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Lenses
Lenses
Cultural Anthropology
Daily Life
World History: Chinese Tea Ceremony
World History: Ancient China & Japan
Chinese Cultural Embassy: China’s 24 Solar Terms
Chinese Cultural Embassy: Festivals & Customs
AHE: Tea in Ancient China & Japan
Discovery Kids: Chinese Farming
Google Arts - Beijing Institute of Fashion: A Glimpse into Ancient Chinese Textiles
Google Arts - Chester Beatty Library: Traditional Chinese Clothing
AHE: Ancient Chinese Architecture (descriptions of homes and shelters)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Chinese Rooms Interactive Exhibit
Recreation
Education
Work
Communication
TedED VIDEO: Learn to Read Chinese
Char4u - History of Chinese Writing
VIDEO - How the Shang Invented Writing
Writing Systems
Discovery Kids: Chinese Paper Making
Discovery Kids: Chinese Printing
Mass Communication
Discovery Kids: Chinese Printing
NOVA: Ancient Chinese Explorers (tasked with sharing Chinese culture to the rest of the world!)
Focus on: The Silk Road (special trade route from China to the rest of the Ancient world - lots of communication with other cultures)
Social Structure
eBook: Daily Life in Shang Dynasty China
eBook: Everyday Life in Ancient China
AHE: Daily Life in Ancient China
Discovery Kids: Chinese Family Life
Google Arts - Chester Beatty Library: Traditional Chinese Clothing (great descriptions for roles)
Customs & Traditions
Documents, Practices
AHE: Ancestor Worship in Ancient China
AHE: Religion in Ancient China
Crash Course VIDEO: Mandate of Heaven & Confucius
Crash Course VIDEO: Yu the Engineer & Flood Myths from China
History.com VIDEO: Religions of Ancient China
TedED VIDEO: Myth of the Chinese Zodiac
Places of Worship
Nat Geo VIDEO: Ancient Chinese Temple
Symbols
AHE: The Dragon in Ancient China
AHE: Popular Gods & Goddesses of Ancient China
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Yin and Yang
TedED VIDEO: Myth of the Chinese Zodiac
TedED VIDEO: China's Terracotta Warriors
Focus on: Taoism [aka Daoism]
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Taoism
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Lao Tzu
Nat Geo VIDEO: Ancient Chinese Temple
Focus on: Confucianism
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Confucianism
TedED VIDEO: Who was Confucius?
Facts and Details - Chinese Temples
China Highlights - Ancient Chinese Culture
Art & Inventions
Art Institute VIDEOS: Mirroring China's Past
Chinese Cultural Embassy: Handicrafts
Google Arts - Beijing Institute of Fashion: Attire & Adornment Exhibition
Google Arts: Zhou Dynasty Artifacts
Met Museum: Chinese Music and Art
AHE: The Art of War (famous book)
Discovery Kids: Chinese Printing
Met Museum: Chinese Music and Art
Mr. Donn: Music in Ancient China
Art Institute VIDEOS: Mirroring China's Past
Baltimore Schools: Guide to Innovations by Dynasty
Discovery Kids: Chinese Inventions
Discovery Kids: Chinese Medicine
Discovery Kids: Chinese Paper Making
Discovery Kids: Chinese Printing
Google Arts /British Library: Astronomy Online Exhibit
Nat Geo VIDEO: Transforming a River
NOVA: China's Age of Invention
TedED VIDEO: Learn to Read Chinese
Discovery Kids: Chinese Paper Making
Discovery Kids: Chinese Printing
Discovery Kids: Chinese Printing
NOVA: Ancient Chinese Explorers (tasked with sharing Chinese culture to the rest of the world!)
Architecture
AHE: Ancient Chinese Architecture
BrainPop VIDEO: Great Wall of China
Chinese Cultural Embassy: Architecture & Gardens
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Chinese Rooms Interactive Exhibit
Nat Geo VIDEO: Great Wall of China from Above
TedED VIDEO: Great Wall of China
Ideas & Philosophy
AHE: Ancient Chinese Philosophy
AHE: Lao Tzu (famous philosopher)
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Yin and Yang
TedED VIDEO: Who was Confucius?
Geographic
Location
Environment
Human Interaction with Nature
Discovery Kids: Chinese Farming
Google Arts - Hong Kong Maritime Museum (Links to online exhibits/stories about seafaring interactions)
Nat Geo VIDEO: Transforming a River
UT-Austin: Maps of Ancient China
Movement
Maps & Visual Representation
Spatial Relationships
AHE: Maps (zoom the map to Asia/China)
AHE: Ancient Chinese-Japanese Relations
China Highlights: Maps of Ancient China
Google Arts - Hong Kong Maritime Museum (Links to online exhibits/stories about seafarers)
NOVA: Ancient Chinese Explorers
Civic
Government
AHE: Mandate of Heaven (special powers given to the emperor)
Nat Geo VIDEO: The Emperor's First Army
TedED VIDEO: China's Terracotta Warriors
AHE: Ancient Chinese-Japanese Relations
Baltimore Schools: Internet Resources for Chinese Dynasties [Scroll to the bottom!]
Minneapolis Inst. of Arts: Chinese Dynasty Guide
Laws
Rights & Responsibilities
Citizenship, Rights & Responsibilities
AHE: Daily Life in Ancient China
Google Arts - Chester Beatty Library: Traditional Chinese Clothing (great descriptions for roles)
Citizen Engagement
Military and Civil Servants
World History - Civil Service
National Geographic - Art of War
Economic
Businesses
Jobs
AHE: Daily Life in Ancient China
Google Arts - Hong Kong Maritime Museum (Links to online exhibits/stories about fishermen, sea trade)
Currency & Trade
Nat'l Museum of China: Chinese Money
Smithsonian Mag: Making Cents of Currency's Rise
AHE: Ancient Chinese-Japanese Relations
Google Arts - Hong Kong Maritime Museum (Links to online exhibits/stories about fishermen, sea trade)
Google Arts - Jinsha Site Museum: Colorful Jade (cool story about jade, a hot trade commodity in China)
Crash Course History VIDEO: Silk Road
Use & Distribution of Resources
Global Markets
Modern China Starter Links
Modern China Starter Links
TIP: Start with Encyclopedia Britannica or CultureGrams!
eBook: Countries of the World: China
eBook: Tank Man
Choices Program @ Brown Univ: China on the Global Stage
Crash Course History VIDEO #1: Communists, Nationalists, China's Revolution
Crash Course History VIDEO #2: Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, China
Google Arts & Culture: China Portal (tons of information to browse!)
Univ. of Maryland: China History Timeline (browse down to the modern times - after 1939)
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