HOME About Year One at UVM Year One Highlights About Year Two in Asia Year Two Highlights GIAC Staff GIAC Alumnae Web Quest on Asia Asian Journal Writing Asian Photo Gallery Link to GIAC listserv Institute Updates Asian Resources Asian Web Links About GIV Apply for GIAC About UVM Asian Outreach Contact Us		Internet Resources for Asian Studies Vermont International Education Clearinghouse Five College Center for East Asian Studies The Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) is one of many programs administered by Five Colleges, Inc. The member institutions of the consortium are: Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University of Vermont Outreach for the Asian Studies Program (Six programs provide opportunities for teachers, school leaders, and students to teach and learn about China and other Asian countries.) Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) Formerly the Center for Educational Media, the Asian Educational Media Service is now at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.The Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) is a program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's center for East Asian and Pacific Studies helping educators at all levels locate audio-visual resources on Asia and offering advice about which resources may best suit their needs. The Web site includes a searchable database of films and videos, CD-ROMs and videodiscs, and audio cassettes and slides for teaching and learning about the countries and cultures of Asia. Also includes reviews, annotated listings of K-12 resources, and links to major Asian studies sites. AskAsia The Asia Society's Education home page Lessons from China The Yale Center for International: Area Studies PIER 1999 Summer Field Study in China page (in progress) China Maps The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for good quality maps. Map images can be downloaded as JPEG images and used for illustration or creating overheads. Money Facsimiles Online Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/free/ /p> AskERIC Virtual Library contains selected educational resources (including 1000 lesson plans) http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/ and http://askeric.org./Virtual/Lessons/ Newsweek Education Program - designed to help teachers build bridges between their curriculum and real-world issues. http://school.newsweek.com/ CNN Newsroom - lesson plans that accompany daily commercial-free news and features programming. http://learning.turner.com/newsroom/index.html The Tibet Question: An activity for high school students Schools of California Online Resources for Education http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/tibet_question/ Sharing Beliefs and Ideas Developed by The China Project, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) http://www.askasia.org/silk_roads/l000098/l000098.htm Trade Along the Silk Road Developed by The China Project, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) http://askasia.org/silk_roads/l000099/l000099.htm Economic Development and Air Pollution - China & Japan http://www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/easc/curriculum/wen/pdf/economic_development_and_air_pollution.pdf War in the Pacific- An AskERIC Lesson Plan (college) http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Social_St/World_history/WRH0004.html Investigating Culture Traits-An AskERIC Lesson Plan http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Social_St/World_history/WRH0021.html Using the Internet for Multicultural Education: Learn About a Country - An AskERIC Lesson Plan http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Social_St/World_history/WRH0013.html China A Teaching Workbook http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mainframe.htm Geography and Culture of China http://www.askasia.org/for_educators/fe_frame.htm Should the Ming End the Treasure Ship Voyages? http://www.askasia.org/for_educators/fe_frame.htm THE MUSEUM AS TIME CAPSULE, Mongolian Example http://www.askasia.org/for_educators/fe_frame.htm China China Internet Home Page http://www.cnc.ac.cn/ The Chinese Academy of Sciences home page has some links to other sites and is developing a "China" search function. The TOW newsletter: Focus on China http://login.eunet.no/~presno/sample5.html From the on-line World Monitor Newsletter - a great, annotated list of links to China-related sites, but has not been updated recently. CND WWW Server http://www.cnd.org/ The Web page for China News Digest, one can read the text of news from/about China here.  New England China Network http://www.primarysource.org Over the decade from 1995-2005, The New England China Network (a major project of the Primary Source Center for Global and Multicultural Professional Development for K-12 Educators), proposes to get teaching about modern China firmly established in public, parochial and independent schools throughput New England. The Gate of Heavenly Peace http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gate/index.html Includes an interactive tour of Tiananmen, archival, historical film clips related to key events in Modern Chinese History, comprehensive background information and materials to accompany the Carma Hinton/Richard Gordon film of the same name. Internet East Asian History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html Part of the Internet World History Sourcebook Project, an excellent source of copy-right free primary source documents for classroom use. World History Archives - History of China http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/index-b.html Primary source documents on Chinese History from a markedly left perspective. The Chinese Embassy http://www.china-embassy.org The official Chinese government web page. Presents the Chinese perspective on major international issues. The China Daily Web Site http://www.chinadaily.net The national official English language daily newspaper in China. A good source for the Chinese perspective. U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eap/index.html Organizations and Non-governmental policy groups The National Committee on United-States China Relations http://www.ncuscr.org/ The National Committee on United States-China Relations is a nonprofit educational organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States between citizens of both countries. Preliminary Statement By The Carter Center Team To Observe Township Elections In China http://www.cartercenter.org/NEWS/RLS99/pr-chinaprelim.html Preliminary report on the Carter Center's work to monitor village elections in China and its cooperation with the Chinese government to help establish a system to monitor and report on elections. Future China Research  http://www.future-china.org.tw/ A collection of background articles and links to newspaper articles on current issues concerning the relationship between China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet. International Security Network http://www.isn.ethz.ch/ An information service in the fields of international relations and security. Click on the Current World Affairs button and go to Asia. Inside China http://www.insidechina.com/ A commercial e-newspaper with lots of interactive features, discussion threads, chat rooms, and opinion polls Orientation China http://www.orientation.com/ Search or browse Chinese Web sites, get news headlines, travel information, the weather, currency information, Usenet 336iscussion groups, IRC chat channels and more. The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites http://chinasite.com/ More than 3,000 links to China/Chinese related English and Chinese Web sites updated daily everyday Xinjiang http://www.utoledo.edu/~nlight/uyghpg.htm A WWW Introduction to Uyghur Culture and History http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Beach/1696/ Uighur Language & Culture http://www.ishius.com/uyghur-h.htm Questions About The History Of The Uyghurs, Of Kashgar And Of Greater Turkestan Mongolia http://www.amnh.org/education/teachersguides/mongolia/index.html Museum of Natural History on-line teachers guide to Mongolia http://www.soros.org/mongolia.html Mongolia Resource Page http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~michie/mongolia.html Mongolia World http://members.aol.com/yikhmongol/indexold.htm The Great Mongol Home Page http://www.asianart.com/mongolia/introduct.html Introduction to the Art of Mongolia http://www.undp.org/missions/mongolia/covrpage.htm Permanent Mission Of Mongolia To The United Nations Tibet http://www.tibethouse.org/ Tibet House -- New York City. The official website of Tibet House, a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of Tibetan culture. http://www.windhorsefilm.com/ A film about Tibetan human rights http://www.tibetinfo.net/ Tibet Information Network (TIN) is an independent news and research service providing information and analysis of current events in Tibet. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/Tibet Tibet Resources - University of Virginia Library http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library http://www.tibet.com The Office of Tibet - The official agency of H.H. the Dalai Lama in London http://www.tibet.org Tibet Online Resource Gathering http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tibetmap/ The Tibet Map Institute presents a unique set of Central Tibet maps. http://www.nitartha.org/ Nitartha international, the home for digital Tibetan, is dedicated to preserving the ancient wisdom of the arts and sciences of Tibet with modern computer technologies.
	Last Updated October 22, 2007