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Columbia University

The Great Bronze Age of China

For Students 9th - 10th
In depth description of the great bronze age of China. Also includes chronology.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Roy Lichtenstein: Landscapes in the Chinese Style

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information on Roy Lichtenstein's painting technique.
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Smithsonian Institution

Freer | Sackler Galleries: Word Play (The Work of Contemporary Artist Xu Bing)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contemporary Chinese expatriate artist Xu Bing shares stories, sketches, and photographs of his work in association with a 2001 exhibition of his work at the Smithonson's Sackler Gallery. Word play and language are a focus of Bing's...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Maya Lin

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from New York Voices features Chinese American architect Maya Lin.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Sun Tzu

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a link to Sun Tzu's nonfiction work The Art of War. Sun Tzu was a Chinese general, military strategist, and philosopher who is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, a widely influential work of military...
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Splendors of China's Forbidden City: Emperor Qianlong

For Students 9th - 10th
Artifacts reveal much about the Forbidden City, buried deep inside Beijing, and the life and reign of Chinese Emperor Qianlong, born in the Forbidden City and ruler from the mid- to late-eighteenth century. An online companion to a past...
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Mandarin Daily News for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Mandarin Daily News is a well-established children's newspaper published in Taiwan for elementary and middle level students and their teachers and parents. The site includes world and local news stories, as well as news on topics of...
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The British Museum

British Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the British Museum, one of the most influential cultural institutions in the world with holdings representing British and world cultures across the full span of history, find information about all the latest...
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British Library

British Library: Bodies of Knowledge

For Students 9th - 10th
Series of illustrated essays on the different ways that the human body has been represented in art and science across history considers medieval astrology, the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture, Vitruvius's notion of body symmetry,...
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Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...
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A Collection of Famous Paintings: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this introduces art across China's entire history, it briefly discusses the Shang foundations of artisan skills in jade and bronze.
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Other

Quotations From Chairman Mao

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the writings, and some quotations, from Chairman Mao. They are mostly regarding the Chinese government.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to the Han Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
The Han Dynasty is one of the great dynasties in Chinese history, encompassing nearly four hundred years of expansion and consolidation which coincided with the period of the Roman republic and empire in the West. The period is usually...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Neo Confucianism & Fan Kuan, Travelers by Streams and Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
We know very little about the great artist Fan Kuan, yet he painted the most majestic landscape painting of the early Song period - "Everything about Travelers by Streams and Mountains". Read about why this is an outstanding example of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Liu Chunhua, Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan

For Students 9th - 10th
As a prominent icon in the Cultural Revolution, "Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan" celebrated the grassroots nature of revolutionary history and cultivated devotion to Mao during a tumultuous time. This painting is a brilliant example of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Introduction to the Song Dynasty (960 1279)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Song dynasty was the second great "medieval" period of China. Northern Song (while it lasted) and the Southern Song (from 1127 until 1279) achieved incredible feats of learning, science, art, and philosophy. International trade and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1543, three Portuguese travelers aboard a Chinese ship drifted ashore on Tanegashima, a small island near Kyushu. They were the first Europeans to visit Japan. In 1548, Francis Xavier, a Jesuit, arrived from Goa to introduce...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

For Students 9th - 10th
Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from India and China beginning in the 600s. Over the succeeding centuries, Buddhism became the dominant cultural form in Tibet, exerting a powerful influence not only over religion, but also over...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Archaeology and the Study of Ancient China

For Students 9th - 10th
Archaeology is the study of the material remains of humanity's past. Excavated materials, along with other historical objects and text records, form the primary source material on Ancient China. All the major dynasties, beginning with...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Introduction to Ancient China

For Students 9th - 10th
We will refer to Ancient China as the time between the Neolithic period (ca. 6,000-ca. 1750 B.C.E.) and the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.), This is the formative stage of Chinese civilization. During this time, what we now call China...
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The Palace Museum: Eternal Kindness: An Exhibition of Pottery Figurines

For Students 9th - 10th
These cultural relics span over 1,400 years (from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty) and reflect various aspects of life in ancient China.
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Discover Hong Kong

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site for visitors to Hong Kong, virtual or real. Visit the Interactive Gallery to see videos or photos, read your Chinese horoscope, listen to the sounds of a Hong Kong marketplace. Learn about Chinese cuisine (you'll...
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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: China

For Students 3rd - 5th
Resource created by first and third grade students. Contains a Chinese calendar, numbers, paper making, and "The ABC's of China." Young students will enjoy exploring this site.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Chinese Architecture

For Students 1st - 7th
Reference material gives us an overview of the architecture of ancient China, including the Great Wall, Forbidden City and religious temples.

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