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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Assyrian God Ninip

For Students 9th - 10th
God of Assyria, an ancient country of Asia.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aurum

For Students 9th - 10th
Gold appears not to have been coined at Athens till the time of the Macedonian empire, with the exception a solitary issue of a debased coinage in 407. But from a very early period the Asian nations, and he Greek cities of Asia Minor and...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pileus

For Students 9th - 10th
Any piece of felt; more especially, a skull-cap of felt, a hat. These seems no reason to doubt that felting is a more ancient invention than weaving, not that both of these arts came into Europe from Asia. From the Greeks, who were...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sambuca

For Students 9th - 10th
A harp, was of oriental origin. The performances of sambucistriae were only known to the early Romans as luxuries brought over from Asia. - Smith, 1873
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ferdinand Magellan

For Students 9th - 10th
A Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for both Portugal and Spain. He was the first to sail from Europe westwards to Asia, the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean, and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lucian

For Students 9th - 10th
Lucian, the humorous satirist, was a native of Samosata, in Syria, and flourished towards the end of the second century. In early life he was a sculptor, but later applied himself to the study of literature and philosophy. He was an...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo

For Students 9th - 10th
A Christian merchant who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Silas Talbot

For Students 9th - 10th
Silas Talbot (11 January 1751 - 30 June 1813) was an officer in the Continental Army and in the Continental Navy. Talbot is most famous for commanding the USS Constitution from 1798 to 1801. Talbot was born in Dighton, Massachusetts. He...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Themistocles

For Students 9th - 10th
A general and statesman of Athens, born about 514; died in Magnesia, Asia Minor, about 449 B.C.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vegetation of Asia, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
Showing vegetation throughout Europe.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: River Basins of Asia, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 showing the various drainage basins across the Asian region. This map is color-coded to show watersheds draining to the Pacific Ocean in pink, to the Indian Ocean in green, to the Arctic Ocean in purple and inland basins...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drainage Basins of Asia, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 showing the various drainage basins across the Asian region. This map is keyed to show watersheds draining to the Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, and Pacific Ocean, watersheds draining to the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Russian Central Asia, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the Central Asian territories of Russia at the time, including the provinces of Sir Daria, Khiva, Turkomans (Trans Caspian), Bokhara, Samarkand, Ferghana, and portions of Turgai, Uralsk, Semipalatinsk, Akmolinsk, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asian Political Boundaries, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
Political boundaries throughout Eurasia.
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Smithsonian Institution

Freer | Sackler Galleries: Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian offers an expansion on an exhibition on the Hindu act of Puja. The accompanying teachers' guide allows educators to expand on Hindu art and draw it into their curriculum.
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Flow of History

Flow of History: The Early Years of the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
The early years of the Cold War & how it affected the main players...Germany, USA, Russia, Asia...is profiled. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart make this topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cultural Heritage at Risk: Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
Syria, home to some of the oldest and culturally rich cities and archaeological sites in the world, is currently experiencing significant devastation due to shelling, a breakdown of order, looting,and iconoclasm. The current situation in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cultural Heritage at Risk: Cambodia

For Students 9th - 10th
Cambodia contains within its modern borders innumerable archeological sites documenting more than 6,000 years of human habitation. Many of these sites, especially prehistoric cemeteries, remain undiscovered or improperly documented and...
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: The United States Enters the Korean Conflict

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a lesson plan outline which correlates the relationship between NSC-68 and U.S. policy in Korea. A National Archives and Records Administration site (NARA) with additional links to more teaching resources.
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Columbia University

Asia for Educators: China: Ancestral Rites and Divination

For Students 9th - 10th
Chinese ancestral rites and divination between 4000-1000 BCE.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Asia for Educators: Basho: Master of Haikai and Haiku

For Students 9th - 10th
Article traces the evolution of the haiku and the contribution of Matsuo Basho, a seventeenth-century master of the form.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Course Syllabi

For Students 9th - 10th
Smarthistory is an "Open Educational Resource". This resource has a growing collection of videos and essays that focus on the art of Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Islamic world, and Oceania.
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Other

Braintrack: Universities Worldwide

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a comprehensive index to universities all over the world, organized by continent and country.