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Asian studies independent work packets for Microsoft Word
Great Wall of China 3 Dimensional diorama art project
The Great Wall of China will come to life as your students recreate this ancient wonder out of paper! By printing out the sheets on different colors of paper, you gain the view of perspective (areas in the foreground are darker, areas in the background are lighter). Students practice fine motor skills as they piece together the "puzzle" and create their own 3-dimensional view of the Great Wall. If you like this project, check out my other World Cultures activities, like my paper Stonehenge proje
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4th - 7th
Study Guide for The Girl with Seven Names
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story Study Guide and Key in WORD format.Includes:36 EDITABLE pagesComprehension Questions broken down by chapterVocabulary (page numbers included)Character chartKEY!Use this study guide to hold your students accountable. Assign the whole packet and/or use a few questions on a quiz. This novel is perfect for reinforcing common words on the SAT.Follow this up with Hyeonseo Lee's Ted Talk. Use this FREE Ted Talk template: Ted Talk Template.Like
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Human Rights Violations: Bengali, Cambodia, and Rwanda Genocides
This handout has students first explore the motives and emotions behind people's desire to limit human rights of others. Then, students learn about three genocides and answer analysis questions. Because the genocides are broken into separate sections, this can be a jigsaw, stations, or just individual work packets. The three genocides are:The Pakistani genocide of Bengalis in Bangladesh in 1971The Cambodian Genocide led by the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot from 1975-79The Rwandan genocide led by Hutus
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Japanese History: Tokugawa Shogunate, Meiji Restoration, and WWII
This assignment takes students through the isolation of the Tokugawa Shogunate through the expedition of Matthew Perry and the subsequent Meiji Restoration, the Japanese Imperialism (with a brief comparison to European Imperialism), and finally, the attack on Pearl Harbor. There are primary and secondary sources, maps, and videos embedded within this, along with analysis questions for students to answer. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Analyzing the spread of Buddhism
This handout has students 1) write observations, questions, and summaries of 3 documents about the spread of Buddhism 2) develop a claim that answers one of their questions3) Analyzes evidence from the documents to answer their claim
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Ancient Religions Bundle
PBS Frontline's "The Tank Man" - Guided Video Worksheet
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured by Western photographers watching nearby, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the fight for freedom around the world. FRONTLINE investigates the mystery of the tank man — his identity, his fate, and his significance for the Chinese leadership.
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7th - 12th
Also included in: China Since 1900 Unit Resources
Study Guide for Ancient India Test
A study guide to accompany the Ancient India test (also in my store). These questions are all made from the powerpoint (that are also in my store!). They go in order.Based off of World History: myWorld Interactive Early Ages Middle Grades
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6th - 8th
Partition of India Discussion Activity
This activity has the teacher assign each student one of two roles: Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Each student will read the description about how either Nehru or Jinnah felt about a unified India (spoiler alert, they disagreed), and then look at three situations which made unity complicated: 1) the differences between Hindu and Muslim religious practices2) which regions were majority Muslim, majority Hindu, and mixed3) the history of conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India. Aft
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Gandhi, Indian Independence, and Activism Methods
This handout/independent work packet can be done as a whole class, in groups/pairs, or individually. It had students start by analyzing which methods of activism they think would be most effective at getting the government to change, then jumps into the history of Indian colonization and how Gandhi used non-violent, non-cooperation strategies to expel the British from India. It uses video clips (linked into the text), and has analysis questions for students to answer throughout. It can easily be
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Confucius The Analects (Distance Learning)
This is a brief handout that has students read 15 excerpts from The Analects by Confucius, explain their reaction to each one, and then choose 5 and explain how this applies to their life. It is formatted for google classroom.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World History: Paleolithic/Prehistoric to the end of the Middle Ages
AP World History: 8.4 Communism After 1900: Interactive Timeline Activity
Word File (DOCX)Includes:Fully formatted and ready to submit lesson plan with detailed instructionsStudent instruction sheet7 Event Summaries14 Primary supporting sourcesAnticipatory set videos with links (YouTube)Students will create an interactive time-line (or paper if you prefer) using supplied sources and events, adding media to support the guiding research. This lesson plan provides a comprehensive overview of the major events in Chinese history from the fall of the Qing Dynasty to the Cu
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10th
Deng Xiaoping and the Four Modernizations of China
This handout shows students 5 problems plaguing China at the end of the 1970s and asks them to develop 2 solutions for each problem. Then, the students read about the Four Modernizations and the One Child Policy and analyze if their solutions were better than these.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Mao Ze Dong and the Cultural Revolution in China (Distance Learning)
This handout has students read an official Chinese Communist Party document about the Cultural Revolution and then answer three questions that both check their understanding and ask them to analyze what they have read. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Zheng He and Ming China Claim-Counterclaim task (Distance Learning)
This literacy activity has students read three perspective about the Ming Dynasty in China. The situation is that after the Mongols were expelled from China, the emperor Zhu Di faced many domestic and foreign problems, but also, the Admiral Zheng He was sailing a fleet of ships around the Indian Ocean to re-establish diplomatic and economic relations with other civilizations. Students must read 3 perspectives on whether or not to continue spending resources to sail the Treasure Fleet around the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World History: Paleolithic/Prehistoric to the end of the Middle Ages
Chinese History - Mao, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping
This assignment includes four readings that are each about four pages in length. They are on the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Deng Xiaoping. There is one page of questions for each reading for a total of four pages of questions. There is a key with the answer to all of the questions. You can teach from the key for one or more of the readings depending on the reading level and stamina of your students. Collectively, the readings and corresponding qu
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6th - 12th
1970s Problems with Communism in the USSR and China (Distance Learning)
This handout first has students revisit the differences between capitalism and communism by analyzing the benefits and harms of each. Then students are presented with 5 problems facing China and 3 problems facing the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 80s, and for each, they need to brainstorm potential ways each country could solve these problems. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
Central Asia: Introduction to a Region
Despite its monumental contributions to world history, Central Asia is not often taught in the U.S. or basically anywhere outside of Central Asia. The region's current events don't often make our nightly news (although that's probably a good thing), and you'd probably be lucky if any of your students could even name a central Asian country. This activity is meant to reverse that. This is a 16-page work packet that can be assigned individually or in a group work setting. (I've done it in both set
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8th - 12th
Building Background Knowledge of Asia - Using Newsela Articles
This building background bundle does require a Newsela subscription to access the reading materials. In this bundle, you will have access to questions that guide your students through 6 articles to support building background knowledge of the continent of Asia. These article/questions focus on the following topics: 1 - Asia's Physical Geography2 - Asian Climate (2 different article)3 - Animals of Asia4 - Human Geography of Asia5 - East Asia's Recent Successes and ChallengesAgain, having a Newsel
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7th - 10th
Soviet & Chinese Communist problems and 1980s solutions (Distance Learning)
This handout explores the solutions that the Soviets and Chinese attempted in the 1980s to solve their problems (for the Soviets, glasnost and perestroika, and for the Chinese, the Four Modernizations and the One Child Policy). The students are asked to analyze if they think these will work. Next, the students are presented with the real results of these policies, and are asked to analyze how their predictions compare to what actually happened. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Tang Dynasty in China and Modern Problems
This handout has students begin by brainstorming and explaining 5 modern day problems, then looking at 4 descriptions about the Tang Dynasty and analyzing how ideas and practices from the Tang Dynasty could be used to solve any of their modern-day problems.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World History: Paleolithic/Prehistoric to the end of the Middle Ages
Chinese Nationalists and Chinese Communists
This assignment has students look at two "campaign posters" representing the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong. Between the two, students need to decide who they would have supported.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Geography of Ancient China
This is a resource for the geography of Ancient China. It can be used as bellwork and exit tickets.
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5th - 8th
Wu Zetian
Reading collection/questions about Empress Wu Zetian. China, circa 625 to 705 CEThe only Chinese Empress to ever rule in her own right, Wu clawed her way up from concubinage to running China with an iron fist. A genuinely terrifying person, she was born circa 625 CE and died in 705–peacefully. She wasn’t empress anymore at that point, but everyone was too scared of her to kill her.
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9th - 12th
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