We are pleased to provide readers with supplemental materials that directly relate to features, essays, and reviews that we publish in the print version of Education About Asia. We are providing these materials for two reasons: (i): often, particularly interested readers seek extra information about topics that authors address in EAA; and (ii) economic considerations dictate page limitations for the print version.
These supplemental online materials may also be accessed on the EAA archives page by browsing or searching by article title, keyword, country or region, and author.
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (Spring 2023)
Links and Supplemental Graphics for “Teaching Asia through Think Tanks”
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 27, NUMBER 3 (Winter 2022)
Supplemental Graphics for Facts about Asia: “Transparency International: Asia’s Most Populous Nations”
For full Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index data and graphics for each country featured in the Facts About Asia column, please see the following links:
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 (Spring 2022) — ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY: COMPARISONS, CONNECTIONS, AND CONFLICTS (PART 2)
- Feature Article: How the Chinese Communist Party Manages the Bureaucracy: The Case for Rethinking the Role of Information Technology and Good Governance by Zhen Wang
- Facts About Asia: EAA Archival Recommendations: Asia in World History (Part 2), and Comparative Asia and the World Websites — with hyperlinks to all archive articles
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3 (Winter 2021) — ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY: COMPARISONS, CONNECTIONS, AND CONFLICTS (PART 1)
- The Shape of the World: Eurasia by Rhoads Murphey
- BOOK REVIEW ESSAY: North Korea: A History. Reviewed by Brandon Palmer
- Color images for “Objects of Fascination: Encountering Six Dynasties China through Material Culture” by Heather Clydesdale
Fig. 1: Male and female tomb occupants riding | Fig. 2: Female tomb occupant and companion
Fig. 4: Ewer with Mythological Scenes | Fig. 5: Miho couch panel
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 26, NUMBER 2 (Fall 2021) — ENGAGING ASIA: FILM, DOCUMENTARIES, AND TELEVISION
- Make Your Documentary! A Call to Action by Jeffrey A. Dym
- The Essentials: Barefoot Gen by Duane Johansen
- Excerpt from Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost by Alisa Freedman
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1 (Spring 2021) — ASIA’S ENVIRONMENTS: NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
- Cauvery Calling: A Possible Solution for a Dying River and Desperate Farmers by Helan Kaibara
- India’s Historical Impact on Southeast Asia by Patit Paban Mishra
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 25, NUMBER 3 (Winter 2020) — TEACHING ASIA’S GIANTS: INDIA
FEATURE ARTICLE
- Ties That Bind: India and Southeast Asia Connectivities by Jayati Bhattacharya
COLUMN
- Facts About Asia: India’s Thriving Technology Industry by The EAA Editorial Office
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 25, NUMBER 2 (Fall 2020) — TEACHING ASIA’S GIANTS: CHINA
FEATURE ARTICLE
- Made in China or Born Abroad? Creating Identity and Belonging in the Chinese Diaspora by Nathan D. Gardner and Bernard Z. Keo
RESOURCES AND ESSAYS
- China, Global History, and the Sea: Pedagogical Perspectives and Applications
Case Study, Visual Sidebars, and Recommended Maritime Resources by Grant Rhode
Case Study Guide by Eytan Goldstein, Lyle Goldstein, and Grant Rhode - Late Imperial China, Silver, and Global Trade Routes by Lin Sun
- Asia Shorts: The Great Smog of China, An Interview and Sample Chapter by Lucien Ellington, with Anna L. Ahlers, Mette Halskov Hansen, and Rune Svarverud
- Key Issues in Asian Studies: Modern Chinese History (Second Edition) by David Kenley
- Syllabus for Teaching China in a Global History Survey by Kenneth J. Hammond
- Bibliography for Teaching the History of Violence in China at a Southern Military College by Keith Knapp
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 25, NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2020) — ASIAN PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS
- Facts About Asia: Religious Freedom in Asia
- Student Comments and Blogs from “Encompass Southeast Asia: A Unique Experiential Learning Opportunity through the University of Richmond” by Bob Spires and Monti Narayan Datta
- Supplements for “Teaching Students about Mindfulness and Modern Life” by Mark Dennis and Andrew O. Fort
— Syllabus
— Socially-Engaged Mindfulness Paper
— Buddhist Precepts Exercise
— “I am That” Assignment
— Final Paper
— Student Comments
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 24, NUMBER 3 (WINTER 2019) —
ASIAN LITERATURE IN THE HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Handouts for “Twentieth-Century Chinese Entrepreneurs before 1949: Literature Excerpts for the Classroom” by Juanjuan Peng
Handout A: Excerpt from “The Shop of the Lin Family,” by Mao Dun, trans. Sidney Shapiro
Handout B: Excerpt from The Pen and I: The Autobiography of a Shanghai Businesswomen by Tang Diyin
Handout C: Excerpt from The Lius of Shanghai by Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh - Resources and Chapter Guide for “Contextualizing Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko” by Todd Munson
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 24, NUMBER 2 (FALL 2019) —
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ASIA
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 24, NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2019) —
SCHOOLS AND ASIA
- Book Review: South Asia in World History (New Oxford World History). Reviewed by Rachel Ball-Phillips
- AP Art History and Chinese Art (NCTA Teaching Resources Essay): by Lisa Hirkaler
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 23, NUMBER 3 (WINTER 2018) —
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ASIA?
- Bringing Traditional Chinese Culture to Life by Yue Zhang
- NCTA TEACHING RESOURCES ESSAY: China in Africa: Essential Questions and Teaching Resource Suggestions by Ian Tiedemann
- FILM REVIEW: Above the Drowning Sea. Reviewed by David B. Gordon
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 23, NUMBER 2 (FALL 2018) —
DEMOGRAPHICS, SOCIAL POLICY, AND ASIA (PART II)
- The Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japan: Shibusawa Eiichi. Reviewed by John H. Sagers
- Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan. Reviewed by Daniel A. Metraux
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 23, NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2018) —
ASIAN POLITICS
- SYMPOSIUM: Nuclear Weapons and the Korean Peninsula, Additional Thoughts
(1) Michael J. Seth (What Honors High School and Undergraduate Survey Instructors Should Know about North Korea’s Nuclear Threat);
(2) Zhiqun Zhu (North Korea’s Nuclear Challenge);
(3) Jacques Fuqua (A New North Korean Paradigm)
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 22, NUMBER 3 (WINTER 2017) — DEMOGRAPHICS, SOCIAL POLICY, AND ASIA (PART I)
- Dreaming, Making, and Breaking Family and Kinship in Contemporary South Korea by Bonnie Tilland
- Digital Pedagogical Resources for “Japan’s Declining Population: Beyond the Textbook” by Phillip O’Brien and Byron Haast
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 22, NUMBER 2 (FALL 2017) — WATER AND ASIA
- Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada: Digital Teaching Resources by Scott Harrison and Erin Williams
- Essay by Damon Woods (UCLA) about his AAS Key Issues book, “The Philippines: From Earliest Times to the Present”
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 22, NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2017) — CONTEMPORARY POSTCOLONIAL ASIA
- How Free Are Postcolonial Polities? Select Nation Profiles by EAA Staff
- Modeling Asia: An East China Sea Simulation by Lauren McKee (includes: Simulation Prep Sheet; Japan Country Brief; China’s National Goals; and Simulation Reflections)
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 21, NUMBER 3 (WINTER 2016) — TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ASIA: NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, AND COLORS
The Great Courses
Film Review
Key Issues in Asian Studies
- “The Mongol Empire in World History” by Helen Hundley
- “Chinese Literature: An Introduction” by Ihor Pidhainy
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 21, NUMBER 2 (FALL 2016) — SPORTS, CULTURE, AND ASIA
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2016) — Asia in AP, IB, and Undergraduate Honors Courses
Features
- “Shadow R & J” and “The Girl Who Flew”: Introducing Asia through Theater in an Interdisciplinary Honors Program by Adam D. Frank
- “Beyond Cultural Tourism: Experiencing the Arts in Bali” by Jui-Ching Wang
Resource Materials
- Table that accompanies “Periodization and Historical Patterns in Chinese History: Approaches to Historical Thinking Skills in AP World History” by Angela A. Lee
- Primary source document that accompanies “Lesson Plan: On Leaving Asia” by Aaron Pickering
Course Syllabi
- “Ancient Chinese Science and the Teaching of Physics” by Matthew Marone
- “Cutting-Edge Samurai Theatre: Noh Then, Noh Now, Noh Tomorrow” by Matthew R. Dubroff and “In the Noh: Using Samurai Theater in the History Classroom” by Eric G. Dinmore
- “Walk Like a Samurai Using Japanese: Performing and Martial Arts to Teach Historical Inquiry” by Tim Cooper
- “Teaching Multiple Asias: Confessions of a Europeanist Teaching World History” by Alexander Maxwell
- “Shadow R & J and The Girl Who Flew: Introducing Asia through Theater in an Interdisciplinary Honors Program” by Adam D. Frank
- “Beyond Cultural Tourism: Experiencing the Arts in Bali” by Jui-Ching Wang
