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=Chinese Culture in Context Resources=

The following web sites will be useful to you as you prepare your unit on China. Please take some time to explore them and think about how they might be used in your classroom.

[] The MIT visualizing cultures site is an amazing collection of images, background essays, and curriculum.

[] The National Archives has some really useful ideas and "worksheets" about using primary source documents with students.

[] On the front page of PBS, select "Teachers" from the menu at the top. Then in the search box, type "China". The resources are numerous. You can add search words to refine the list, select a grade level, or just play with finding out what is there. Many are interactive units, with visuals and lesson plans. Others are videos with curriculum.

[] Asia for Educators from Columbia University is a huge collection of really great classroom material.

[] The Asia Educational Media Service has movie reviews and curriculum resources.

[|http://www.exeas.org/links/region-china-news.htm]l A collection of online English language Chinese newspapers.

[] Education about Asia has numerous articles teachers may find useful. Look in the section called “Sample Articles.” The one entitled “Charting their own course: Resources for teaching about China’s youth” was written by NCTA’s Mary Cingcade.

[] Another part of the Education about Asia web site with materials for teaching about the geography of East Asia.