pre-2011 web resources

[Anonymous]

First I found what seems to be a very all encompassing website about Asia Education.

http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/default.asp

Although found navigating to be somewhat confusing, I ended up focusing mostly on the main sections from the main page-
"For Teachers" and "For Students"

I REALLY liked the breakdown by age/group and then the lesson plan ideas. There were quite a few very usable (depending on grade level and unit taught) lesson plans replete with dideas for extending the lessons, and worksheets. This is motivating me to use the internet more for my Health and Science teaching! (Why re-invent the wheel!?)

Example:
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For the book, "the River"

Ideas:
Tell the story in your own words.
Make a map of the story.
Draw your own map of Xian's journey.
What is the purpose of Xian's journey?
etc., etc....

This is much better than a list of expensive store- bought lesson plans you order up!
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This is just a sample! the also include cute qorksheets in PDF format to download! OMG!
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Under "For Students" I found a cool link called, "Go Korea!"

http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/sites/gokorea/index1.html

It's really beautifully organized by Themes such as:

Ideas and Influences
Twenty-first century snapshots
The Environment: manufactured and natural
Then and now

All of which are absolutely loaded with subheadings

And then guess what!? All of these subheading topics have lesson plan ideas on the Asia Education link below!

http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/for_students/student_activities/go_korea/go_korea_student_activities_lp.html

Also check this out!! (I know- I'm going crazy here!)

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[Anonymous]

This is a site I found on MSNBC.com. I thought it is a powerful tool because it's hard to explain to students what North Korea look like. This would be a great introduction to any discussion regarding North Korea and the effects of communist controlled government. I especially like the slides shows about North Korea's conflict since it gives you a time line of its history. Enjoy!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37503528/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone, I just found another website that is VERY informative. This website even has stories of the Shinto creation. Basically, it is a review of everything we have learned in class! I would definitely use this as a "research" page for my students to do a research paper on a country they like.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html#Religious Traditions

[Anonymous]

I have seen this show before--it's AWESOME because everything is in English. This show really gives you a glimpse of what is going on in Korea right now in terms of pop culture. They usually talk about the impact of Korea worldwide. I especially love it when they talk about singers and actors who are slowly emerging and assimilating on the world stage. Really, Korea is so influential to so many countries. I even saw a clip of Koreans performing a show in Africa. Amazing! In addition, they also teach you how to cook on this show! So, if you like Korean food, starting watching Arirang.

[Anonymous]

Just in case someone missed this; but Xin forwarded this link recommended by Dr. Morgan. This is an amazing website! It is easy to navigate, filled with artistic presentations and loaded with information.

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/index.html

[Anonymous]

This was a great website that I found that is much like our class. Asia Society was started in New York by John D. Rockerfeller to increase knowledge about Asia. It is a very well organized and informative website. It contain current issues as well has lists of history for many Asian countries. It is a great goto website for students looking for current events in Asia as well as history of specific countries.

http://www.asiasociety.org
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[Anonymous]

Everyone needs to check this out to understand the current pop culture. Your high school kids will LOVE this:

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[Anonymous]

I hate to be simplistic - however the site that I have used the most is the "New York Times." So now on a regular basis I go to the NYTimes and click on world and then it lists the countries. Then I click on - Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea - and what I find are articles that are student friendly. Since I teach independent study I have to find interesting ways to bring in East Asia. I have found lots of articles that are "stand alone." This means that the students can understand the article without a whole bunch of prior knowledge. For example, and article about homemakers in Korea, volunteering in Korea, the Honda strike in China. It seems like I find one or two articles every week. I just make a couple of copies and have started a "library" of these kinds of articles. I use them for prompts for writing. It can be compare and contrast, summary,- for me it depends on the students' writing skills.

I have lots of positive feedback from this idea from my students. Surprise.

And for me -- I have particularly enjoyed the site since it explains things in ways that I can even understand. For example they had an excellent review of the events in North and South Korea. The newspaper offers a time line and background for any particular event. It makes it easier to keep up on world events.

[Anonymous]

http//ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/index.html

This is a FANTASTIC site! The visual aids are outstanding! All you have to do is click on a multitude of pictures and the history behind it surfaces. It's very user friendly so students will find it easy to use . Teachers greatly benefit from this site as well. It's infused with Asian history. When I cover the Asian component that I plan to incorporate into by curriculum, I will use this website to print out pictures of what I plan to discuss. Since most students are visual learners, this is an invaluable asset to my teaching. Students will also be able to use this site for research assignments with visual aids for better understanding. I'm excited!

[Anonymous]

This website is for ocean facts- http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html

This website is for weather facts- http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/

The website above has a TON of information for not only asia, but anywhere in the world. I learned about this website after taking classes called " datastreme ocean" and "datastreme atmosphere". This can be used as a teaching tool by the teacher or a learning tool by the student on their own. You could give the students questions to answer from the website comparing places in asia to places in the united states. It has earthquake, astronomy, oceanography, earth science. Any science concept you would like to know about and real accurate data. It also has great current events, maps,pictures of the locations! You should check them out!

[Anonymous]

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA. http://www.asianart.org/currentandfutureexhibitions.htm
This is the website for the museum. It is very user friendly and a good source of visual as well as written information for the user. I use it in my art classes when doing work based on culture.

[Anonymous]

The web site that I found is: http://www.jref.com/culture/
This would be a good resource for students to use to see images of all things Japanese. There is a detailed photo gallery of the past and present. Another link provides a time line of the different periods in Japanese history with a synopsis of each as well as the government at the time.

Another website was: http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese222.html
This is a good site for speaking Japanese with audio assistance and it provides maps and cultural information on Japan with lots of photo gallery of all things Japanese.

[Anonymous]

ChinaDaily Website

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/index.html

This is great newspaper website that present current information about China and the various regions. I don’t know if this website is controlled by the Chinese government, but the style of writing is easy and approachable. One down side from the web newspaper is the Sports and Entrainment sections, which are to Americanize and focus more on our culture instead of China’s. This website can be used in the classroom to gain an understanding of modern China, what makes the news in that country and provides great images which could be use for writing prompts, or for better visualization of the country.

The Japan Project

http://www.globaled.org/japanproject/index.php

Great website for teachers, it includes lesson plans and teaching materials all to teach student about Japan and its culture.

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[Anonymous]

I finally had the opportunity to visit MIT Visualizing Cultures that professor Pitelka had recommended. It is a very visually appealing site. It will be helpful to anyone teaching about Japan to have these visuals. For the unit study that I submitted which was a "study" on the ethics of dropping two atomic bombs on civilian cities in Japan, the last two "chapters" in the series would be absolutely helpful in conveying the devastation suffered by civilians. The last two "chapters" deal with testimonies of survivors. The stories have been illustrated and are haunting. This is I think an alternate manner to show disturbing scenes to some classes that may not be ready emotionally or in maturity. One of my activities was to read survivor testimonies an create a "Senses Poem; I see, I hear,..." Perhaps an alternated or extra activity would be to illustrate a scene in the testimony.
It is a wonderful site and I do encourage all to experience it.

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Please see below for some very interesting online resources developed by a
past NCTA Teaching about Asia seminar participant.
--East Asia Studies Center, Indiana University

As a participant in 2005 (summer seminar) and 2008 (spring fellowship)
study tours with Korea Society, I want to share the things I recorded,
photographed and collected with the travelers preparing their journey.

http://koreanstudies08.googlepages.com/ksf2008has most of the materials
I've produced so far.

December 2009 I gathered early photos of Korea (and Japan) for an online
project to make these views more accessible to teachers and their students.
Please pass along this url, as well:

http://old-koreaphotos.wikispaces.com and http://old-japanphotos.wikispaces.com

Sincerely,

Guven Peter Witteveen, [email protected]
St. Johns, Michigan

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