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How Does Art Tell Stories?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan--for social studies or an art class studying the culture of India--features great clip art examples, resources for teachers, and a glossary of vocabulary words.
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Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: India

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the country of India. Topics covered include the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Also included are photos, maps, and an image of the...
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The Internet Hankyoreh

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Hankyoreh is a daily news source out of Seoul, South Korea. Content includes the day's top stories, business and sports coverage, op-ed pieces, and much more. Written in Korean.
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Korea Joong Ang Daily

For Students 9th - 10th
A daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. Content includes a focus on national news, politics, business, finance, and more. Written in Korean, but an English, Japanese, and Chinese version is available.
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The Korea Economic Daily (Han kyung.com)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Korea Economic Daily delivers daily financial and business news for South Korea. Written in Korean.
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Korean Broadasting System

For Students 9th - 10th
The Korean Broadasting System gathers and presents the latest news for South Korea. Content is entirely in Korean.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)

For Students 9th - 10th
The art of medieval India, like the art of medieval Europe, was primarily in the service of religion. The supple and expressive quality of the dancing Shiva is one of the touchstones of South Asian, and indeed, world sculpture. View...
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BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Thailand

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News offers us a general overview of the south-east Asian country of Thailand. Focus is on history, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events and recent news articles.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News presents a general overview on the south-east Asian country of Vietnam. Includes country facts, information on leaders and media, and links to a timeline of key events and recent news.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Cambodia

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News offers us a general overview of the south-east Asian country of Cambodia. Focus is on history, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events and recent news articles.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Singapore

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News provides a general overview of the prosperous south-east Asian country of Singapore. Focus is on history, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events and recent news articles.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Laos

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News offers a general overview of the communist south-east Asian country of Laos. Focus is on history, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events and recent news articles.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Malaysia

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News features a general overview of the prosperous south-east Asian country of Malaysia. Focus is on history, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events and recent news articles.
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Article
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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PBS

Pbs News Hour: President Kim Dae Jung

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a transcript from an interview with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. Mainly discusses relations with North Korea.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Bhutan

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the World Factbook presents extensive information on Bhutan in South Asia. It includes geography, population statistics, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drawing Asia, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A chart from 1872 illustrating instructions for drawing Asia. "General instructions for drawing the continents. Make a scale by marking on a slip of paper or pasteboard the measures 1,2,3, etc., as on the sides of this map. Every measure...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Physical, Political, and Economic Asia, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Asia from 1872, showing physical features including mountain systems, deserts, lakes, rivers with direction of flow, coastal features, and ocean currents, political boundaries and foreign possessions at the time, and commercial...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Plants of Asia, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A pictorial map from 1906 illustrating the principle plants found in various regions of Asia. The map shows tea in the east and southeast of Asia and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), rice in the wet lands of the southeast, cotton, wheat, millet, and...
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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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Other

Vietnam War Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for print resources on the Vietnam War. The Table of Contents provide a good organizational tool of bibliographic information for anyone trying to understand the conflict.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 2000

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel E-Museum website on the winner of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize, "Kim Dae-jung," is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Video," and "Nobel Diploma." Read...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Animal Adaptations: Fishing Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the semi-aquatic fishing cat evolved millions of years ago to live in the wetlands of South and Southeast Asia in this video from NATURE: The Story of Cats (4:18). The accompanying activity prompts students to write an...
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Other

Where There Be Dragons: Learning Adventures Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers students and adults learning opportunities through off the beaten path, small group expeditions to counties in Asia, Central America and South America. Trips are rugged,, creative and engaging journeys that combine...

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