Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University: Glossary for Ancient China
Resource provides terms and definitions of ancient Chinese mythological figures, archeological terms, and historical terms.
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China Daily: China Culture: Astronomy and Geography
Access a collection of articles about the scientific contributions made by the ancient Chinese in the areas of astronomy and geography. Includes write-ups of famous astronomers and geographers, astronomical instruments, and more.
Princeton University
Princeton University Art Museum: Creating a Bronze Vessel
Wonderful photographs and animations explain how the Chinese of the Shang and Zhou dynasties (ca. 1600 B.C. to 256 B.C.) cast bronze. Excellent site for studying how the Chinese made bronze, one of the important technologies of ancient...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Ancient Civilizations: China Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple choice quiz over ancient China, and then check your answers for review after answering the questions.
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 4
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage contains a brief history of the Great Wall of China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 2
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes a journal that recounts the author's travels along the Yangtze River in China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 1
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage consists of a journal that shares information about a trip to Shanghai, China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
PBS
Pbs: Korea History
Ancient history of Korea is explained here at this site from PBS. Country relationships between China and Japan and included.
Other
Silk Road: History of the Silk Road: The Belt and Road Initiative
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting the East and the West in ancient and Medieval times. The term is used for both overland routes and those that are marine or limnic. The Silk Road involved three continents: Europe,...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion: Collections
The Krannert Art Museum provides a great collection of artwork from all over the world. Click on "collections" to access images of African, Egyptian, America-Pre-Columbian, USA, Ancient Gandhara, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Greece,...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids History: Daily Life in Ancient China
Learn about the daily life in Ancient China including jobs, food, life in the city, family, and school on this site.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: Dynasties
Explore the dynasties of Ancient China in history on this website. Study the families and emperors who ruled the country.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: Ming Dynasty
On this site, study the history about the Ming Dynasty of Ancient China. Learn about the Emperors and accomplishments.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: The Han Dynasty
Kids learn the history about the Han Dynasty of Ancient China on this site. Explore the Emperors and accomplishments.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: The Silk Road
Kids learn about the Silk Road trade route from Ancient China to Europe. Explore how goods such as silk, porcelain, and salt made China rich.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids History: Glossary and Terms of Ancient China
On this site you can find a glossary and terms of Ancient China. Words and definitions such as pagoda, silk, dynasty, porcelain, and more.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids History: Festivals in Ancient China
Students learn about the Festivals of Ancient China including the Chinese New Year and Spring, Lantern, Qingming, Dragon Boat, and the Night of Sevens on this site.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: Inventions and Technology
Kids learn about the inventions and technology of Ancient China to Europe such as paper, the compass, printing, and gunpowder on this site.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Late Bronze Age China
Information about the Shang Dynasty in China, the earliest in recorded history. Short article that discusses agriculture, rulers and society.
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group
China Internet Information Center: Ancient Chinese Poetry
Sixteen lessons about Chinese poems in Chinese with English translations. Traditional Chinese music plays in the background and feature content, such as author briefs, passage readings, and poem analyses, are available. Site is slow to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: Unit: Beginnings 600 Bce
This virtual course from Khan Academy is a series of video tutorials and practice links that follow the world's prehistory through 600 BCE.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Silk Road: Connecting the Ancient World Through Trade
With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: The Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China
History Questions: Zhou Dynasty Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: The Tang Dynasty of Ancient China
History Questions: Tang Dynasty Quiz, Test, and WebQuest