CHINA

  ~Information~
3/21/07 This page has been updated yet again!

General Facts
CIA: The World Fact Book: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html
The British Museum: Ancient China - The British Museum
6 Paths to China: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/
Mr. Don's Class Page: http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/
History of China:  http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/
The Game of "GO": http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/gointro.html
The Food Timeline: http://www.foodtimeline.org/
Ancient China (list of resources):
http://www.kidskonnect.com/AncientChina/AncientChinaHome.html
6th grade class-list of resources:
http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/china/eg_china_intro.html
National Geographic Images:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/10/01/html/ft_20011001.3.html
Homework Center-click on China-Resource Page:
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/anchsthc.html
Chinese Coinage:
http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/china/ancientchina.html
http://www.joelscoins.com/china.htm This site sells coins, but does have some good facts, and nice photos
Dragon Boat Racing:
http://www.sdba.org.sg/legend.htm
Google Directory:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History/By_Time_Period/Ancient_History/China/
Images of Ancient China:
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
China-General Information Guide:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/focus/
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/focus/inventions.htm (paper, printing, gunpowder etc.)
General Information: http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2005-06/23/content_69985.htm
Ancient Dynasties: http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/ancient1.html#zhou
Ask Asia (non-profit site for teachers and students.  Well worth looking at for your report and your own enjoyment/information!)  http://www.askasia.org/
Ancient China:    http://www.42explore2.com/china.htm
http://www.minnesota-china.com/education/emSciTech/inventions.htm
Chinese gov't site: http://www.china.org.cn/e-gudai/4.htm
Good Timeline with links for more information:http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/timeline.html
 

Philosophy / Religion
Legalism: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/chinese_legalism.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/CHIN.HTM
http://www.applet-magic.com/legalism.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/religion/index.htm
http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/chpage.htm
Confucianism:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHPHIL/CONF.HTM
http://www.religioustolerance.org/confuciu.htm (this one has a religious context, but the facts are solid)
http://www.friesian.com/confuci.htm
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/confucianism/
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson3.html (about women's place in society)
Daoism:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/taoism/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/daoism.htm
http://www.daoistcenter.org/Daoism.html (from a Daoist Center)
 

Bronze: http://www.humanities-interactive.org/ancient/bronze/
Inventions: http://www.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/inventions.html
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/ancient/bronze/brochure_bronze_age.htm
http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/bronzes.html
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2004-01/19/content_45739.htm
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html

Pottery and Bronze: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/ancientChinesePottery.htm

Clay:
http://www.tnm.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=D01&processId=02&event_id=3164&event_idx=1&initdate=2007/02/01&dispdate=2007/02/01
Chinese gov't site: http://www.china.org.cn/e-gudai/3.htm
Ceramics and Porcelain:
http://www.wkrac.org/artworld/china/culture/ceramics.html
http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/onemilliondaysinchina/exhibition/index.cfm?action=section&category=4
 

Origins of Chinese Writing:
    http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_origins.html

Calligraphy and Painting: http://www.wkrac.org/artworld/china/culture/art.html
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html

 

ART~Music~Dance
The Adventures of Hamza: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hamza/default.htm
Dragons in Ancient China: http://www.chinapage.com/dragon1.html
Splendors of Ancient China (Asian Art Museum):
http://www.asianart.com/splendors/
http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/dance.html
http://www.chinesedance.org/- more modern, but lovely photos
http://www.israeldance.co.il/dance_history_of_china.htm#top
http://www.chineseperformingarts.org/
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/TANG.HTM
Landscape paintings: http://www.asianart.com/splendors/index.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~asian/week-10/week-10.2.html
http://www.asia-art.net/chinese_artist.html
Crafts: http://www.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/crafts.html
Chinese Art for Kids:
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/arthistory/china.htm

Silk Art: http://www.wkrac.org/artworld/china/culture/silk.html
 

Chinese Opera and Face Painting:
 http://www.chinesemusic.co.uk/english/opera.htm
Peking Opera:
 http://www.chinapage.com/beijing-opera.html

History~
Time Capsules From Ancient China: http://www.collaboratory.nunet.net/cps/tsteele/chinatimecapsule.html
Ancient China: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCCHINA/ANCCHINA.HTM
China with map and timeline: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/
Ancient China for Kids:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ancientchina.htm
Ancient China History for Kids:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/
History of Silk:
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml
Great Wall~
Great Wall Interactive Video (A MUST SEE!)
http://www.thebeijingguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html

Math~
Count on One Hand, Chinese Style
http://www.andysav.free-online.co.uk/multicultural%20China.htm
Write Numbers in Chinese (1-12): http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/number/index.html
Interactive abacus: http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/java/AbacusApp.html
Directions for building your own abacus:
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/forteachers.html
Miscellaneous:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/science/chinamath.htm
http://math.boisestate.edu/~tconklin/MATH124/Main/M124Math.html
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/math/math.htm
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Chinese_overview.html
Timeline of Math: http://www.lahabra.seniorhigh.net/pages/teachers/pages/math/timeline/MpreAndAncient.html
 

The Silk Road~
Research: http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html
Map + Information Activity : http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Silk%20Road%20Lesson.html
Timeline: http://www.schirmer.com/silkroad/timeline.html
Silk Road Information + Activities:
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/silkroad/
Photos of the Silk Road:
http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk2.html
Information (for the teacher, but good to read):
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Silk%20Road%20Info.html

Farming~Economy
Chinese Farming: http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/china1.htm
Chinese Gov't site: http://www.china.org.cn/e-gudai/2.htm
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/tang/economy.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/economy/index.htm
 

Inventions~
List of inventions with short descriptions: 
http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Lesson_Plans/China/LP_china_8.htm
http://www.inventions.org/culture/asian/chinese.html
Technology: http://library.thinkquest.org/23062/
NOVA: Building Bridges (try this game out):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/
Printing:
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_26509.htm
Weapons:
http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/msb46/Weapons_of_Ancient_China.html
http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20026/sunzi1.htm
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ealc/gusweb/chinese%20weapons.htm
 

1. Locate and describe the origins of Chinese civilization in the Huang-He Valley during the Shang Dynasty.
2. Explain the geographic features of China that made governance and the spread of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the country from the rest of the world.
3. Know about the life of Confucius and the fundamental teachings of Confucianism and Taoism.
4. Identify the political and cultural problems prevalent in the time of Confucius and how he sought to solve them.
5. List the policies and achievements of the emperor Shi Huangdi in unifying northern China under the Qin Dynasty.
6. Detail the political contributions of the Han Dynasty to the development of the imperial bureaucratic state and the expansion of the empire.
7. Cite the significance of the trans-Eurasian "silk roads" in the period of the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire and their locations.
8. Describe the diffusion of Buddhism northward to China during the Han Dynasty.