Look for your group assignment below to find links to assist you in finding the information for your wing of the 20th Century Asia Museum project:

 Group 1: China, Korea, and Japan after World War Two

China

/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/specials/2005/china/default.stm

/http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107411.html

/www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=17

  Korea

//www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/history.htm

 www.geocities.com/mokkim/koreahistory.html#split  (GO TO “KOREA DIVIDED” in the article.)

/http://www.kmike.com/oz/38th.htm

Jap

JapJapan

 

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/439448/japan_and_american_policy_after_world.html

U.S. and Japan After the Cold War

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7404/index1.html 

WWII WORLD WAR TWO

http://www.solarnavigator.net/world_war_two.htm

JapJapan – MSN Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761566679_20/Japan.html

JapJapan: The Modernization of an Ancient Culture – Post-War Japan

http://sage.tamu.edu/country/asia/japan_resources/japan_booklet_country/post-war_japan.htm

Literacy Rate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate  (List of Countries)

http://www.uis.unesco.org/en/stats/statistics/literacy2000.htm  (Literacy Statistics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_India  (Literacy in India)

http://www.overpopulation.com/faq/literacy/literacy-rate-by-country-asia/  (Literacy Rate)

http://www.phrasebase.com/english/countries/people_literacyrate.php?variable=people_literacyrate  (Literacy Rate Comparisons)

http://info.eb.com/training/materials/WDA_Activity.pdf  (Lesson on Country Comparisons)

http://www.phrasebase.com/english/countries/people_literacyratef.php?variable=people_literacyratef  (Literacy Rates of Females)

Group 2: Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Civil War -communism

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/history/1949_cr.html

Mao Zedong

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/history/1949_cr.html

Scroll to Birth of Modern China

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/china.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0831663.html

Long March

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March

Rise of communism

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/history/1949.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cn0034)

Great Leap Forward

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cn0039)

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0821672.html

Cultural Revolution

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cn0041)

http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cultural-revolution/

 

Group 3:  Wars in 20th Century Asia

Vietnam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-VietnamW.html

 3. http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/h/war.html

 4.       http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761552642

 5.       http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=225210 

 

KoKorean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

http://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites025.shtml

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769989.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001291.html

After Colonization

India

http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Baker_00/2001_p4/baker_mr_rl_p4/colonialism.htm

 http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/india/chap1.htm

 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html

 http://www.iloveindia.com/history/modern-history/british-india.html

 http://india.indymedia.org/en/2003/01/2866.shtml

 IndoChina

www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Indochin.html 

www.cardamom.org/history1.html

 www.multied.com/NationbyNation/Vietnam/History1.html

www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/cambodia/

 Misc

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/crossroads/wilson/colonialism.htm

 

Group 4 Culture-Fine Arts

China

Art

http://www.factmonster.com/search?fr=fmtn&query=Chinese+Art&x=22&y=13  (Chinese art links)

 Literature

www.factmonster.com/search?fr=fmtnh&query=Chinese+literature&x=24&y=4 (Chinese literature links)

 

 Music

 http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0811916.html  (Chinese Music)

 http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/chinese-music.htm  (Chinese Music)

 http://chineseculture.about.com/od/music/Chinese_Music.htm  (Chinese Music)

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_musical_instruments  (Traditional Instruments)

 India

Art

http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/  (India Past & Present)

 http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/india_art/index.htm  (Art from India)

 http://www.colorsofindia.com/  (Festivals of Colors)

 http://members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/  (Images of India)

 Literature

http://library.thinkquest.org/17282/home.html  (India After The British)

 http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/  (India Past & Present)

 http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/scripts.html  (Languages & Scripts of India)

 http://www.ypp.net/fullarticle.asp?ID=17  (A Day In My Life in New Delhi)

 Music

http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/  (India Past & Present)

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0823756.html (Hindu music)

http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/ (History of Indian Music)

http://library.thinkquest.org/11315/  (The World of Music)

 http://www.khazana.com/et/music/instrum5.asp?mscssid=PA6V7B06KDC48MQ2R1BKHRD2SVED1KV2  (Sarangi Instrument)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine (Indian Food)

 

Japan

Art

http://www.kougei.or.jp/english/  (Japanese Traditional Crafts)

 http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/  (Multi-Cultural Site for many countries)

 http://www.asia-art.net/  (Asian Art)

 http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Geography/Asia/Japan/index.htm  (CyberSleuthKids)

 Literature

http://www.factmonster.com/search?fr=fmtn&query=Japanese+literature&x=20&y=16 (Japanese literature links)

http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/japan.htm  (Japanese Literature)

 http://japanese.about.com/od/literature/Japanese_Literature.htm  (Japanese Literature)

 http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/japanese.html  (Japanese Language)

 http://www.longitudebooks.com/find/d/401172/pc/Japan%20by%20Train/mcms.html  (Kid Books)

 Music

 http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/japmusic.html  (Japanese Music)

 http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/MUSIC.HTM  (Early Japanese Music)

 http://www.bridgewater.edu/~dhuffman/soc306/S98grp1/music.html  (Japanese Music)

 http://www.ou.edu/earlymusic/japanese.html  (Japanese Music Series)

 http://dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/artists/by_country_or_culture/  (Music By Country)

 

 Group 5: Religion

http://www.arcworld.org/faiths.asp?pageID=9 (Information on all religions)

http://www.arcworld.org/faiths.asp?pageID=9 (Shinto-Japan)

http://www.arcworld.org/faiths.asp?pageID=11 (Daoism-China)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_Indonesian_religions.jpg (Indonesia religions)