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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
People create regions to interpret earth's complexity
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
Physical Processes That Shape the Patterns of Earth's Surface
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of earth's cultural mosaics
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia Geographic Perspective: Standard 11

For Students 9th - 10th
The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earth's surface
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
Process, Patterns, and Functions of Human Settlement
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of earth's surface.
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective:standard 14

For Students 9th - 10th
Human actions that modify the physical environment
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans have a great capacity to accommodate to changes in physical environments. Flood, drought, and even global warming lead pragmatic peasants and farmers to assess current ways of operating and seek ways to maximize production....
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: East Timor

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn East Timor on this site. The history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population are all discussed.
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Handout
Northern Illinois University

Crossroads: Southeast Asia During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview of Southeast Asia under Japanese control during WWII, including Asian responses to Japanese occupation.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Mongolia: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Mongolia in East Asia.
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Website
Other

Asia Society: Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Complete List of All the Countries in Asia

For Students 4th - 8th
Lists the 49 countries in Asia and their capitals, organized by geographical region.
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Handout
Other

Gotheborg.com: The Swedish East India Company

For Students 9th - 10th
Although lesser known than the Dutch and British East India trading companies, the Swedes were very involved in the trade to Asia. Gotheborg.com provides a history of the company and the goods that it purchased and sold.
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Website
McGraw Hill

Glencoe World History: E. Asia Under Challenge 1800 1914

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the key events of East Asia from 1800-1914 discusses the decline and eventual takeover of the Qing Dynasty, civil war uproar in China, and the Meiji Restoration.
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Website
British Library

British Library: The East India Company and Asia 1600 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the trade routes and products upon which both Europe and Asia depended. English and Dutch trading companies were formed to transport valued goods half way around the world. Maps are included.
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Handout
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Asia Overview 1999

For Students 9th - 10th
This site deals with the human rights issues of religious and ethnic conflict that have occurred in Indonesia and throughout Asia in the late 1990s, particularly in East Timor. Article also includes information about US-Taliban relations...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Asia?

For Students 9th - 10th
"Asia" is a term invented by the Greeks and Romans, and developed by Western geographers to indicate the land mass east of the Ural Mountains and Ural River, together with offshore islands such as Japan and Java. Culturally, no "Asia"...
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Website
University of Chicago

University of Chicago: Art of East Asia: Xiangtangshan Cave Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital database of images and information about a series of Buddhist shrines with carved sculptures hollowed out of the limestone cliffs in northeastern China.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: China: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of China in East Asia.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Japan: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Japan located in East Asia.
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Primary
Other

Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (Seato)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the actual text of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (SEATO), and Protocol.
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Handout
Other

Elon University: Heian and Kamakura Period Facts and Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a variety of facts about the Heian and Kamakura periods in Japanese history.