Asia Society  is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.

For teachers: http://www.askasia.org/teachers/index.htm

Additional Links at AskAsia: http://www.asiasource.org/links/al_mp_01.cfm

The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.

The Japan Society  is an American institution with individual and corporate members that promotes understanding and enlightened relations between the United States and Japan. Our National NCTA sites at: Columbia University Asia for Educators, Five College Center for East Asian Studies 

Online Resources to Support K-14 East Asian Studies:

An Online Cultural Exchange between Lenawee County, MI and Moriyama, Japan. Go to the Japan On-Line Project Science Junction website at: http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/route/usetech/ is a great learning site that provides technology  information geared for classroom and teacher use. Learn NC at: http://www.learnnc.org/ is a great website for information and lesson plans.  The New York Times Learning Network located at: http://search.nytimes.com:80/learning/index.html provides access to a variety of information and lesson plans for classroom use. The National Geographic Map Machine at: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ provides for a variety of map building tools. Also if you want to be there, but just can't find the time go to: http://www.earthcam.com/ for a quick view of sites around the earth.

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides various forms of services at http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/index.las to help instructors in teaching about Asia. Duke University Libraries site contains a ton of information for teachers on East Asia at: http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/eac.html. The American Forum for Global Education at: http://www.globaled.org/ is a great resource for teaching materials and travel to Asia.


Music: One of the best kept secrets is the Internet Chinese music collection at: http://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/ While this site is not part of our East Asia effort it provides an interesting collection of Russian music that can be used for comparison with China. Site at: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/russian-studies/Music/ We also have music from Nepal at: http://www.ibiblio.org/musicnepal/ and music from Taiwan at: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/taiwanese-music/ For links to Japanese music archives go to: http://www.home.ch/~spaw3382/jmusic.htm

Maps and Geography: Click on China for a basic map and on Explorations 140 BCE to 1295 CE for maps and information on early stages of discovery. Click on early European exploration of Asia for additional detail and on early civilization of Asia for an overview of emergence of organized cultures. Summary description of Shang, Zhou, Qin China and the great migration under the Han period. An overview of the fragmentation of China 220-589CE and early medieval Asia with focus on Tang China. Click on Song China for summary information on that period. Click here for information on basic state formation in Japan and Korea and the rise of  Shogun rule in Japan. China under Ming and Ming and the outside world close out our summary tour.

Asia Religions and Society: A  very interesting site about Zen at: www.do-not-zzz.com. Another very educational site on Buddhism is located at: www.buddhanet.net. Interesting site for culinary and medicinal practices at: http://asiarecipe.com/ The Asian art lover with links to many galleries at: http://www.asianart.com/

Kidon Media-Link is an independent site on the internet. It tries to give a complete directory of newspapers and other  news sources on the internet. Website at: http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.shtml

Another website worth exploring and possibly joining as a member is at http://www.britannica.com/ It reflects the on-line Britannica Encyclopedia collection. U.S. State Department has an interesting collection of information on various countries at: http://www.state.gov/countries/. A site that focuses on traditional Asian medicine at: http://www.acupuncture.com/home.htm

The Tale of Murasaki, takes place during the Heian era, Japan's golden age.

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Listed sites will help NCTAN seminar participants locate work assignments, reading materials, lesson plans and organizations that provide information on East Asia. Click on the listed hyperlinks in blue and explore.