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Abacus - all about this
technology - a Golden
Legacy curriculum - more
friendly information
Aeoroplane or airplane - see Wright Brothers
Altair - see Stars and
Constellations
Angel Island - see Chinese
Immigrants to San Francisco
Anti-Chinese
cartoon -
The Chinese (anti-Chinese essay written in 1924, summarizing negative stereotypes)
Automobile history - 1903 cars
(scroll down to the picture of Henry Ford) -
The History of the Automobile in San Francisco
Aquila - see Stars and
Constellations
Barbara Allen - a recording
and a full-text transcription
Boxer Rebellion - search Encarta
Online - illustrated
article from Small Planet histories
Buddha & Buddhism - an
overview for teachers - for pictures go to Google
and search Images for Buddha -
overview for students
Calendar - a short
explanation - Lunar
Calendar Golden Legacy Curriculum - convert
your birthday into the Lunar Calendar
Calligraphy - Chinese masters
, Appreciation of Chinese
Calligraphy
Calligraphy - various types,
Art of Chinese Calligraphy
Charlie Chan - movies and TV shows (list -
Search under Character name)
Chess, Chinese
China - general - Fascinating
Facts About China - includes abacus, technology, festivals
China - a map of Manchu
China (go to Maps, Regional, Modern, China Manchu)
China - history - Condensed China
(an overview) - a Thinkquest
history of China from 1839 (beginning with the Opium Wars) - Empires
Past - China
Chinatown (San Francisco) - history
- San Francisco History
by Subject (scroll down to Chinese) from the Museum of San Francisco
Chinese Americans - timeline
Chinese art - Art
of China Homepage - see also Calligraphy
Chinese calendar - see Calendar above and Chinese zodiac below
Chinese cooking -
recipes - Taste
of China
Chinese Festivals - and another source of short
descriptions
Chinese folklore and folktales - a tea
legend - Chinese
Legends - The Monkey
King
Chinese
holidays and festivals (go
to Moon festival) - Moon
Festival - see also Moon
Chinese immigrants to San Francisco - overview
- Angel Island,
more
on Angel Island - The
Artillery of Heaven (PBS series summary on Chinese part in RR building)
Chinese immigrant law - anti-immigration laws - Chinese
Exclusion Act (text) - Repeal
(text)
Chinese kites - see Kites
Chinese language - listen to it!
try the Sayings of Confucious - find
out more
Chinese literature - poetry
(includes recordings) - poems
in the Tang tradition by a modern poet
Chinese religion & mythology - selected
myths - Legends
of China - see also Moon
Chinese inventions, science, medicine, technology - Ancient
Chinese Technology - Chinese
Inventions Lesson Plan - Chinese
Inventions and Remedies - and another site on Chinese
Inventions
Chinese zodiac
Classic of Changes or I-Ching
(description) - The Book of Changes
(translation with explanations)
Clothes - what Miss Whitlaw and
Mr. Alger might have worn - actual photographs of the earthquake day, 1906
- photo of Chinese immigrants
(and facts about the Gold Rush)
Confucious - biography
- writings (select Full Text...then
a book and a verse) -
pictures with translations of his writing (read some!) - basic
information for 6th grade
Constellations - see Stars and Constellations
Dime Novel - historical
background, cover graphics
Dirigibles - a short history
Dr. Fu Manchu - a list of the movies (search
box is to the left) - the picture
and text on this page will show you the stereotype which concerns Yep - and
the full text of the original
mystery - The
Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (e-text)
Dragons - Here Be Dragons, in
art, introduction to Chinese
dragon - St.George
and the Dragon (picture like Miss Whitlaw's) - stories of the Chinese
Golden Dragon - Wu
and the Storm Dragon (story)
Dumplings - see Chinese cooking -
a folktale
to explain their origins (Winter Festival Tale) -
about dumplings in Chinese culture -
recipe
Earthquake - see San
Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Enlighteners - Confucious and Lao Tse
Feast of Pure Brightness - follow the link to Ching
Ming, grave sweeping day
Foot Binding - a
Golden Legacy curriculum -
description with some pictures
Fung Joe Guey
gingerbread
cookies, gingersnaps
gingham
- although you are looking at kitchen items, the fabric and prints are traditional
gingham
glider - picture of the Wright brothers in an early
glider
Gold Rush site from Oakland
- primary documents
from San Francisco Museum - Gold
Rush (articles for students and lesson plans)
Golden
Gate Park - traces history back to 1870
Haiku poetry - The
Art of Haiku Poetry - Haiku for
People (many examples) - Do
You Haiku (webquest)
the
Highwayman - poem text
Horseless carriage - see Automobile
Immigrants, immigration - see Chinese immigration to San
Francisco
Inventions - Ancient
Chinese Technology
Kites - how to build
your own - useful even though it is odd
Kites - Chinese
- examples from a kite-making company - a history
Laurence Yep, author - see Yep, Laurence
the Listener - see Chinese
religion & mythology
Lyra - see Stars and
Constellations
Mah-Jongg - play it!
Manchu
Dynasty
Middle Kingdom - see China
- history
Milky Way - see Stars and
Constellations
Moon guitar - a Google search in images
for "Moon guitar" will yield several pictures of the ancient Chinese
instrument - Moon guitar recordings are available from Amazon.com
(not to be confused with modern groups!)
Moon legends - the Story
of Chang-O, The
Moon Festival (includes 2 poems), Inside China Today: Moon
Festival (launches commercial window that you should close) - The
Mooncake Festival with the story of Chang-O - Moon
Festival
Moon poetry - English and Chinese, with comments -
China the Beautiful moon poems
Mythological Creatures - Encyclopedia
Mythica
Mythology - see Chinese
religion & mythology
Nesbit, Edith or Ellen -author - the Phoenix and the Carpet (e-Text) - biography
Old Ones - see Chinese
religion & mythology
Opium - a photograph
of a Chinese opium den
Opium Wars - go to
HyperHistory, click on Events, then scroll on the right to Opium
Wars. When you find it on the chart, click on the words Opium
War.
Phoenix - as a Christian
symbol of rebirth - see also Mythological
Creatures - simple telling
of the story and relating the bird to Chinese mythology
The Phoenix and the Carpet - see Nesbit,
Edith
Presidio
Queue - read the Background section
Railroad building in US history - Chinese
role - The
Artillery of Heaven (PBS series summary on Chinese part in RR building)
Rice farming, rice paddies - traditional
methods and a Chinese myth
Rice paper
Roosevelt, Theodore (President) - 1904
campaign - visit an imaginary 1904
campaign site and learn about this colorful president by following the link
icons.
San Francisco,
1906 - history
- street map
San Francisco Chinatown - historical information - see Chinatown
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 - description,
damage
photographs, panorama
of the city after the earthquake -
historical overview and pictures -
Library of Congress photos and movies
Science - Ancient
Chinese Technology
Simple
Gifts - sound file
Sleepers - see Brotherhoods
St. George and the Dragon - see Dragons
Stars
and Constellations
Stereopticon
- sample slides
Stove King
Tang dynasty - HyperHistory Online,
then click on History, 500-1000, and click on the blue words and underlined
words in the Tang section
Tang poetry - see Chinese literature
Taoism
Tea - look for Chinese Tea and
The Tea Route - see also Chinese Folklore
- you should also visit A World of Tea
and look for the Yunnan Tea Report and articles such as "Milk or Lemon
in Your Tea?"
Technology - Ancient
Chinese Technology
(empty)
Vega - see Stars and Constellations
Wright
Brothers - an interactive site with a movie - & their
airplane, how
humans can fly!, Aviation
The Science of Flight, First Flight
- a simulated flight with the Wrights, Flight:
A Virtual Adventure for Grades 3-6 (interactive learning adventure)
Wright Brother airplane - join
a NASA team recreating the 1903 plane and flight, a site which includes
templates for a glider-making challenge - See a drawing
of a glider from the National Archives.
Yep, Laurence - The Yep Page - The Teacher's Resource File
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