Chinese New Year/ Spring Festival Teaching Resources

This is a list of websites with background and teaching material. Please add new ones in your comments:

• Well organized group of links; lessons and worksheets; other links http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/chinesenewyear.php

• Teacher vision: extensive links to Chinese culture sites and activities http://www.teachervision.fen.com/chinese-new-year/china/6603.html

• Extensive and well organized crafts and activities for elementary aged children http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/

• Unit Plan: "Chinese Inventions and the Chinese New Year” http://content.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=20

• Extensive listing of links to teacher resources for Chinese Culture and New Year (Utah Education Network) http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=5279#teacher

• A-Z Teacher Stuff http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Chinese_New_Year/index.shtml

•  http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4324

• Sites and Links http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/archives/318

China Beat: Five Sites for Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials

The new blog "China Beat" offers a range of opinion pieces on news, history, culture, and anything else that comes to their minds. The contributors are Los Angeles area scholars and graduate students.

The April 25 post is very useful "Five Sites for Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials" It lists and briefly describes the major national sites.

National Geographic China Issue

The June issue of National Geographic is a rich presentation of China -- pictures, feature stories... the whole nine yards.

National Geographic website has these features, plus a bunch of links to earlier articles, maps, puzzles, the whole ninety yards.

China and Tibet

The hot item in the headlines these days is the debate over Tibet, with demonstrations in Lhasa, Nepal, and Congress. The box to the right of this posting, "News Articles," has links to recent articles.

The box below has links and tags to the Del.icio.us social sharing website. You can 1) click the links in the box to go to an article or 2) go to the Del.icio.us site by clicking "My Del.icio.us." There you will have access to the several thousand websites and articles linked there; they are tagged by subject. In this case, try "Tibet."

Chinese Propaganda Posters

Stephan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Posters page is a major resource for any topic in post 1949 history of the People's Republic. Landsberger has arranged the posters by topic and supplied extensive explanations of the people, policies, and places involved.

For instance, "Population Policy" has colorful posters promoting sexual awareness (one of the few sources of knowledge on this topic for young Chinese!) and a quick explication of the development of the One Child Policy. "Zhou Enlai" has a brief but useful summary of Zhou's life. "Iron Women and Foxy Ladies" offers an incisive essay and insightful posters.

For most topics there are suggested readings and links for websites.

China Digital Times

China Digital Times Describes itself as "collaborative news website covering China’s social and political transition and its emerging role in the world. We aim to aggregate the most up-to-the-minute news and analysis about China from around the Web, while providing independent reporting, translations from Chinese cyberspace, and perspectives from across the geographical, political and social spectrum."

In plain language: "a great way to keep track of what's up in China."

Reports are tagged, so that you can easily search and find articles on practically any subject you want, including political reform, environmental crisis, the Olympics (major coverage), Christianity, one child policy... well, you name it.

There is a CDT Slideshows, Photos (both downloadable), Cartoons, Satire, and reviews in the CDT Bookshelf,

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts website Arts of Asia is extensive but not overwhelming in presenting Chinese history with an emphasis on art and culture. The art works are explained and background given, though there is probably more pottery than most students would want.

There are excellent sections of History and Maps for China, Japan, and Korea showing historical development.

The section on Buddhism is especially well done.

Additional Resources includes Teaching the Arts, Further Reading, and Glossary.

Highly recommended to those with an interest in art.

http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/introduction/

The China Beat

A brave new blog: The China Beat, which in its own words "examines media coverage of China, providing context and criticism from China scholars and writers." The first couple of posts show what they're up to: "Five Good Short Books on China," "After the Avalanche," (on the Taiwan elections), and "Anniversaries: The Rise and Fall of Wang Mang" (a controversial figure who usurped the throne 2,000 years ago.)

There you have it: history, items snatched from the headlines, and advice on what to read. What's not to like?

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