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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCrossing Over
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine resource features a brief article discussing an archaeological find in Prittlewell, England. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkField Dispatch: Ancient Peru's Power Elite
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine resource features a brief article about Pachacamac, a sprawl of ruins and graves near Lima, Pe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating a Japanese Screen
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Electives, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson, from AskAsia, students analyze Japanese screens and identify key elements of a screen, such as why it was made, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSharing Beliefs and Ideas
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Religion, History-Social Science, Buddhism and 2 additional..In this lesson, from AskAsia, students examine how cultural ideas and thought were exchanged as travelers and traders of the Sil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeography and Culture of China
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Confucianism, Religion, History-Social Science, Buddhism and 3 additional..This curriculum unit, from AskAsia, focuses on the culture and geography of China. Class activities featured include map-making,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMystery Mountain of the Inca
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the previously unknown ancient Inca settlement of Qoriwayrachina. There is ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlace of the Standing Stones: Unearthing a King From the Dawn of the Maya
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, Electives, GeographyThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the discovery of one of the oldest Maya burial sites. There is an excerpt f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMilestones in Eurasian and Central Asian History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Confucianism, Islam, Religion and 4 additional..This resource, from AskAsia, provides a chronology of key events in Eurasian and Central Asian history. Particular emphasis is g...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBelief Systems
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, Religion and 4 additional..This resource, from AskAsia, features information on the belief systems of the Silk Road. The religious beliefs of the people al...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBelief Systems of the Silk Roads
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: World History, Confucianism, Christianity, Religion and 3 additional..In this lesson, from AskAsia, students review, compare, and contrast belief systems of the Silk Roads. They analyze primary text...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMusical Innovation Along the Silk Road
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: World History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Music, GeographyIn these two lessons, from AskAsia, students learn to make musical instruments found along the Silk Road trade routes. In the fi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSilk Road Encounters: Maps
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, GeographyThis resource, from AskAsia, features a collection of maps of Eurasia pertaining to the silk trade route known as the Silk Road....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBelief Systems of the Silk Roads: Quotes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Islam, Christianity, Religion and 4 additional..This resource, from AskAsia, features a collection of quotes taken from a variety of religious texts. These texts help shed ligh...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraces of Ideas: Communicating Through Writing and Technology
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Foreign Languages, Religion, History-Social Science and 4 additional..This resource, from AskAsia, introduces students to Chinese writing and woodblock printing. There are links to two related essay...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWoodblock Printing
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Foreign Languages, Religion, History-Social Science and 4 additional..In this lesson from AskAsia, students become familiar with the traditional techniques of woodblock printing developed in China....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIslam
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Islam, Religion, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from AskAsia, provides a brief overview of Islam. Islam is based on the revelations received by the Arab prophet ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEmakimono: Japanese Picture Scrolls
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Religion, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This resource, from AskAsia, provides a brief history of painted handscrolls, known as emakimono. During the 11th to 16th centur...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShinto and Buddhism: Wellsprings of Japanese Spirituality
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Religion, History-Social Science, BuddhismThis page, from AskAsia, provides a short essay on Japanese religion, with an emphasis on the country s two primary religions--S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Early Renaissance in Florence
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: World History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsThis resource, from the National Gallery of Art, features an on-line tour of paintings from a collection titled The Early Renai...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJô-Bô System of Heijô-Kyô: City Planning in Ancient Japan
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, GeographyThis resource, from the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies and Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies at Kyoto Univ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0