! Thats a good thing I suppose so here goes:

http://info.teachtci.com/resources/ha/MWH/primarysources/MWHPrimaryToc.aspx

This is a really easy website to use and is full of resources for teachers 6-12th grade. It provides link on:

Investigating Biographies
Investigating Literature
Investigating Primary Sources
Internet Projects and Connections
Enrichment Essays

From all california state standards in social science. What I like is that there are also situationals and essays that can incorporate english and history!

These links provide tons of primary souces, lit info, and projects to help students "dig deeper" or maybe just involve more.

PS best part, esp for administrators, all websites are legit....kid friendly and have accurate info! 8)

[Anonymous]

Wow this website (http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/index_m.htm ) is really quite impressive! It has TONS of info on agriculture vs. population dynamics with a bunch of variables in between.

Check out the site, by far this was my fave part:
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/cd_info.htm

China can (and should) greatly improve water use efficiency in agriculture
The current limitation of agriculture in China is water rather than land. Large parts of the existing agricultural areas in the North cannot be cultivated to their full potential due to insufficient rainfall. There are also some 30 million hectares of land reserves; some of these could only be utilized with irrigation. Therefore, China's central (and provincial) governments will have to focus on the water problems. This should include projects to increase water supply in agricultural deficit regions; projects to improve water quality and waste water treatment; and in particular projects to improve irrigation efficiency. Various authors have pointed out the problem of water waste in open irrigation canals and on flood-irrigated fields. The estimated water loss is in the range of up to 60%. This is a significant water resource for the draught-affected North China Plain, that could be developed in relatively short time by better maintenance of irrigation infrastructure and more advanced irrigation technology.

sums things up quite nicely

[Anonymous]

http://www.asia-art.net/index.html is a great website on Asian Art. This website is a gallery for modern art, but it is a very useful site to look up all forms of Asian art. It gives background history on all forms of artwork such as Chinese brush painting and Vietnamese Silk Painting. It includes many of the Asian countries like Thailand and Korea. I found it very useful to look up the background history for my lesson plan on Japanese woodblock printing. Even if you just wanted visual examples for a particular country this website will help you out.
The website is very user friendly since it has an Asian art history section on it's homepage. Students can go to this website to look up a certain art form and can use as research for past and modern Asian artist.[Edit by="abergman on Jun 26, 10:30:23 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

http://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/index.html This is an excellent website that gives history on Japanese woodblock printing (Ukiyo-e). This website gives information by region such as Ukiyo-e: Edo and Ukiyo-e:Osaka and then it gives backgound information on different artist. Students can use it to do research on famous woodblock printing artist, or a teacher can use it to get background information.

[Anonymous]

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/index.html. I was finally able to check out the MIT website that Professor Pitelka introduced us to. It is a great site that I know my middle school students would love to surf through. It's refreshing to know there are still funds to help with this kind of resource. Three of the topics had visuals in the form of Japanese woodblock prints, which was immensely helpful. The prints themselves were beautiful done and show a modern approach to this art form. I'm glad I remembered to check it out.

[Anonymous]

Here is a site I found when working on my curriculum project with many lesson plans, worksheets, and links to photos and other materials.
http://www.askasia.org/teachers

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