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Mandarin Chinese I | 中文课程1: Part one of an online textbook for learning Mandarin Chinese.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Flag of the People's Republic of China: The flag of the People's Republic of China (mainland China) bears a large yellow five-point star in the upper left corner, with four smaller yellow stars arrayed around it from northeast to southeast, on a field of red.; Format: image/illustration

French Indochina: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 1; The current national borders of Southeast Asia were not established until after World War II. What is now northern Vietnam was ruled by China for more than a thousand years, between the second century BCE and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Great Wall of China: The Great Wall of China slopes into the distance amid forested mountains.; Format: image/photograph

Japanese enter Nanking: Japanese soldiers carrying rifles on their shoulders walk across a bridge, through a pillared gate, into the walled city of Nanking, China.; Format: image/photograph

Map of Indo-China, showing proposed Burma-Siam-China Railway (1886): Map shows colonial borders of Vietnam (Anam), Siam, Burma, Cambodia, and other countries and colonies as they existed in 1886.; Format: image/map

Yangtze River, China, 1987 and 2006: This split-screen NASA satellite image of the Yangtze River in China shows the river in 1987, before the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, and in 2006, following the dam's construction.; Format: image/photograph

Modern China: The dam debate: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.7; In this lesson for grade seven, students learn about the Three Gorges Dam in China and the controversy surrounding its construction. Students will take on the roles of people whose lives may be affected by the dam, and will participate in a debate about it.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Second Languages); By Susan N. Carter-Hope and James Philippart.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett, Meredith Ebert, and Sonya Rexrode.

China's ancient engineers: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.6; In this lesson for grade seven, students will learn about some of the inventions of ancient China, and will discuss the kinds of engineering skills required to produce them.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Meredith Ebert.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.

Mandarin Chinese II | 中文课程2: Part two of an online textbook for learning Mandarin Chinese.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Four-legged ceremonial bronze urns on display in the Imperial City at Hue: Large four-legged ceremonial bronze urns are displayed in a row outside a building in the Imperial City at Hué. A thriving bronze industry developed at Hué around the royal courts that, as in China, used large and ornate bronze vessels during ceremonial...; Format: image/photograph

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.

CareerStart lessons: Grade seven: This collection of lessons aligns the seventh grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.; Format: (multiple pages)

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.

The Earth rotates through days: The students will be a part of a model showing how the Earth's rotation creates what we see as a sunrise and sunset every twenty-four hours.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science); By Christine Shatto.

Chinese architecture: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 9; The ornamented brick gateway has step-tiered, green tile roofs decorated with carved dragons. A large four-legged ceremonial bronze urn is seen in front of the central doorway, and stylized Chinese characters are visible above the central arches of the first...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A family altar: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 17; The merchant house shown here was built about 1790 at Hoi An. The style of the room decorations and the written characters on the pictures at top left indicate the ethnic Chinese background of this merchant family. Beginning hundreds of years ago, merchant...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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