Asian History Lesson Plans

Learners explore Angkor Wat and its place in Cambodian, and Southeast Asian, history. They attempt to "read" the temple, in a way that resembles the reading of a primary document, to gain insight into this history.

Students explore the music of the Silk Road. For this Asian history lesson, students create a Powerpoint presentation featuring musical diffusion.

Students investigate the determination of the boundaries of various countries. They work in small groups to research a country's political history and past boundary issues and territorial disputes.

Students use a wide variety of maps, satellite photos, and texts to explain and visualize the evolution of physical and political boundaries. They compare and contrast boundaries from different time periods.

Learners consider the contributions of Mongolian women to society. For this women's studies lesson, students analyze the contributions of Mongolian women to society in the past and today.

Students examine British Black History. In this current events lesson plan, students visit selected websites to research the history of Blacks in Great Britain. Several lesson plan enhancement ideas are included.

Seventh graders explore how culture is reflected through art. After researching the art of a specific culture, 7th graders create replicas of art objects that reflect the ideals, values, and history of the culture.

Young scholars study the spread of Buddhism. In this Buddhism lesson, students examine articles explaining the spread of the religion to different areas in East Asia. Young scholars compare and contrast the spread of Buddhism to other religions and write essays using their findings.

Students conduct research using different varieties of resources that include the internet. They organize the research to make it usable. Then they discuss how to present the information in the form of a class project.

Students study South Asia. They complete various activities including answering questions following lectures, researching current events articles, viewing videos of Gandhi, South India, Pakistan, and Nepal. They select activities including constructing maps, preparing menus, and creating Power Point presentations.