pre-2011 web resources

[Anonymous]

This would be a fun website to use:
http://www.sadako.com/howtofold.html

[Anonymous]

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
This is a website that was under construction for a while. It seems to be up and running. I don't know if it's my connection but the pages took a short while to load. This is one of the websites where you can find information and not be distracted by ads. The creators of this website said that it was "predominantly aimed at schoolchildren aged 9 - 11 and their teachers” It has several interactive activities and stories. The resources available on this site are divided into the following categories: crafts and artisans, geography, time, tombs and ancestors and writing. The only thing that is missing from this site is additional links. Overall it is a great resource for information on Ancient China.

[Anonymous]

http://
I found this link on the lecture notes for Japanese Literature. This is an excellent resource when discussing fashion and costumes during different periods in Japanese history. Fashion is a topic of interest among the majority of Middle School students. To begin with, this website is easy to navigate. There are no ads or inappropriate links. It is divided by the following topics The Era of Jomon-shiki Culture, The Heian Period, The Kamakura Period, The Edo Period and the Meiji Period.
 The costumes featured are shown from rear view and side view. It's great! The Website also includes an overview of the tale of Genji.

[Anonymous]

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/
This website is one of the first to appear in many search engines. I try to avoid it as much as possible. The first thing you will notice is the many pop-up ads. They include movie ads, surveys etc. It might be hard for middle school students to ignore this and stay focused on their research. I clicked on a link called Chinese history timeline and instead of showing the timeline it took me straight to another ad. It seems that the information is accurate but the ads really ruin it. This is not a good website to use with students.

[Anonymous]

I've found to good web-sites to download mandalas to color. The first contains a bit of background information:
http://www.free-mandala.com
and the second just has pure templates. These are quite Americanized however:
http://coloringcastle.com/mandala_coloring_pages.html

[Anonymous]

If you are looking for ways to incorporate Asian culture (mandalas are found within other cultures as well), art, and technology into the classroom you could use the following two sites as research material on mandalas for your students. They are both quite kid-friendly and could easily be followed by a mandala creating art-activity.
1. http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm
2. http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/mandimge.html

[Anonymous]

I was browsing through previous recommended web resources on the forum and clicked on this one a href="http://">http://www.silkroadfoundation.org. I would say that it is too detailed and extensive. The information is only easy to jump from page to page but it is like looking at a history book. THe website identifies historical elements associated with the silk road. Trade routes and some empires along the way at their respective periods. Although some maps and pictures are nice to look at, my students would not be able to follow some of the content. Overall, I would not recommend this web site. I believe internet sites are supposed to be engaing and informative, two in one, in order to use this type of technology in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

This website, which I also found on previously reviewed sites on the forum, is closer to what I would like to see in a web resource.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/
The website offers information on the history, culture, and art associated with China. More or less it is like delving into an encyclopedia with the added bonuses of the internet. If you click on economy, not only will you find pictures and information but also a You Tube link. The one on culture also had a video clip on foot binding but it no longer is available. The site is easy to decode and relatively general in details. For deeper investigations I would not recommend. Otherwise, if you can get past the advertisements and pop-ups, you should be fine in having your students use it.

[Anonymous]

After reading other the postings in this thread I checked out the website:
" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china"> " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china
And found it to be a very surface level informational site. Much too brief in my opinion to give students much of a real understanding. Too heavy with names and dates.
I am particularly interested in Buddhism and the information on that was very limited.
I'd advice caution here.

[Anonymous]

This site was mentioned elsewhere in this thread but I just think it is simply amazing. Lots of kid-friendly information and just a bounty of resources for teachers. For example, under Buddhism alone there were 6 available PowerPoints. But the list goes on and on. Wonderful teacher resource!
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org

[Anonymous]

For organizing lecture material, there is a handy outline of the Chinese dynasties at http://712educators.about.com/cs/chinalessons/l/bllecturechinaa.htm. Besides organizing the dynasties chronologically, the site allows the readers to click on certain subjects for more detail.

I found rather interesting a helpful guide to the Chinese calendar, which one can reach by clicking one of the links on the site. Teachers can use the site for organizing materials. Students can use the site for review and for getting information on certain topics.

[Anonymous]

I'm very interested in Mandarin. As a result I've found a few sites that are of general interest for the culture and history of China that also have information about the language: 1. http://www.mandarintools.com, 2. yutopian.com (Chinese chess & lots more), 3. chinaknowledge.de (history, art, religion, music, language), 4. Chinapage.com (china the Beautiful--history, sayings, tattoos, maps), 5. mychinastart.com (maps, pictures, portals to government offices).

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the web sites on Mandarin. I am also interested in Mandarin, and as a teacher of Fifth Graders they are always thrilled by another language ,especially one with characters other than the Roman alphabet. Language is a natural route for them into culture,geography and history.

[Anonymous]

I am trying to gather some resources on Korea. This is a pretty good website that provides a general overview of the different time periods. It starts before the Old Choson period and goes all the way up till during the Cold War. It is very simplified and easy for students to use who are gathering information.

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/korea/kyesterday.html

[Anonymous]

http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/china.html
Among the many resources and links this web site provides free presentations in powerpoint format. If you don’t like some of the presentations you can use the free clip art and templates to create your own.

[Author]

Posts