Asia for Educators
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/
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- Learn more about arts, Asia, China, culture, economics, fine arts, folk arts, geography, global education, government, Japan, Korea, literature, philosophy, religion, technology, and world history.
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An initiative of the East Asian Curriculum Project and the Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University, Asia for Educators is a wonderful collection of resources for the study of Asia. It has been developed for undergraduate and pre-college levels.
The site may be searched by subject area, document type, or time period. It also features several multimedia and image-based units on various Asia-related topics, as well as maps, timelines, primary source readings, and a searchable database of recommended teaching materials from other publishers.
The features section has beautiful interactive selections on the Mongols, the Song Dynasty, the society and culture of contemporary Japan, the Qing emperors, and a comparison of China and Europe from 1500 to 2000. Through text, video, paintings, photographs, maps, and historical scrolls the history of Asia comes alive.
