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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