CHINA  PAGE

CLASS WORK

• History Notebook Assignments
• Download the Study Guide document
  
• China Unit Plan
• Time Line China's History
  
• Elevation Map of East Asia
• Elevation Map of Japan and Korea
  
• Elevation Map of China
  
• General Geo-Political Map of the Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
• Map of the World from the Qing Dynasty
  
• Advice from the Ancient Sage
  
• Chinese Inventions

• China the Beautiful:  Links to stories, pictures, calligraphy

Mountains and water
are not only the main elements in a landscape painting,
but serve as symbols of the Yin and Yang in balance.  
Hence the significance of the term ShanShui (mountain water)
for landscape pictures.

• Classic Paintings
• Paintings at the National Palace Museum in Taipei
• The History of Tea  According to Chinese legend...
• Terra Cotta Warriors:   Buried statues for the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi
• Modern Ice Sculpture at the Harbin Winter Festival
• Sample Chinese Writing

• Lao Zi (Lao-Tzu) and the teachings of Daoism (Taoism)
  
• Why does the yin-yang symbol look this way?
• Mrs. Hinkle's lecture on Daoism
  
• Confucian version of the yin-yang symbol
  
• Kung Fu Zi (Confucius) and the teachings of Confucianism
• Confucianism
• Mrs. Hinkle's lecture on Confucianism
  
• Buddha and the teachings of Buddhism
• Mrs. Hinkle's lecture on Buddhism
  
• Statue of Buddha at Mount Koya Cemetery

HISTORY

• One-Page Outline History of China
  
• Condensed China:  Highlights of Chinese history for beginners
• History of Modern China from the 1800's Opium Wars to the Revolution
• Three Gorges Dam controversy
• from the perspective of the Chinese government
• pro & con from China Online, business & news organization
• PBS NewsHour, presenting the perspective of environmentalists