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Japanese American Internment

Asian Americans and U.S.-Asia Relations during World War II more
How Much is There to Eat?

A Comparison Between India and the Southern United States more
How Big is Big?

A Population Density Exercise more
Geometry and Islam

This exercise explores why geometric patterns appear throughout the Islamic world and how to use geometric principles to create patterns. more
China's Great Sage

Students read, analyze, and paraphrase translations from The Analects as a means of understanding key elements of Confucianism. more
Building An Empire

Students understand China and its geography by creating travel brochures for China's nine distinct regions. more
Belief Systems Along the Silk Roads

A Silk Roads Encounter Project more
A Museum as Time Capsule

This lesson focuses on using museums, or more precisely, artwork or artifacts as resources to study history and geography. The example used in this lesson is a horse saddle from Mongolia, but any art object(s) or artifact(s) may be substitu more
Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Explore the global lineage of civil rights movements. more
Gallup Polls: Images of the Chinese and Japanese

American attitudes towards the Chinese and Japanese after major international events. more
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