Other+Resources

toc

== ** LATEST LINKS (Term 3)   ** == Scholastic News Online reports on the games
 * [|2008 Beijing Olympics]**


 * [|The Forbidden City]** An Interactive Guide


 * [|The China Debate]** What human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympic Games?


 * [|Amnesty International] China**


**[|Picket spots created for Games] ** From China Daily website   

The world is watching as the stage is being set for the summer 2008 Olympics. Beijing, one of China’s oldest and most celebrated cities, is hosting the 2008 Games. This millennia-old tradition, featuring over 300 events, undoubtedly raises a lot of questions. Here you can find anything you need to know in order to follow the 2008 Beijing Olympics online.
 * [|Beijng Olympics 2008]**

A selection of Olympic and China info from a variety of sites - looks to be useful!
 * [|Addictomatic]**

Celebrate this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China, with our resources, activities, and lessons. You'll find resources on China's history and culture, which will help your students better understand the country and its traditions. Discussing the politics of China, and the Olympic Games in general, will also be enlightening: learn why there is controversy surrounding the 2008 Games. Plus, we have resources on the past political issues of the Olympics, information about gold medalists, and lessons incorporating the fun of the Olympic sporting events.
 * [|2008 Summer Olympics]**

Worth a look!
 * [|The Official Website of the Beijing Olympics]**


 * [|TVNZ Olympics Home Page]**

Interactive map and video clips about China.
 * [|China From the Inside]**
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/blank.gif width="8" height="17"]] || [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/arrowwhiteright.gif width="10" height="10"]] |||| [|Women of the Country] ||
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/blank.gif width="8" height="17"]] || [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/arrowwhiteright.gif width="10" height="10"]] |||| [|Shifting Nature] ||
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/blank.gif width="8" height="17"]] || [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/arrowwhiteright.gif width="10" height="10"]] |||| [|Freedom and Justice] ||
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/blank.gif width="8" height="17"]] || [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/arrowblueright.gif width="10" height="10"]] |||| [|Interactive Map] ||
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/images/blank.gif width="8" height="17"]] |||||| [|For Educators] ||

From Teachers First. This site includes information on the one child policy.
 * [|China] **

A look at communism. To mark 50 years of communist rule in China, BBC News Online's special coverage looks back at the birth of the People's Republic and takes stock of what the future might hold for its people:
 * [|The People's Republic at 50: Special report] **

Several links about China - China Now and in the Future, Inside China, China as a Communist Power, Asian Superpower
 * [|Visions of China] **


<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">**[|China Documentaries]** A collection of links to documentary films and media reports about the People's Republic of China -- current events, history, politics, law, trade, economy, environment, and the Chinese people. Articles from a recent National Geographic magazine <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|China Now]** CHINA NOW’s education programme aims to encourage awareness and understanding of China’s fascinating heritage and contemporary culture. The programme is designed to provide opportunities for schools and universities to develop new or existing relationships with China. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">**[|China: People and Places]** From the sprawling, opulent palace of China's emperors to its modern gymnasiums and pools, students learn about the culture and history of China in this three-segment program. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|I Too Have a Dream]** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">A Chinese American's speech at the memorial of Martin Luther King News, reports about China and Chinese people’s living condition **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Discovering China] ** **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 2004 | china] ** **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|mapdango > Where do you want to explore?] ** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|China's Journey - National Geographic Magazine] ** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|Middlespot.com] ** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> A resource from TKI <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** [|China Central Television] [|China Pages] [|China Today] ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|Discovering China ThinkQuest]
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|National Geographic China] **
 * [|Status of Chinese People]**
 * [|Home - Asia Knowledge]**
 * [|Peoples Daily Online]**

[|Edible Journey Through China ThinkQuest]

[|Visual Geography] **Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information. You will find some facts and photos about China here but not Tibet! [|Virtual Review] **<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">China News and Opinion <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">


 * [|Chinese Marriage Traditions with Links to other Traditions]**

= = <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Articles from BBC [|Following the torch through China] [|Tourism slow as Olympics approach] [|China denies politicising Games] [|Making sense of modern China] [|BBC website 'unblocked in China'] [|Beijing rebuffs Olympics critics] [|China's voices of dissent] [|How China is Ruled] [|Stories China's media could not write] [|Dalai Lama sees change in China] **
 * [|CNN China Topics]** Stories and video links focused on China
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|China renames menu items for Olympics] **
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Beijing: Cars come off roads for Olympics] **
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|China rebuked by Olympic Committee] **
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|China's tourism lags as Olympics approach] **
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Beijing Olympic Bird's Nest ready]
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|The Tibet issue]

[|World News Australia] **<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Search for news on China, Olympics etc **<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">

Images <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Humanizing China - Part 1 (Survival)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Humanizing China - Part 2 (Relationships)] [|Humanizing China - Part 3 (Desires)] **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|EastSouthWestNorth blog]**

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> A blog by a Chinese living in Shanghai (I think). Lots of interesting links if you click on the Home link. Events (in Shanghai) that affect my life (and others')
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Real Pictures of China with My Experience] **
 * [|Wangjianshuo's blog]** Olympics 2008

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|China Digital Times]** [|Netizens’ Anger and Wit Against Online Censorship] (This may give you an insight into how the Chinese feel about Internet censorship)

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|Discovering China]** A ThinkQuest website [|History__] [|__Cultural Revolution__] [| __Movers & Shakers__] [| __CityScape__] [| __Contributions__] [|__Interactive__]

This wiki has been created by the Shanghai American School. It has information on China's history.
 * [|Asian History Wiki]**

A set of bookmarks for some of the best websites I've found when looking for resources to use in next terms China-themed unit of work. They include online and downloadable resources for learning to speak Chinese and read and write Mandarin, studying social issues in China and current events like ... (Diigo links) From struggling peasants, yak farmers and factory workers to night-club dancers, this is how China looks as it readies itself for the Olympic Games. **Jonathan Watts** reports. Series of short videos from guardian.co.uk = = = = <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">
 * [|China - Unit of Work]**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|China in 2008: Faces in a Billion] **
 * [|Faces in a billion]**

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">
<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|The Soul of Tibet]** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">A blog by a patriotic Tibetan "Remaining silent due to fear of social, political and economic reprisals is a tragedy for the world and the human race. Tibet will not be silent. Tibetans will fight for our righteous aim and struggle for the restoration of independence for Tibet. Fighting occupation, injustice, discrimination, exploitation, oppression, colonization, genocide, ethnic cleansing, environmental destruction, cultural invasion, massive population transfer of Han Chinese into Tibet..."

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|BBC NEWS | In Depth | Tibet explained] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Country profiles | Regions and territories: Tibet] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|BBC - h2g2 - Tibet - Why the Chinese are There] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|BBC - Search results for tibet] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|Tibetan people : Freebase - The World's Database] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|Tibet the Roof of the World] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|The Government of Tibet in Exile] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">
<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** [|Human Rights Watch]

[|Human Rights in China] ** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153)"> The 2008 Beijing Olympics is a great opportunity to explore human rights in China with your class, and we've produced a selection of free resources to help you. Although this is aimed at teachers you might find some useful information or links here**. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|China, The Olympics and Human Rights] ** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)"> When bidding to host the Olympic Games, China promised to improve human rights. This resource, aimed at students in the middle years and designed for use across the curriculum, enables students to explore key human rights issues in China in the context of this year’s Olympics. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|NPR: China's Only Children Face Great Expectations] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|Human Rights Watch - China] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|MSNBC: 12,000 children in China now have deadly virus] ** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * [|China and Human Rights]
 * [|Time for Kids - China]**

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|BBC Sport]** Olympics and Olympic Sport, Beijing Venues

**<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|CNN Olympics 2008 SPECIAL] **

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games] ** [|2008 Summer Olympics] ** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> [|Beijing Olympic Construction Virtual Tour] [|Beijing Olympic Game Venues] [|Beijing Olympics Blog] [|Beijing Torch Relay] [|Beijing 2008 Schedule] [|Beijing Virtual Tour] [|China.org Beijing Games] [|Chinese Embassy] [|Chinese Olympic Committee] [|Chinese Tools Beijing 2008] [|Forbidden City Virtual Tour] [|Great Wall Virtual Tour] [|Infoplease] [|New York Times Olympics Coverage] [|Official Web Site of the Olympic Movement] [|Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games] [|State Department 2008 Olympics Fact Sheet] [|Tiananmen Square Virtual Tour] [|Visions of China] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Xinhua News Agency]
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Celebrate this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China, with our resources, activities, and lessons. You'll find resources on China's history and culture, which will help your students better understand the country and its traditions. Discussing the politics of China, and the Olympic Games in general, will also be enlightening: learn why there is controversy surrounding the 2008 Games. Plus, we have resources on the past political issues of the Olympics, information about gold medalists, and lessons incorporating the fun of the Olympic sporting events. **

<span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">Video Links
<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**[|Journeyman Pictures]** Journeyman Pictures is London's leading independent distributor of topical news features, documentaries and footage. We're like a video encyclopedia of the world. Use this web site to preview our latest films, as advertised in '[|The Journeyman Weekly]', or to [|search our archive] of over 5,000 films. <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(15, 203, 245)"><span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(19, 211, 246)"> ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">**<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(15, 203, 245)"><span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 153, 255)"> Asian Games ** ==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|iDesktop tv] **
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Asian Games: The Art of Contest]

**

**<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 153, 255)">Learn Some Chinese **
<span class="black_regular1">**Three short Chinese lessons made for some students on the Isle of Wight. The lessons cover how to say hello and goodbye, What is your name, my name is and How are you? I\'m fine thank you. media type="custom" key="905959"**