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There is one lesson from the "Asia Society" website that I am thinking about trying to incorporate into the curriculum this year (re: nuclear build-ups, militarization, etc.). Most lesson plans I've seen on this topic deal strictly from the Western standpoint.

Per their website:

"Help students understand tensions in South Asia that has led to a nuclear stand-off. Its complex issues and deep roots of conflict offer great material for students to weigh perspectives, role-play, and apply understanding to other foreign relations issues."

Elementary School Educators
http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans

Secondary School Educators
http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/secondary-lesson-plans

[Anonymous]

China Daily has many international employees. It is different from People's daily, the official Chinese newspaper.

As mentioned, students could get a different perspective, and use their judgement to seek that truth.

[Anonymous]

For anyone interested, I was watching the Colbert TReport from last night (3/8) and the guest was Tom Hanks speaking about the new HBO series "The Pacific". It's a series about WWII fighting in the Pacific Arena. Tom Hanks actually did a pretty good job explaining why the USA was fighting for all of those islands out there. You can see the interview parts 1 and 2 at:

Colbert Report - Tom Hanks - The Pacific

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Mr Wilson -

"Per their website:

"Help students understand tensions in South Asia that has led to a nuclear stand-off. Its complex issues and deep roots of conflict offer great material for students to weigh perspectives, role-play, and apply understanding to other foreign relations issues."

Elementary School Educators
http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans

Secondary School Educators
http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/secondary-lesson-plans"

This is a helpful tie-in for my chemistry class. I just got final authorization for a field trip to the nuclear power plant in San Onofre. We can definitely bring this up as we discuss the pros/cons of nuclear chemistry.

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I've posted several links (in the middle school resources section, but should have them here..) to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana which has tremendous resources, tours, exhibits revolving around China.. See the list of upcoming special exhibitions and the list of teacher resources available.. I highly recommend it.

[Anonymous]

In teaching my curriculum project, my students and I wanted to learn more about the giant pandas in the zoo at Washington D.C. The zoo actually has a pretty cool interactive panda page. There's even a panda cam!

Washington DC Zoo - Pandas

[Anonymous]

Hello All,
A great resource I found for helping out younger students engage in learning about China in particular is http://www.nickjr.com/ni-hao-kai-lan/
This website has a multitude of things to introduce Chinese in a fun and educational way. Although this website is designated as a pre-school website, I feel it would be valuable to introduce the topic using a format that the students are familiar with allowing them to assimilate at a more comfortable pace.
Initially children learn best from experiences they have had in their life or can touch with their hands. Therefore I believe that discussing the family structures in the different asian cultures would be the best way for Kinders to learn about them. This website provides pictures and cards of how to write the names of members in your immediate family in both Mandarin Chinese and English. There are also calendars, which is a great resource for K teachers to use to support our students learning the days of the week/months of the year/etc. This website is a great place to jumpstart your Kinder students and yourself! Very user friendly.

[Anonymous]

It has been somewhat difficult to find information that is truly user friendly for younger students. However, I was impressed by the following website: Asia for Kids
This resource has fables, stories, games and many more features that would appeal to children. I believe that this is a valuable resource because it also has some sample lesson plans for the teachers. The more user friendly a website is, the more likely teachers will use it. For instance, one of the sample lesson plans is about Yeh-Shen A Chinese Cinderella. In second grade we have a huge unit for Language Arts that we study fairy-tales. This would be an excellent opportunity to look at different versions of this famous story.
Another value to this website is the versatility for different grade levels.

[Anonymous]

We didn't get into Myanmar in our seminar but this certainly a hot-politcal topic and an article that I just found on CNN about Aung San Suu Kyi. Interestingly, some of the people drawing the most attention to her plight is the rock band U2, they talk about her and dedicate songs to her at almost every concert these days.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/myanmar.election.law/index.html?hpt=T2

[Anonymous]

I LOVE this website and have actually used it quite a bit in my kindergarten classroom. I have printed out the number flash cards and used the interactive games with my students this past month.

[Anonymous]

http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/perry/chinesesongs/home.htm

This website has been useful for me to use when teaching these songs to my classroom. I used a poster I made with the words on it for my children to follow along with as they sing the songs. They especially like the Two Tigers song. I find that singing songs that have familiar melodies make it much easier for my students to learn the Chinese words.

I am not sure, but maybe these songs would also be useful to middle school teachers or higher, for teaching language in a fun way.

[Anonymous]

I use this site to convert my students names into Chinese characters. It is a great site for primary teachers, however, middle and high school students may be able to have their students use the site themselves. It does not convert every American name, but it will come as close as possible. Just like when I was in junior high Spanish, my teacher called me Beatriz, because he did not have a Spanish name for Beth!

Here is the link:

http://www.chinese-tools.com/names/calligraphy/code_255_ryan.html

The entire site is called Chinese tools, and the whole site may not be appropriate for your students. You will have to check it out yourself. I only use it at home to copy and enlarge the Chinese characters that make up my own students names.

It does have a section with a Chinese dictionary, information on pronunciation, a pinyin editor, a section on slang, and even songs.

I hope it is helpful to you. I have attached a word doc with my name in Chinese
Beth Ann

[Anonymous]

The discovery channel has resources to use in the classroom. I found some lesson plans about the Korean War there.
Discovery Education
Once you get to the link, click on "Classroom Resources", and you can search topics related to East Asia and China. I found some lessons on The Great Wall and the Korean War.

Of course The Discovery Channel has tons of different programming subjects, as does The History Channel. And you can link other channels as well through The Discovery Channel website.

[Anonymous]

Here in Los Angeles, you have access to an entertaining t.v. channel called Arirang TV. The shows are a mix of Korean and English. The entire channel is designed to appeal to Koreans living abroad and foreigners living in Korea. The web site is wonderful because it also features news stories related to Korea.

In my opinion, the best show on that channel is Let's Speak Korean. The show features foreigners living in Korea trying to speak phrases and sentences with correct grammar to win prizes. It's fun to watch, but any language teacher could adapt the game play to their content area. This would be a fun way to teach a review lesson or prepare for a quiz. The rules are simple. The players answer simple questions first, translating one word at a time. From this round, the players advance to phrases. For the final round, the players are given a specific time and must speak complete translations of sentences in perfect grammar and within the time limit to win a point. The player with the most correct answers wins.

[Anonymous]

<http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/students

This website has a wealth of activities for students to introduce them to current events in asia as well as cultural games, and career advice.

I have my 6th grade computer technology students respond to current events every week via a blog. This website has many interesting articles that they can read and respond to.

I also like the China Game where they are asked questions about Chinese culture and history and try to make their way around China. This would be a great way to begin and end the unit on ancient China. Have them try the game before their unit to see how far they can get and then try it after to see if they can do better. [Edit by="mwetson on Jun 8, 9:39:39 AM"][/Edit]

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