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Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah (1999)

This autobiography illustrates one girl's life in Shanghai during the political upheavals of the 1940s and 1950s. When her very well-to-do father...

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1 Melissa J Marks 3/12/13

Film Review

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1 Matthew Sudnik 4/13/10

Folk Tales Unit for Elementary

Folk Tales for 5th grade

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4 Ann Marie Kern 11/9/11

Food For Thought: Understanding China Through Food

Students will explore the connections between food, geography and culture, then research the food, geography and culture of a specific region of...

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1 Sara Shenk 1/21/13

Global Development and Economics: Case Study Focus- China

This unit is focused on Economics and Development around the world. China will be used as a case study throughout the unit, in which key terms and...

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1 Sarah Cannady 6/4/14

Grade 4 Lesson Plan- East Asian Fairytales

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1 NCTA Work Projects 2/26/16

Grave of the Fireflies: Overview & Culture Notes

A PDF containing an overview of the film and some culture notes.

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1 NCTA Work Projects 4/14/10

Growth of Japanese Militarism & WWII in the Pacific: A Part of a Larger Unit on WWII

This implementation plan is part of a larger unit on World War II. It is conducted in a high school US History Honors class, and it is...

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2 Daniel A. Faircloth 4/28/18

Howl's Moving Castle: Overview & Notes

A PDF containing an overview of the film and some culture and movie notes.

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1 NCTA Work Projects 2/20/15

Identity and Cultural Conflict in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club (Unit Plan)

Unit Abstract:

Using Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and supplemental primary source documents, students will become acquainted with Chinese...

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1 Renee Patrick 6/18/14

Images of China PDF

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1 NCTA Work Projects 2/8/16

Imperialism and China in the 1900s

This unit is designed to stand alone or be used in conjunction with a unit on imperialism for an 11th grade Modern World History class. It...

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1 NCTA Work Projects 6/4/14

Imperialism and Nationalism in East Asia and S/E Asia 19th century

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1 Candace Slobodnik 5/11/13

Implementation Project

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1 pamela burrett 11/18/12

Instructional Unit for PRC: 1949-1970 (Red Scarf Girl)

This instructional unit address Chinese history from 1949-1970, focusing on the establishment of the PRC, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural...

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1 Amy Liberatore 4/19/12

Introduction to East Asia

World History and Religion for high school

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1 Janice Kuhn 11/9/11

Japanese Expansionism leading up to WWII

Lost Names, by Richard Kim, is an excellent narrative of the Japanese occupation of Korea prior to and during the Second World War. To get a...

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1 Shawn E Zetzer 2/26/15

Japanese Occupation Lesson

An analysis and learning opportunity focused on Japan's military occupations of China and Korea authored by Timothy Riley.

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2 NCTA Work Projects 11/27/12

Japanese Tea Ceremony Powerpoint

A powerpoint displaying the intricacies of a Japanese tea ceremony.

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1 NCTA Work Projects 6/14/11

Japan’s Rise to an Imperial Power

This unit is approximately five lessons/five class periods and provides an overview of the Tokugawa Shogunate through the Meiji Empire. Students...

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1 Megan Stasi 4/15/14