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Read Works

Read Works: On the Prowl

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a new leopard species found in Indonesia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
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Read Works

Read Works: On the Prowl

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a new species of clouded leopard found in the rain forest on islands in Indonesia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lost and Found

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a new species of bird found in the rain forest of Indonesia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Asian Educational Media Service

For Students 9th - 10th
A tremendous resource for finding sites, multimedia, and other resources for teaching about or studying Asian countries. Search by country, media type, or grade level. Includes lesson plans and links to great online resources.
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PBS

Pbs: Commanding Heights the Battle for the World Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge site dedicated to an understanding of the current global economic system. Includes the history, forces, values and perceptions that have shaped the world's economy. A comprehensive resource that includes a detailed economic report...
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Other

Asia Society: Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
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Other

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
The home page for ASEAN, an organization that promotes the peace, stability, and economic development of Southeast Asian countries.
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BBC

Bbc: Asia Quake Disaster

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC's official page for the Tsunami disaster of December 2004. Key Stories, eyewitness accounts, reports from correspondents, and animations provide up to date coverage.
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United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: Southeast Asia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This map from the United Nations shows the countries of Southeast Asia. Major rivers are labeled, as are cities.
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Eid Al Adha Celebrations in Pictures

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Pictures show people celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in various places around the world.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Borneo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Borneo's vast biodiversity, natural resources, and geology are discussed. The history of indigenous peoples as well as the effects of colonization and overuse of natural resources are...
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Open Ed

Open Ed Sci: 7.5 Ecosystem Dynamics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This unit on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity begins with students reading headlines that claim that the future of orangutans is in peril and that the purchasing of chocolate may be the cause. Students launch a scientific...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Indonesian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Indonesian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Other

The Jakarta Post

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jakarta Post is a daily news journal, published in Jakarta, covering the latest news, issues and events for the city and country.
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NOAA

Noaa: Reacts Quickly to Indonesian Tsunami

For Students 9th - 10th
NOAA discusses its reaction to the tsunami that rocked South Asia in 2004 and gives a scientific explanation to why it happened. Interesting animated map of the tsunami.
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Other

Bali and Beyond: What Is Gamelan?

For Students 9th - 10th
Performing arts group Bali and Beyond answers the question, what is gamelan? Also addresses the history of gamelan and provides illustrations of gamelan instruments and music samples.
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Other

Bali Tourism Board: Bali Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Balinese music includes descriptions of Balinese songs and several kinds of percussive instruments (gamelan).
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Other

Oxfam International: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page offers information on Oxfam's program to aid those impacted by the 2004 tsunami in South Asia. PDF
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Other

Gamelan Tunas Mekar

For Students 9th - 10th
Music and dance of Bali, as practiced and presented by a community of Indonesian artists devoted to the traditional Balinese arts. At the online home of Gamelan Tunas Mekar, a Denver-based gamelan orchestra, find audio clips of Balinese...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lost and Found

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about a new bird species found on the island of New Guinea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Coelacanths

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature provides some succinct details of the characteristics and history of Coelacanths.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Tsunami Devastates Asian Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
The main page for NPR coverage of the Asian Tsunami of December, 2004. Stories from Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, as well as coverage on other aspects of this disaster. 12/2004
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Nmnh: What Does It Mean to Be Human, Hobbits on Flores, Indonesia

For Students 9th - 10th
Real hobbits? Another human species? Read about the discovery on the island of Flores that has the whole paleoanthropolgy world shaken. Site delves into the exciting unearthing of the skeletal remains and the continuing research on the...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Nmnh: What Does It Mean to Be Human, Hobbits on Flores, Indonesia

For Students 9th - 10th
Real hobbits? Another human species? Read about the discovery on the island of Flores that has the whole paleoanthropolgy world shaken. Site delves into the exciting unearthing of the skeletal remains and the continuing research on the...

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