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On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme." SEAMUS HEANEY |
"Nan Madol, an island city in the Pacific sprawling with stone palaces and temples. "Mystery of the Pacific" takes you to what archaeologists have dubbed "Venice of the Pacific," to explain how it came to be." TOC: Program Overview, Academic Standards, Vocabulary, Study Questions, Activities, Related Resources. The study questions include factual focus questions followed by more general discussion questions. Copyright-cleared for classroom use until December 30, 1998. To air: November 28, and January 2, 1998. From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology -- A Search For Meaning. |
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VIETNAM Resources
A comprehensive collection of almost 700 links to information on the web about Vietnam. Click on "History" for an excellent listing of sites on the history of the area. Includes: THE STACK - Enough, But Not Too Much: Johnson's Decisions for War 1963-1965, VIETNAM PERSPECTIVE, a REFERENCE section, ARCHIVES AT LARGE ( Vietnam War Gopher Archive, Vietnam News Archive, Vietnam Image Archive. Information about the latest book ("1968") a novel about Vietnam, links other resources on Vietnam and SF sites. From Early History through WW II and Japanese Occupation. Access to cultural information, reference material, games, activities, classroom materials and links to people, places and institutions. TOC: Beware the Polarized Stereotype, Clues To Cultural Values, Cultural Values Through Hero Mythology, Extracting Meaning From What We See, An Integrated Unit in Cultural Stereotyping, Asia-General, Asia Through a Glass Darkly, Asian American, Appreciating Our American Heritage, The Asian American Experience in the United States: A Chronological History, Chinatowns and Chinese Communities in America, Central Asia, The Museum as a Time Capsule: Mongolian Example. China TOC: Attitudes Toward Nature in Taoist Art, Chinese Dialect Lesson, Geography and Culture of China, How Shall We Rule China? Role Play, Murder in Hai-Tien, Should the Ming End the Treasure Voyages?, Who Invented It? When? Chinese Inventions. India TOC : Artha: Strategies for Survival, Success, and Power, How Much Is There to Eat, Images of the Goddess in India, Nataraj: Shiva as Lord of the Dance, Rama and the Ramayana: Lessons in Dharma, Understanding Karma, Dharma and Samsara, What Can We Learn About India From A Ten Rupee Bank Note, What Should Arjuna Do, Women in Rural India. Indonesia TOC: Rice: The Global Crop, Decoding Borobudur. JapanTOC: American and Japanese Cities, Environment and Conservation: Japan, Japan and the West: A Comparison, Noboru's Family Tree, Noh and Kabuk,i Kite Making, What Makes the Japanese Laugh, Korea TOC: The Chair Game, Korea in Your Community, Korean Addresses, Korean Zodiac, Perceiving a Culture Through Its Literature: Korea as an Example. Middle East -- Religious Beliefs Made Visual: Geometry and Islam. Taiwan -- The US-Taiwan Textile Trade Case. Vietnam -- Vietnam: A Teacher's Guide. AskAsia presents an amazing variety and number of lessons for K-12 educators. Although most of the lessons are country-specific, a few global lessons are inlcuded: Beware the Polarized Stereotype, Clues To Cultural Values, Cultural Values Through Hero Mythology, Extracting Meaning From What We See, An Integrated Unit in Cultural Stereotyping. The Resource Center(http://www.askasia.org/information_news/in_frame.htm) provides a map to click on to locate a resource site near you. I clicked on the appropriate region and the state (WI) and located over a dozen nearby sites for Asian materials and support and locations for field trips. What a great source for teachers who assign real or electronic field trips. Join a 1,200 mile, three-week bicycle journey of discovery through the heart of Vietnam. An integrated team made up of persons both with and without disabilities, will include renowned world-class athletes and veterans from both sides of the war.
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Resources On KOREA
An online presentation from the Korean Overseas Information Office covering the era from 1957 to the present. See Imperialism in Korea and Teaching About Korea Lessons for Students in Grades 4-12. Korean History and historians. An eye witness account of the history of Korea by a Korean from 1930 to 1955. Photos and excerpts from recently declassified US, Chinese and Russian secret documents. Topics include: Kim Il Sung's guerrillas, US occupation of S Korea, Korean War and CIA covert operations in Korea. Excellent page on contemporary Korea. Also features Eyewitness: A North Korean Remembers - A chronology and diary of events from the early 20th Century to today. You are welcomed to download the HTML texts (223KB), unzip it into a directory and view it offline ("eyewit.htm" is the table index - photos, about 7MB, are NOT included). Images -- and great ones too. Capture the larger images and let your younger students write stories about what the actors are doing. Launch point for Korean history and mythical origins. See the "Korean History site below. And Korea Society Lists. Alternative Korean History featuring Founding Legends, Chronology of events and rulers and Cultural achievements.
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