Tuesday, November 24, 2015

India

Blog Post: Look over the link and when you are done write a paragraph that describes at least three things you learned from using the link. You will need to respond to three links below. Explore more than three links, you just need to write a paragraph for three. You write the post on a piece of paper, Google Docs or even to the post itself.




http://www.gandhitopia.org/video/mahatma-gandhi-pilgrim-of Gandhi Pilgim of Peace 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQAqs0OYrtM Bollyood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfi_DyUlj8 Indian Dance 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18686742 Dance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/classical-indian-dance-kathak/9597.html BBC on Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pmCGWAL4R4 Cartoon Story of Ganesh 

http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses.htm Click on a Deity
 http://hinduism.about.com/od/godsgoddesses/tp/deities.htm Top 10 Gods

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/15/3000-car-coming-to-us/ Nano Car
http://www.tatanano.com/view_360.htm View of the Car

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/education_film.html US Students Take Note



http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/an-introduction-to-india/4602.html BBC Intro to India

http://www.chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/religion/hindufestivals.htm Hindu Festivals
http://www.chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/india/languages.htm#festivals Click on the left side bar

http://www.teachindiaproject.org/12_Animals_From_India.htm Indian Animals

http://www.amritsar.com/Jallian%20Wala%20Bagh.shtml Amritsar
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/amritsar-massacre Amritsar
http://lilyfly.hubpages.com/hub/Mahatma-Gandhis-Wife-an-Unsung-Heroine-of-India Gandhi's Wife
http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/nonvio.htm Gandhi Links
http://www.history.com/topics/salt-march Salt March
http://justlists.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/18-milestone-events-in-the-life-of-gandhi/ 18 Milestones
http://www.as.ua.edu/rel/pdf/rel220schaeffgandhihandout.pdf Outline from A&E Film
http://saharanvibe.blogspot.com/2007/07/gandhis-and-africa-that-changed-him-and.html African Blog
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/HIS135/Events/Gandhi48.htm#Assignment Timeline, Background
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html British East India Company - Click on the Right for other links.
Movie Trailer on Million Dollar Arm 
ESPN Story on the Pitchers 
Slum Dog Millionaire Song
Slum Dog Trailer 
Nano Twist 
8 Most Popular Festivals
Festival PowerPoint
Dali Story 
Key Things To Know About Travel 
Things American's Should Know - Click at the top to change slides
Indian Head Shake Meanings 
Taj 

Thursday, March 26, 2015

China

 Tienanmen Declassified  Tienanmen declassified


Tienanmen 25 Years Later 


Eyewitness Report 


Photo's 

5 Misconceptions of Tienanmen 

BBC Footage 

Tribute   Show this

Tribute II   Powerful Scenes

Questions about China


China

A Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City - Information to guide you on your tour.Chinese Science - This site will introduce you to many famous Chinese Scientists.
The BaGua Diagram - Here you will learn how to draw the 8 basic symbols of trigrams.
17th Century Chinese Technology - View drawings and learn how to sketch the making of roof tiles and see how they accomplished brick making.
Gubgu or Pythagoras’s Theorum - See how the theroum is solved by using a grid.
Secrets of Lost Empires - China’s Bridge, China’s Age of Invention
Artifacts, Pyramids, and More.Ancient China to Modern TimesThe History of Ancient ChinaA Treasure Hunt of ChinaAn Ancient China ScrapbookMore on Ancient ChinaAn Ancient China WebquestPuzzle of the Geography of Ancient ChinaChina - geography, maps,
Geography of Ancient ChinaGeography of Ancient ChinaGeneral Information/Ancient ChinaAncient China - Confucius, The Yellow River, Yangtze River history of, the warring states of ancient China
Ancient World Explorer - A Treasure Hunt of Ancient Worlds. Joint the quest as you gather information about the ancient worlds.
A Treasure Hunt of China - Join the hunt as you find answers to questions about the richness of China’s culture.
Dragons in Ancient Chinese Culture - Learn about the importance of the dragon in China’s culture.
Dragons in Ancient China - The importance of dragons in Ancient China.
The Sultan’s Lost TreasureAncient Chinese Stories - The Empty Pot, Lon Po Po, Mr. Chang and the Yellow Robe, and more…
China Today - Take some time and explore China today. Use as a comparison of Ancient China.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/firstemperor/explore/explore.html Last Emperor's Tomb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8Seto05T4 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IopGRi8WmNk Monkey King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV7041mZCw Monkey King
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html Chinese New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD3PdH5xnAc Fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BftIBp-U5jc Lion Dance
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/cnewyr.htm New Year
'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ&NR=1 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpKdz5xD9A Yellow River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psuta_Z7v9Y&feature=relatedSmog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKf8n82aT_g&feature=relatedBoom Towns Suffer
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/yellow-river/photo-map-interactive Yellow River
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=1496340467 China Geography
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html New Year
http://www.history.com/topics/chinese-new-year Chinese New Year History Channel

Larry Ferlazzo's Blog
http://www.slideshare.net/teechkidz/all-about-china-v Slide Show on China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/specials/2005/china/default.stm BBC cool site on China
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/china/ CNN on China
How Stuff Works has tons of videos on China.
National Geographic has a China Guide.
National Geographic For Kids has a simpler version.
TIME For Kids has a feature on China.
Soundscape of China comes from PBS.
Check out the Great Wall here.
Yong’s China Quest adventure game is a fun interactive.
China: daily life is from the Boston Globe’s Big Picture.
Scenes From China is the tile of a series of photos from The Atlantic.

Interactive map of giant panda habitat comes from The World Wildlife Fund.
Check out the Creature Features segment on pandas from National Geographic For Kids.
National Zoo’s Panda Express is a video on the pandas’ return. It’s from CBS News.New highways threaten giant pandas is a Breaking News lesson for ELL’s.
Students can send a Panda eCard from the National Zoo, email it to themselves or a friend, and then post the url address of their creation on a student/teacher website.Learn about pandas at the San Diego Zoo.Bye-Bye, Panda is a slideshow from TIME Magazine.
Giant pandas head to China is a series of photos from the Sacramento Bee.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Mao Essay

Essay for Mao

Mao Essay Link


Essay Info
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137231508/chinese-reopen-debate-over-chairman-maos-legacy Legacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/world/asia/06iht-letter06.html?_r=0 Legacy Divides China

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-legacy-of-mao/  Legacy of Mao CBS News
http://www.minnesota-china.com/Education/emGov/mao.htmVillian and Hero
http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/ibhistory/china/mao_channel4_notes.htm Show
www.globaled.org/chinaproject/.../lesson_61_handout.docHandout
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_Mao_Zedong_a_hero_or_villainAnswer.com
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/17965-is-mao-a-hero-or-a-villain/ Forum
http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/mao.html Killing File
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/mao.tsetung/ Profile
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDmao.htm Spartacus
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1226.html NY Article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAYdHsVfv4s You Tube



https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ Reference for Citations


https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20110928111055_949.pdf Page 6 for Films


http://english.learnhub.com/lesson/2425-mla-referencing-in-text-citations Examples of how to do intext citations

Recorded Films or Movies

List films by their title. Include the name of the director, the distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director’s name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. End the entry with the appropriate medium of publication (e.g. DVD, VHS, Laser disc).
Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette. Touchstone, 1994. DVD.


Movies

For movie in-text citations, just state the name of the movie and underline it.


Sometimes we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just to feel something. (Crash)

Mao Tse Tung China's Peasant Emperor. Avenue Education distributor, 1998. DVD.