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Curated OER

China Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
For this recognizing meanings of words worksheet, students match words about the country China with their definitions. Students match 16 answers.
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Other

Asia Art: Chinese Brush Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
This online resource is for an art or social studies teacher looking for ways to explore the fundamentals of Chinese art with their students. The site provides information on techniques, composition, calligraphy, color, and much more. At...
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Other

China the Beautiful : Appreciation of the Art of Chinese Calligraphy

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Chinese calligraphy by Dr. Ming L. Pei who provides an in-depth interpretation and multiple links to examples.
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Calligraphy, the Preeminent Art Form

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the brush stroke's fundamental role in Chinese culture. This online exhibit presents a large collection of calligraphic texts, as early as the fourth century, as well as paintings, illustrations, and albums.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: Perfect Imbalance: Exploring Chinese Aesthetics

For Students 9th - 10th
An exploration of Chinese Aesthetics. Includes images and descriptions of artifacts, the history of Chinese art, and lesson plans.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Medieval Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
A solid introduction to Islamic art of the late medieval period (approximately A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1450) that relates historical events to the art production of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful reproductions that...
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Other

China Daily: China Culture a Z

For Students 9th - 10th
Go directly to a collection of illustrated feature-length articles about traditional and contemporary Chinese arts. Covers the principal visual and performing arts of China, for example, traditional crafts, calligraphy, architecture,...
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National Palace Museum (Taiwan)

For Students 9th - 10th
The online counterpart of Taiwan's National Palace Museum provides access to the museum's treasures of Chinese art.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Taoism and the Arts of China

For Students 9th - 10th
Chinese art is often used to depict the religion of Taoism. In addition to many images, there are also lesson plans for all ages.
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Other

China Vista: The China Experience China Culture Index

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive, bilingual website about various aspects of Chinese culture, including folk custom, arts and crafts, food and drinks, costumes, scripts and calligraphy, performing arts, ethnic groups, etc.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Chinese Art

For Students 2nd - 6th
Reference page written for kids teaches about the art of ancient China, including performance art as well puppet art, calligraphy, folk toys and painting.
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University of Washington

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this "visual sourcebook" is to add to the material teachers can use to help theirstudents understand Chinese history, culture, and society. It was not designed to standalone; we assume that teachers who use it will also...
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Princeton University

Princeton University: The Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Art Museum at Princeton University has a permanent collection ranging over time from ancient to contemporary and from the Mediterranean to Western Europe, China, Latin America and the U.S. Greek and Roman antiquities and Roman...
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Smithsonian Institution

Freer | Sackler Galleries: Word Play (The Work of Contemporary Artist Xu Bing)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contemporary Chinese expatriate artist Xu Bing shares stories, sketches, and photographs of his work in association with a 2001 exhibition of his work at the Smithonson's Sackler Gallery. Word play and language are a focus of Bing's...