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Hong Kong
In this comprehensive reading about Hong Kong worksheet, students read about its geography, history, climate, and population and answer several types of questions showing their reading comprehension. Students answer 4 questions.
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Taiwan
In this Taiwan worksheet, learners complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz pertaining to facts about the island country of Taiwan.
Scholastic
Comprehension During Independent Reading
Ideal for a language arts class, literary unit, or independent reading assignment, a set of reading worksheets address a wide array of skills. From poetic elements to nonfiction text features, you can surely find a valuable resource in...
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Reaching New Heights
Students explore the tallest skyscrapers in the world over the past 100 years. In this technology lesson, students create a graph/time line about the evolution of skyscrapers. They research important facts about their assigned building...
Foreign Policy Research Institute
A Geography Lesson
Fewer and fewer people have a strong grasp of world geography, but this activity helps students understand geopolitics by creating their own original historical map. The activity requires selecting a country from the list provided,...
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Improving Students' Math Proficiency
We can help our students improve math proficiency by using a cross-curricular approach and multiple problem-solving techniques.
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Chinese Cities Map Quiz
In this online interactive geography quiz activity, students respond to 10 identification questions about Chinese cities. Students have 3 minutes to complete the quiz.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Hong Kong
Learn about religion in Hong Kong, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Hong Kong
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Hong Kong. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It...
Geographic
Hong Kong: Government
This fact sheet provides information about the government of Hong Kong, now part of China.
Geographic
Hong Kong: Military
Get the basic facts about Hong Kong's military attributes, which is presently the Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), including elements of the PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force.
Other
Hong Kong Observatory: Meteorology
A useful page from the Hong Kong Observatory offering introduction to weather and weather phenomenon. Learn about thunderstorms, tides, monsoon season, weather radar, and weather in space. Not a slick site but informative. Most...
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Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Hong Kong
Learn about religion in Hong Kong, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Asian Educational Media Service
A tremendous resource for finding sites, multimedia, and other resources for teaching about or studying Asian countries. Search by country, media type, or grade level. Includes lesson plans and links to great online resources.
BBC
Bbc News: Avian Flu (Bird Flu)
This BBC article from January 2004 details basic facts about avian flu, including a general history of the virus and statistical information on infection and death.