Far East: 2015

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Japan

Festival Link

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=db87d1a762ab4eb2#cid=DB87D1A762AB4EB2&id=DB87D1A762AB4EB2%21420&v=3

Nuclear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHrV2QhArA Show First-Recreation of Hiroshima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3JE4WRL-8&feature=related Hiroshima Real Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNPhn64TA&feature=related Tsar Bomb - Biggest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMB3Kpxt3Jo Hibakusha -Survivor
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html Peace Park Site
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/frame/Virtual_e/tour_e/guide1.html Virtual Museum

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html Peace Park

1. Click on the tab in the middle of the page that says "Peace Declaration." Use the Written Document Analysis Sheet on this document.

2. Click on the Kid's Peace Station on the left hand side. Read the story about Sadako and summarize what this story is about.

3. Take the Virtual Tour of the museum. Look at the displays and write a blog response to three things you have found. (Take three objects and write a paragraph response on your reaction to those three objects)

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/ Worksheet Download

4. Watch one of the video's and write a blog response to what you learned from the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRDg Dropping the Bomb with Interviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncq_Wye43TM Accounts of dropping the second bomb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9VwCE_Dsg Continued from first clip- scenes of the aftermath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuX7mx-PIY4 Why Hiroshima

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRWzNIaVyBs Clips of worst case scenario

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epE1BGPMlrQ What can happen

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tokyo.htm Fire Bombing prior to the A-Bomb

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/atomictest.htm First Atomic Blast

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm Hiroshima Bombing

Photo's - Using the photo analysis sheet, respond to two pictures from the links below.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html 64 Years Ago Article

http://www.fogonazos.es/2007/02/hiroshima-pictures-they-didnt-want-us_05.html Graphic Photo's Warning

http://www.nucleardarkness.org/hiroshima/ Before and After Pictures

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/ Document Analysis Sheet

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Tienanmen

Tienanmen Declassified Tienanmen declassified

Tienanmen 25 Years Later

Eyewitness Report

Photo's

5 Misconceptions of Tienanmen

BBC Footage

Tribute Show this

Tribute II Powerful Scenes

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Nanking Memorial

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

China

Xi Jinping
Chinese Government
Dissidents

Tienanmen Square Uncensored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFzeNAHEhU Footage of Tank Man

Tienanmen Survivor

China Uncensored All Reports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqwfrFMdYv4 Opening Ceremonies of 2008

A Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City - Information to guide you on your tour.Chinese Science - This site will introduce you to many famous Chinese Scientists.
The BaGua Diagram - Here you will learn how to draw the 8 basic symbols of trigrams.
17th Century Chinese Technology - View drawings and learn how to sketch the making of roof tiles and see how they accomplished brick making.
Gubgu or Pythagoras’s Theorum - See how the theroum is solved by using a grid.
Secrets of Lost Empires - China’s Bridge, China’s Age of Invention
Artifacts, Pyramids, and More.Ancient China to Modern Times The History of Ancient China A Treasure Hunt of China An Ancient China Scrapbook More on Ancient China An Ancient China Webquest Puzzle of the Geography of Ancient China China - geography, maps,
Geography of Ancient China Geography of Ancient China General Information/Ancient China Ancient China - Confucius, The Yellow River, Yangtze River history of, the warring states of ancient China
Ancient World Explorer - A Treasure Hunt of Ancient Worlds. Joint the quest as you gather information about the ancient worlds.
A Treasure Hunt of China - Join the hunt as you find answers to questions about the richness of China’s culture.
Dragons in Ancient Chinese Culture - Learn about the importance of the dragon in China’s culture.
Dragons in Ancient China - The importance of dragons in Ancient China.
The Sultan’s Lost Treasure Ancient Chinese Stories - The Empty Pot, Lon Po Po, Mr. Chang and the Yellow Robe, and more…
China Today - Take some time and explore China today. Use as a comparison of Ancient China.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/firstemperor/explore/explore.html Last Emperor's Tomb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8Seto05T4 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IopGRi8WmNk Monkey King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV7041mZCw Monkey King
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html Chinese New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD3PdH5xnAc Fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BftIBp-U5jc Lion Dance
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/cnewyr.htm New Year
'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ&NR=1 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpKdz5xD9A Yellow River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psuta_Z7v9Y&feature=relatedSmog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKf8n82aT_g&feature=relatedBoom Towns Suffer
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/yellow-river/photo-map-interactive Yellow River
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=1496340467 China Geography
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html New Year
http://www.history.com/topics/chinese-new-year Chinese New Year History Channel

Larry Ferlazzo's Blog
http://www.slideshare.net/teechkidz/all-about-china-v Slide Show on China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/specials/2005/china/default.stm BBC cool site on China
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/china/ CNN on China
How Stuff Works has tons of videos on China.
National Geographic has a China Guide.
National Geographic For Kids has a simpler version.
TIME For Kids has a feature on China.
Soundscape of China comes from PBS.
Check out the Great Wall here.
Yong’s China Quest adventure game is a fun interactive.
China: daily life is from the Boston Globe’s Big Picture.
Scenes From China is the tile of a series of photos from The Atlantic.

Interactive map of giant panda habitat comes from The World Wildlife Fund.
Check out the Creature Features segment on pandas from National Geographic For Kids.
National Zoo’s Panda Express is a video on the pandas’ return. It’s from CBS News.New highways threaten giant pandas is a Breaking News lesson for ELL’s.
Students can send a Panda eCard from the National Zoo, email it to themselves or a friend, and then post the url address of their creation on a student/teacher website.Learn about pandas at the San Diego Zoo.Bye-Bye, Panda is a slideshow from TIME Magazine.
Giant pandas head to China is a series of photos from the Sacramento Bee.