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Listening while you work: Using informal assessments to inform your instruction: In The First Year, page 2.2; Ongoing classroom assessment can be informal, but it provides invaluable information about what students are actually learning.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Vietnam: Historical background: Vietnam has strong historical connections to China and India and has been ruled by both China and France. After turmoil and wars in the twentieth century, Vietnam embarked on a program of reform that has opened relations with the United States.; By Lorraine Aragon.

Life in a sea port: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 8; Hoi An is a fishing village that has been a stop on the merchant ship trade route since at least the 1700s. Coastal ports throughout Southeast Asia developed starting in the first millennium A.D. as maritime trade routes expanded between China and India. The...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Cash crops: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 11; Black pepper, used in most of the cuisines of Europe and Asia, is made from the dried, unripe green berries of the Piper nigrum vine. The green berries are cooked briefly before drying to produce black peppercorns. A valuable spice crop...; By Lorraine Aragon.

An ancient Hindu kingdom: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 1; This damaged brick and stone Cham tower stands overgrown by vegetation in a rural area south of Hai An, Vietnam. Tall arched forms are characteristic of these monuments built by ethnic Chams between the seventh and twelfth century; By Lorraine Aragon.

Angkor Wat: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 8; Angkor was the royal capital of the Khmer empire from 802–1431 CE. Angkor's long-lasting prosperity was based on the local abundance of three resources: water, fish, and the rice crops grown on soil nourished by...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Dancing deities: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 11; The asparas in mirror image stances balance on one bent leg in active positions typical of classical Southeast Asian dances. One hand is held above the head and the other in front of the chest with their wrists and fingers stretched...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Reviving traditional arts: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 20; Here, three female palace dancers wearing silk costumes perform in Phnom Penh. The young women dancing in unison have their left feet raised with upward toes, their left arms gesturing forward, and their right hands on their hips. Each one wears a differently-colored,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Resources for looking at art: A guide to some of the best websites, activities, and print resources for building visual literacy through the study of art.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Making reading passages comprehensible for English language learners: English language learners can read the same content-area material as their peers, but may need special help. Teachers can make difficult reading comprehensible by building vocabulary, decoding difficult syntax, and teaching background knowledge.; By Ellen Douglas.

Vietnam: Educator's guide: A guide for K–12 teachers to teaching about Vietnam using LEARN NC's slideshows, with a focus on the question Why should we care about Vietnam?; Format: article/teacher's guide (grade 6–12 Social Studies); By Steve Goldberg.

Cutting grass in Delhi, India: Two men drive a cow with a grass-cutting device yoked to it. The cow is white and has a small hump just behind its shoulders, around which the machine is yoked. There is another man walking along beside the cow. In the background there are several bushes and...; Format: image/photograph

Shadows of a people: Introduction: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.1; Lessons in this part stand alone, yet link to and expand on some tidbit in Chapter 3. They focus emphasize that the “Indians” Columbus met were not frozen in time as many people even today believe. Their history is one of time passage, of journeys, of adaptations, of settling, of interactions, of conflict—everything that is the fabric of life.

A deathbed plot: In The Ramayana, page 1.10; This Indian painting shows Rama's father on his royal bed as he nears death. A wife and son are at his side.; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana plots Sita's abduction: In The Ramayana, page 2.6; This detail on a painted mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts the demon king Ravana siting on a royal pavillion platform and gesturing with twenty arms (ten emerging from each shoulder). Ravana is speaking to another blue-faced demon partially seen at...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana kidnaps Sita: In The Ramayana, page 2.9; This Indian painting shows Ravana at left posing as an elderly hermit with Sita and then, at right, in his original mult-headed form, abducting her in his chariot. Sita is depicted wearing an orange Indian sari and she stands outside a very modest thatch dwelling...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Sadayu attacks Ravana's chariot: In The Ramayana, page 2.11; A twenty-armed and ten-headed demon king Ravana fights the eagle king Sadayu in a detail from an Indian Ramayana painting. Sadayu on the left is trying to pick out one of Ravana's eyes from one of his ten heads, while Ravana is using his twenty arms to wave...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana seems invincible: In The Ramayana, page 6.3; An Indian painting shows Rama shooting arrows in battle with Ravana's demons. On a bright yellow background, the painting shows Rama with dark blue skin stepping forward and shooting a volley of arrows with a drawn bow. He is wearing only a tunic skirt and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

View over houses into harbor with fishing boats at Hoi An: Several fishing boats are moored in the harbor at at Hoi An. Orange tile roofs are visible in the foreground and coconut palms can be seen on the far shore of the harbor. Hoi An is a fishing village that has been a stop on the merchant ship trade route since...; Format: image/photograph

Cham tower overgrown by vegetation south of Hai An: A damaged brick and stone Cham tower stands overgrown by vegetation in a rural area south of Hai An. Tall arched forms are characteristic of these monuments built by ethnic Chams between the seventh and twelfth century A.D. Maritime trade between India and...; Format: image/photograph

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