Pigs, Shit, and Chinese History, Or Happy Year of the Pig!

I have a piece on pigs in Chinese history on the blog "Frog in a Well." It also has a few words on the Year of the pig.

Frog in a Well - The China History Group Blog

Some sites on Chinese Language, Schools, and Sources

Hi All!

This looks like it will be a very useful blog! I will try to post interesting links and such as I encounter them. For now, here are some that I compiled for the CPS Chinese teachers this year:

Chicago Public Schools:
www.cps.k12.il.us

CPS Office of Language and Cultural Education:
www.olce.org

CPS Chinese Cultural Heritage Guide Download (multiple pdf files):
http://www.olce.org/pages/home/multicultural_education/teacher_resources/chinese

The Confucius Institute in Chicago:
www.confuciusinstitutechicago.org

Media about the CPS Chinese World Language Program:
http://www.confuciusinstitutechicago.org/media.html

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages:
www.actfl.org

Center for Applied Linguistics:
http://www.cal.org/

ACTFL Standards for Foreign Language Learning Summary (pdf file):
http://actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3324

AP Chinese:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/article/0,3045,184-0-0-37221,00.html

Guojia Hanban:
http://english.hanban.edu.cn/

Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago:
http://www.tecochicago.org/eng/

Chinese Language Teachers Association:
http://clta.osu.edu/

Chinese Language Association of Secondary and Elementary Schools:
http://www.classk12.org/index.htm

Ask Asia:
http://askasia.org/


Asia for Kids (vendor):
www.asiaforkids.com

China Sprout (vendor):
www.chinasprout.com

Cheng & Tsui (vendor):
www.chengandtsui.com

China Books:
http://www.chinabooks.com

Chengo Chinese:
http://www.elanguage.cn/

Integrated Chinese:
http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/yao/icusers/

Zhongwen.com:
www.zhongwen.com

Great Wall Chinese:
http://www.chinagreatwall.org/?ID=20704011600000000

Chinese Name Generator (to give your students Chinese names):
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

Linese Chinese Idioms: http://linese.com/model/english/studying_chinese/studaying_chinese_idiom_list.jsp?ID=20223000000000000

Chinese Culture.net:
http://www.chiculture.net/?ID=20704011500000000

Chinese Geography:
http://www.cng.com.cn/?ID=20704011700000000

Guo Xue:
http://www.guoxue.com/?ID=20704011300000000

The Palace Museum:
http://www.dpm.org.cn/?ID=20704012000000000

Chinese Classics:
http://www.cnd.org/Classics/index.html

Chinese Learners Alternative:
http://www.sinologic.com/clas/index.html

Foreign Language Program Models:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/oela/OELAprograms/ForeignLanguageProgramModels.pdf

E.L. Easton Chinese Resources:
http://eleaston.com/chinese.html

Chinese American Service League:
http://www.caslservice.org/

Chinese Music Society of North America:
http://www.chinesemusic.net/

University of Chicago:
http://ceas.uchicago.edu/center.html

Xilin Schools:
http://www.xilin.org/acadimy.htm

Chicago Chinese American Museum:
http://www.ccamuseum.org/

Chicago Chinese Cultural Institute:
http://www.chicagocci.com/index.aspx

Dartmouth College Resources:
http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/chinese/

Online Chinese Tools:
http://www.mandarintools.com/

Yellow Bridge Chinese Language Center:
http://www.yellowbridge.com/

China the Beautiful:
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

Chinasite:
http://www.chinasite.com/

Friends and Partners:
http://www.friends-partners.org/fpchina/welcome/index.html


Internet Guide for Chinese Studies:
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/

Lingnet:
http://www.lingnet.org/

Chinese Linguistic Page: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~whu/China/linguist.html

Chinese New Year Coloring Pages:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/china/color/

Teaching Printouts:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

Activity Village:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_new_year.htm

Chinese Television and Radio Programs:
http://www.wcetv.com/v5/default_v55ex.asp

Coloring Pages Printouts:
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/chinese-new-year/

Coloring Pages China:
http://www.edupics.com/coloring-pages-pictures-book-china-191.htm

Dragons!:
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/dragons.htm

Chinesepod:
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm

Sagwa the Cat (PBS):
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/

Nixon’s China Game:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/

Precious Children: Education in China:
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/preciouschildren/

Teacher Planet:
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/chinesenewyear.php

Chinese Clipart: http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://chineseculture.about.com/library/clipart/blscliparts.htm

Chinese Holidays:
http://www.index-china.com/index-english/chinese_holidays.htm

Traditional Chinese Medicine:
http://www.mic.ki.se/China.html

Chinese Movie Database:
http://www.dianying.com/en/

Chinese History Timeline:
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html

Detailed History Timeline:
http://www.chinavoc.com/history/index.asp

10 Most Widely Spoken Languages: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html

I Love Languages:
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/

Language Box:
http://www.languagebox.com/

Pinyin Lesson Plan:
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Foreign_Language/Chinese/CHN0001.html

Activities for Foreign Language Classrooms:
http://www.clta.net/lessons/

World Language Lesson Plans:
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/languages/

World Language Lesson Plans and Resources:
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/eslsp.html#Lesson%20Plans

Learn Chinese Audio:
http://www.wku.edu/%7Eyuanh/AudioChinese/

Basic Chinese Grammar:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ersimmon/chingram/

Chinese-English Dictionary:
http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html

Moran’s Chinese Teaching Materials: http://www.wfu.edu/%7Emoran/my_materials.html

On-line Lessons: http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/chou/bp/chinesenet/lessons/default.html

Chinese Cultural Studies: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ephalsall/texts/chinlng2.html

China Related Resources:
http://info.wlu.ca/%7Ewwwsbe/faculty/yyan/chinese.htm

Asian Geography Resources:
http://www.cloudnet.com/%7Eedrbsass/edgeography.htm#asia

Chinese Lessons and Grammar:
http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html#grammar

Most Commonly Used Chinese Characters:
http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html

Sinoling.com:
http://sinoling.com/

About Chinese Dialects: http://chineseculture.about.com/cs/language/a/dialects.htm

China Data Center:
http://chinadatacenter.org/newcdc/

Chinese Teach Source:
http://chinese.primarysource.org/

Foreign Language Teacher Resources: http://www.tesd.k12.pa.us/fles/teacher_resources.html

Chinese for Kids at Gigglepotz.com:
http://www.gigglepotz.com/chinese.htm


Ease Chinese:
http://www.easechinese.com/

China Corner:
http://www.china-corner.com/

Pinyin Tone Tool:
http://toshuo.com/pinyin-tone-tool#

Chinese Picture Dictionary:
http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/Dictionary/

Chinese Tools:
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools

China TEFL Network:
http://www.chinatefl.com/

Primary Resources:
http://www.primaryschool.com.au/languages.php

Buy Chinese Clothing:
http://www.eaststore.com/

How to Make a Chinese New Year Dragon:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/dragon.html

How to Make a Chinese Dragon Puppet:
http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO971.html

Chinese New Year Lesson Plans:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/Jan05_china.htm

Chinese Games:
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/kids-games/index.html

Chinese Lantern Activity:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lantern/

Chinese Fireworks Activity:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/fireworks/

Chinese Dragon Activity:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lion/

Chinese Printable Books for Young Readers:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/holiday/chinesenewyear/

Midwest US-China Association
http://www.midwestuschina.org/events.php

US-China People’s Friendship Association:
http://www.uscpfa.org/

Chinese Mutual Aid Association:
http://www.chinesemutualaid.org/

Chinese Popular Culture:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/6080/

Annotated Resource for Chinese Popular Culture:
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/china-pop.html

Chinese Cinema: Annotated Resource Page:
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/china-film.html

Chinese Children’s Songs Mp3’s:
http://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/html/children.html

Chinese Children’s Songs Lyrics/Pinyin:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~har/songs.html

Chinese Children’s Songs:
http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/perry/chinesesongs/children/home.htm

Mama Lisa’s Chinese Children’s Songs:
http://www.mamalisa.com/world/taiwan.html

Chinese Culture Online:
http://www.chinesecultureonline.com/en/music.jsp

Chinese Hip Hop Culture (for High School):
http://www.chinastreets.net/

Shanghai Rap:
http://www.shanghaining.com/features/SHrap/

Chinese Hip Hop:
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/1857/2004-12-13/81@178610.htm

All Look Same

http://www.alllooksame.com
A fun look at Korean, Japanese and Chinese culture.
Click on ENTER and take tests in these categories:
--The people, architecture, landmarks, decorations, food....

They seem to all look the same, but look a bit deeper -- in fact, they're not.

A bit stereotyped, but take it loosely, it's quite fun.

Explore a Chinese House

This is a great site about how we make architecture, and it makes us.
The anatomy of a chinese house, all forms explained through function. My young children loved it. Great for k-12.

http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/index.html