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While in Tokyo, one of the impressive locations I visited was the Tokyo National Museum. In several buildings the Museum houses art and other objects from Japan and other Asian countries.

The Museum maintains a very informative website at http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/ (for the English-language version). Besides information about the Museum, many items from the Museum's collection are pictured and described in excellent photographs. Teachers can use the site to gather materials for lessons and students can browse the site for research.[Edit by="ppearson on May 15, 8:19:39 AM"][/Edit]

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Here's a great web resource for the middle school or high school teacher:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/opinion/index.asp?article=o050508

Or just look up the Scholastic Magazine called Upfront on a search engine. This is a good resource for teachers who want to bring opinion pieces to the classroom for discussion. It features excerpts of pieces by columnists from the Op-Ed page and other sections of The New York Times. All columns are also available at nytimes.com and nytimes.com/opinion. The nice thing about these abbreviated articles is the reading level and brevity. The topics are relevant to our study of East Asia - today's headline reads: "Why the Candidates Need to Talk About China".

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I recently discovered, purchased, and watched the OUT OF PRINT film "The Last Emperor" by Bernardo Bertolucci (1987). Do you remember this film and Bertolucci's acceptance speech at the Academy Awards when he called LA, "The Big Nipple"? I digress.

Although the film seems somewhat dated--slow moving and lacking subtitles (which would have been preferable to some of the English sounding Chinese)--yet with these reservations aside, I think has many sections that I would show to my high school class.

The first revolution occurs in Pu Yi's life when he is taken from his mother, the second when the wet nurse is removed, etc... This foreshadowing would be interesting to class discussion and writing.

The film begins with Pu Yi as a political prisoner and flashes back to his life in the Forbidden City. THis transformation would also lead to interesting writing and discussion in the classroom.

Story and character aside, the footage of the Forbidden City is fascinating to view--a lesson in itself for the classroom.

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For those teachers and students having need of a comprehensive list of resources on Asia, the website http://www.aasianst.org/CTAweb.html offers an extensive linked list of mostly university-based Asian studies centers. Since the website reflects data gathered around the year 2000, a number of the links no longer work. However, since many do work, the site can be a shortcut for searching for information and tools useful to teachers and students. For students developing research projects, it appears valuable for help in generating ideas and sources.

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This website gathers material from two conferences at Indiana University. The conference content includes "the place of powerful women in Japanese cultural discourse,...the subject of demon-slaying and the powers claimed by religious discourse over monsters and the monstrous, and...the question of monsters in popular culture." The site offers links to listings of various print and film resources as well as links to online resources for K-16 teaching.

The home page is at http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/monsters/. While the site is primarily of use to teachers, some students, especially those with artistic inclinations, will be attracted by the themes and may find the links useful for exploring areas of interest.

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This is a great website with a wealth of information--I expected no less, it's the Smithsonian! The site includes lesson plans on various Asian cultural groups as well as acess to exhibits. It is a website that could be used across the curriculum; there are links that invlove literature, history, art and art history. One of my favorite links is the pdf overview and lesson plan series on the Art of Buddism.

Smithsonian Asia Link

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This website has an enormous amount of well-indexed materials, including images, primary source materials, timelines and others. It is well-organized, enabling both students and teachers to access desired materials in varying ways including by theme, time period, and region. The URL is http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/.

For those deciding how to use a library grant, the site even has a section on Recommended Materials to Order.

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Website: Asia for Educators, Columbia University
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

The Asia for Educators website is designed for teachers and students. Most of the links give an option to search between China or Japan, and sometimes Korea. Material is easy to access since it may be viewed by subject area, file type, or time period. In addition, teachers may benefit from the featured units, resources on Asian art, as well as the database of recommended teaching materials. In fact, I found a few teaching materials I plan to purchase with the library grant. In my classroom, I have used the literature-teaching unit that focuses on classical literature. The section overview on Chinese literature identifies forms and contextualizes its role within Chinese history and culture.

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Website: The Art of Asia
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/

The Art of Asia homepage states that this is a “resource for museum visitors, teachers, students, and everyone interested in Asian art, culture, and history.” The Art of Asia website includes objects from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which is a permanent collection. The site is arranged in the following categories: History and Maps, Buddhism, Architecture, Ceramics, and Explore the Collections. My favorite link is the History and Maps, which provides maps of China, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal and Tibet, Southeast Asia, as well as the Chinese dynasties, the Silk Road, and the Mongol Empire to download in PDF format.

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This is a great service for educators that I took advantage of this year and it is free. This website will email you two or three times a week with current event articles that often pertain to Asia. They are about to take a summer break, but sign up now and the articles will automatically arrive in your inbox in September. Each article comes with discussion questions and a printable version. The reading level is okay for my middle school kids and the topics are varied.

http://[email protected]

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Website: The Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/asian_american_resources.html

I am impressed with the Smithsonian: Asian Pacific American Heritage website! The teaching resource “The Art of Buddhism: A Teacher’s Guide” is an informative PDF source which includes the history of Buddhism, discussion questions, vocabulary, four lesson plans, and resources. Next year, I will inform my students of this website and its resources when beginning the East Asia Literature Unit. Thank you for the recommendation.

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http://www.zmag.org/znet.htm

http://www.teachingforchange.org

These are very good sites that give a Chinese bias to education, i hope other s have looked through them as well.

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Website: Asian Classical Music in MP3 Format
http://www.asianclassicalmp3.org/

The May 2008 magazine issue of neatoday from the National Education Association reminds readers that it is Asian Pacific American heritage month. A list of web resources is provided, as well. One of the recommended websites is "Asian Classical Music in MP3 Format." Although this site is rather small, it contains a variety of music recordings from Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The China recordings offer six 15-minute files from a 1950’s Cantonese opera. Students will enjoy this cultural experience.

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Website: NEA Asian American Booklist
http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/aabooks.html

The National Education Association website released a bilingual reading list for Asian Pacific Heritage Month. The list is arranged by grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-Up that include fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. This is an excellent source to share with students and parents.

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I have used this website this year with my sixth graders. Social Studies teachers and literature teachers will find it very useful and user friendly for kids.

http://china.mrdonn.org/index.html

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