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AnonymousHow is everyone doing in China? Are you in the Himalayas? =:O
AnonymousYou have to check out:
http://www.time.com/time/potw/20070405/
it's Time's weekly photos.
Scroll through the first few pictures and you'll come across the Longmen Grotto in China (our group visited last year). It's breathtaking. They installed new lights along the paths.
Awesome!
Anonymous"Dozens sick after meal at Chinese School" posted on yahoo.com states that more than 50 kindergarteners were poisoned (yes, poisoned the article says) after doctors found that soymilk not properly boiled was the culprit. The article goes on to say that mass poisonings are common in China as cooks regulary disregard hygiene rules. I must say I am happy to read about this now, (as I sit here perfectly healthy) and not before we went!
AnonymousThe New York Times posted an interesting article yesterday titled, "China Sets Out to Cut Secrecy, but Laws Leave Big Loop holes. The article states that Cina plans to reduce government secrecy and allow citizens more access to official information, however, these regulations will not go into place until may 2008, and there seem to be quite a number of exceptionsto the rule- basically exclusions that allow officials alot of room to decide what they choose to make public, that have people speculating if this will really happen or not. Interesting read!
AnonymousGood for you! I think that it is important to come from an area of expertise, a real
example, so that the students have something to tie their knowledge to. I try to use many of the ideas and examples from the China class in my lessons. I find that it sparks my fifth graders into telling stories about similarities and differences in their home countries.
AnonymousCathy, do you think that things for women are remarkably different for women in
China today? My thoughts are that while things look to be significantly better for women, they have a long way to go. The levels of freedom seem to be unevenly applied and certainly one can see from our visits that economics has a great deal to do with it.
AnonymousIf anyone is interested, the finale movie for the Harbor Film Festival is called "The Lost Village of Terminal Island." It will show tomorrow at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. For info call 310-549-2493 or visit http://www.laharborfilmfest.com
It is a movie about the japanese internment camps of WWII :}
AnonymousI' be looking at this one Alex.
Heres one for you all.
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
This site gives you such a wonderful array of choices for Chinese literature that I provided their home page list for you to paruse here. The list goes on and on. Have fun with this one. There is a little something for most readers here, except early elementary. Basic navigation skills are all that is necessary here.
Chinese Literature Classics
[English] - English text
[Chinese] - Chinese text in gif file: Can be viewed without Chinese software
[pdf] - any text in [pdf] format viewable without Chinese software
[BIG5] - Chinese text in [Big5]: Must view with Chinese software able to read BIG5 code
[GB] - Chinese text [GB] file: Must view with Chinese software able to read GB code
________________________________________
o Yi Jing
o Writings of Confucius
Lunyu - Analects [Big5/Chinese/English/other]
Daxue - The Great Learning [English]
ZhongYong - Doctrine of the Mean Full text [Big5]
ShuJing - Book of History - [English]
XiaoJing[Hsiao Ching] Book of Filial Piety
o ShiJing The Book of Songs [Shih Ching]
Shi Jing
o SunZi's Art of War [BIG5] | [English]
o Book of Mencius [BIG5 / GB] | [English] | [UTF-8]
o [Zhuangzi] [Chuang Tze]
o LaoZi [Lao Tze] DaoDeJing [Chinese / English / German]
o Huang Di Jing
o The Writings of LieZi [pdf][English][gif]
o The Writings of MoZi[BIG5]
MoZi by Moran
o The Writings of XunZi [BIG5]
Compiled by Steve Angle at Wesleyan
o The Writings of GuanZi (1) (2) [BIG5]
Compiled by Steve Angle at Wesleyan
Excerpts with translation
o 36 Tactics[Chinese]
o Motto
Motto of Cui Yuan [Chinese]
Motto of Liu Yuxi [Chinese]
o An essay to Song Yuan Sze[Chinese]
o Thousand Character Essay[Chinese]
o Three-Word Chant [Chinese] | [GB]
o Guwen Guanzhi [GB] | [GB]
o Cai Gen Tan
[big5] | [pdf] | calligraphy & painting | English
o ZhiNang
o Wen Tianxiang
Real Force's Canto
[Chinese]
Calligraphy Photo of stone carving, Beijing
Classics Collection
o Classical Prose [BIG5]
o Classical History [BIG5]
o Classical Science [BIG5]
o Classic Novel [BIG5]
o Classics [BIG5]
o Literature [BIG5]
o Poetry [BIG5]
Anonymoushttp://books.google.com/books?q=chinese+literature+books&ots=Xpi0g7rt8i&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title
This site has a great range of Chinese literature books. Whils it covers most topics that come to mind, they are for the most part for a more experienced reader. Perhaps this list is a great source for differentiated instruction of the gifted students. Just a thought.
Anonymoushttp://b.casalemedia.com/V2/44508/64126/index.html?XX
This site gives data about events. I have copied one here so that you get a flavor for the site. Once again the information on this site is tantalizing but over the head of most of my elementary students.
The Taiping Rebellion
I write so much about Chinese current events that I thought it might be a good idea to go a bit further back, dig into some modern history you may or may not know about, and see just how connected China's past is with its present, and its future.
From 1850 to 1864, two Hakka mystics and nominal Christian converts, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, headed an ongoing revolt against the decadent Qing dynasty. Hong thought he was Jesus's younger brother and the next coming of the Messiah. Yang claimed to be the mouthpiece of God. Together, they established the "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace." As is common with attempts to make heaven on earth, a lot of people died. Only World War II saw more people die.
Fascinating stuff, but what has that got to do with the price of tea in China?
• Taiping as Precursor to the Communist Revolution? Some historians
Anonymoushttp://zhongwen.com/
This site lists books of Chinese language and culture and gives a brief description of the books, and gives you reviews, publishers, and other titles. The site is easy enough to navigate. There are many titles here however, most cater to the older reader and are not suited for elementary school age readers.
Chinese language and culture site with literature from Lao Zi to the present day. Individual Chinese characters linked to English translation.
zhongwen.com/ - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
Anonymoushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
The contents of this site give you an interesting outline for China’s history, dynasties, republic, current China, Political, geography, climate, society, culture, languages, and religion. As well as reference and external links. Easy to use and chock full of information. Good reference site for students of all ages.
AnonymousThis is a great website to have students keep up with what's happening in China politically, economically, socially, scientifically, and technologically. There are lots of assignments and partner work you caould do with this. Between having students report to the class, do comprehensive studies on a particular theme, or track the trends of influence, this site could provide weeks of material.
I'm thinking about having my AP students work with it once the AP test is over.
AnonymousThis website is great for tracking the current events in Japan. It's printed in English and covers all the various current event topics. Students could compare / contrast daily news that appears in Japan vs. China vs. the US. The could look at how much attention is focused on interior information vs. a global focus. How much website realestate is devoted to the war in Iraq vs. how much is devoted to it in a US paper or website.
AnonymousIt can't be underestimated how important it is to look at global papers / websites. Students can examine which are the major media companies in the US and how much of our news comes from just a few isolated sources. Looking at foreign papers can give an enlightening and new perspective that cannot be gained from only reading US printed papers. Students could also examine advertising that appears in international papers as well as those in the US. They can compare what types of products / services are advertised and what the strategies of the main messages are.