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Access a wealth of free educational videos and related educator resources on Asian art and culture for use in your classroom on the Asian Art Museum's new ArtBabble channel: http://www.artbabble.org/partner/asian-art-museum

ArtBabble showcases video content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives. It is a place where everyone is invited to join an open, ongoing discussion; it is not blocked by school districts (as is the case for YouTube in numerous districts); and it enables you to download video content onto your computer.

In addition, view and download free lectures on Asian art and culture by world renowned scholars on the Asian Art Museum's iTunes U channel: " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/asianart.org"> " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/asianart.org

(Note: You will need iTunes to view this site. To download the free software, visit: http://www.apple.com/itunes/ )

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This sounds like a promising resource. Do any of the 75 units focus on Asia? We’d love to get your feedback on these materials.

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This is a great website on so many levels. First and foremost, as a shoe-lover, especially the high heel, I find it fascinating to explore notions of aesthetic and sexual beauty. The topic is a great discussion piece on the painful mutilation that modern women endure in pursuit of an unattainable beauty. Another parallel we can draw on this is the foot fetish. I fondly recall my first abnormal psychology class at the other major university in LA. We delved into the topic of sexuality, fetish, and deviance. I found it interesting that foot fetishes existed. Clearly this is not limited to Western society. The mystery of the foot is clearly imbedded in the Eastern psyche as the author points out. We can draw on the changing views of beauty and use the pictures to examine the extent to which society injects the ideals of beauty and frames the discussion within a Western paradigm and how that might shift as we grow closer together.

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What amazing resources for all parts of the world. This website can be easily integrated into the high school curriculum on several levels. 1) Ideal for independent research papers as part of standards 10.4, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11. The multi-dimensional definition of human development lends itself to rich discussions on what poverty is around the world and how we view our neighbors. THe provocative notion that one of today's greatest obstacles is inequality can segue into rich debates in the US curriculum as well. This can be tied into numerous 11th grade standards including 11.1, 11.3, 11.4, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10. Each component of Human development can also be explored either in a comparative context or as a whole to openly and critically discuss, critique, and promote human dignity globally.

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Here is a short-clip video series featuring interviews with James Fallows, correspondent for the Atlantic. He discusses current economic and cultural issues between the U.S. and China. The format is casual and ideas accessible for classroom use, especially in economics, global studies, or world history.
http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/china-today/
Caroline Bessolo

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So, on Tuesday, Dr. Kim distributed a list of resources to the class. That evening, I took some time to review some of the sites. She had mentioned that the Korean Cultural Center offers language classes at an affordable rate. I spent some time review the site and found it really useful. The language classes are for 18+. Since I teach at a school close to Koreatown, and not too far from the center. I am going to encourage my seniors to take a course. I think it would be excellent for them to broaden their knowledge.

The URL: http://www.kccla.org

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I have been always interested in the human language and its varieties and, therefore, during the series of lectures about the history and culture of the nations in East Asia, I was looking for information about the languages spoken in the area. Despite its significant achievements, modern linguistics still has trouble with the origins and genealogical classification of some of the languages in the world. Surprisingly, one of them is the Japanese language and TheJapanesePage.com attracted my attention while I was looking for information about it.
The website does not answer the original questions I had in mind. There is no information about the history of the Japanese language or its genealogy there. However, the real value of the website is that it offers in a clear and simple way information about the modern spoken and written Japanese. It answers the practical questions: What is Japanese? How do I see Japanese on my computer? How do I type in Japanese? Where do I start learning? Where do I ask questions and start practicing my new Japanese skills? What other materials might come in handy?
A series of lessons with skillfully structured information about the Japanese language, its unique features, parts of speech, syntax, and writing system, represent a huge resource for teachers who would like to expend their students’ knowledge about the world languages and their peculiarities.
Along with the well structured sequence of lessons, the website also offers a cultural section. No doubt, language and culture inevitably go together. The cultural aspect of the website goes even further by offering chat and blog opportunities and discussion groups and forums.
I would say that the website TheJapanesePage.com fully corresponds to the nature of the global village we live in, no matter whether business, scientific, or cultural interests make people use it.

[Anonymous]

Website Review: Koreana: A Quarterly on Korean Arts and Culture (http://www.koreana.or.kr/)

Koreana is a website that contains numerous articles about Korean culture, lifestyles, and brief histories. The website can be accessed in various languages, including English and Korean. From my browsing the website, most of the articles seem to be relatively short and easy to read. Thus, this website could be used by a teacher to pull readings from or even given as a url to students to find their own articles for reference. Likewise, because of the wide variety of articles found in the quarterly, this website really could be used by almost any type of discipline and class. For example, I found an article about a Korean eggplant dish which could be used in a culinary class. I was particularly intrigued by an article I found on the main page about Korean literature and a Korean author, Lee Seung-U, which I could easily integrate into my English classroom. Thus, I think this website offers a very useful resource to any teacher who wants to integrate Korea into his/her classroom, or even just to use as another resource for informative articles.

[Anonymous]

Here are a couple of resources that I found that seem fairly easy to use for the middle school level. I'm planning on developing some sort of WebQuest lesson that guides students through these websites to have them research some of the basics of chinese history i.e. Dynasties, artwork, philosophical and religious ideas. Students would begin by exploring the Chinese Timeline of dynasties here http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/chinaTimeline/launch.htm
and filling in the details with this site http://spice.stanford.edu/docs/digests. The information contained on both sites is easy to read and if given the proper guiding questions, should definitely help students to participate in self directed research.

[Anonymous]

This is a website I use to teach zen gardens

http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/gardens/byodo-in/byodo-in.html

I use this for state standard 7.5.4: Trace the development of distinctive forms of Japanese Buddhism.

I love the ease of this website and how you can move from one picture to the next. I actually use this as my warm-up and give students only 30 seconds or less for each picture. in the time frame they have to write down as many observations as they can. After looking at about 3 different zen gardens we discuss what they saw and even where they might have seen some of this architecture before.

Then we talk about what kind of emotions they feel when looking at the pictures (i will usually bring up a few as we discuss). This is how I introduce the word zen. And in particular we relate it to what it means politically, socially, and religiously with buddhism.

I really enjoy using this website and the students love it!

[Anonymous]

Here are a couple of resources that I found that seem fairly easy to use for the middle school level. I'm planning on developing some sort of WebQuest lesson that guides students through these websites to have them research some of the basics of chinese history i.e. Dynasties, artwork, philosophical and religious ideas. Students would begin by exploring the Chinese Timeline of dynasties here http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/chinaTimeline/launch.htm
and filling in the details with this site http://spice.stanford.edu/docs/digests.

[Anonymous]

Upon a quick glance, I didn't see that anybody has included, the website below. However, there are 51 or so pages of responses, so I could be wrong.
http://www.eastasianculture.com/
I found this website to be a simple and valuable tool for people and students like myself, who have relatively little to no knowledge about Asian cultures.
The site includes a brief, yet very informative overview of each Asian country in terms of: history, language, geography art and other demographics.
If I assigned a research project to students about an Asian country, I might suggest they start here to make their decision.
I feel like I will also be referring back to this site for my own purposes to help me differentiate the Asian countries.
Another notable feature on the website is the recommended books link. I think this will be valuable to students as well.
I did however, have one complaint about the site. I didn't like the advertisements on the right side of the page. Perhaps a schools filter can block those out.

[Anonymous]

I stumbled across this website which includes what seems to be everything you need to know to understand Japanese culture.
http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese222.html
There are a variety of poetry pieces as well as art pieces. It also has links for Japanese dictionaries, food, gardens, games, travel and trivia. I can definitely use this website in the future to help my students understand the contributions made by Japan in regards to literature and art.

[Anonymous]

http://www.discoveryeducation.com

This is the website for the discovery Chanel. I has a wealth of materials related to Asia including films (whole pieces and short clips) pictures, political cartoons audio and lesson plans. The sight has a search engine in which you can be as general or specific as you want. For example you can type in China and get an abundance of resources. But you can also narrow your search for your grade level and select exactly what you are looking for such as film clips or lesson plans. I have used the web site most frequently to enhance my power point presentations, mostly by adding video clips and pictures. The site does have a one time fee which my school paid for, back when they had money but they also offer a free trial period, its worth checking out

[Anonymous]

I am reviewing two websites. The first is:

China: Past & Present

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

I have a Promethean Board, which is an amazing, high-tech, interactive white board. I connect my laptop to it, and through the use of the internet, my students can interact on the board. Having the technology and linking it with this site is amazing because this website has a wide array of links of various information on China, both past and present. I have been able to use some pre-made PowerPoint presentations that include some interactive active ones. This site is worth a look.

The second site is:

China PowerPoint Page

http://northside.woodfordschools.org/China/China_Page.htm

This site has a great PowerPoint presentation for Chinese New Year. I used it this year as we ushered in the year of the rabbit and my students loved it. The only thing I had to change was a couple of the slides. A few of the links to the videos did not work and I had to change one slide from the tiger to the rabbit, also changing the date from 2010 to 1011.

One of the highlights was on one of the slides were the lyrics to a Chinese Happy New Year song composed and sung by a children’s folk singer named Nancy Stewart. The song is titled “Gung Hay Fat Choy – Chinese New Year Song”. Gung hay fat choy is the Chinese blessing for a prosperous and healthy new year. On the slide there is a link to an audio of the song, and the students can sing along. Like I mentioned earlier, my students really loved this and were singing on the campus throughout the day.

It you had to project this, make sure you have speakers because a few of the slides have sound. Also, at the end, is a great bibliography page with links to other websites about China and Chinese New Year.

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