Resource

East Asia: Brown, Christopher L., project editor. East Asia in Transition. Atlanta: The Southern Center for International Studies, 1996. 5 part accompanying video series also available. "Education About Asia". Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies, Inc. Published three times a year.

Murphy, Rhoads. East Asia: A New History. New York: Longman, 20001. NB: there are also 2006 and 2009 editions.

SPICE, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education. http://Spice.Stanford.edu Publishes many thematic and topical units.

Japan: Beasley, W. G. The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1999.

Bix, Herbert P. //Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan//. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.

Dunn, Charles James. //Everyday life in Traditional Japan//. Boston: C. E. Tuttle Co., 2000.

Hartz, Paula. //Shinto//. New York: Facts on File, 1997.

Kalman, Bobbie. //Japan: the Culture//. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company. 1989.

Kalman, Bobbie. //Japan: the Land//. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company. 1989.

Kalman, Bobbie. //Japan: the People//. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company. 1989.

Levering, Miriam. Zen Inspirations. London: Duncan Baird Publishers. 2004.

Loudon, Sarah. Spring Blossoms, Autumn Moon: Japanese Art for the Classroom. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1992.

Minear, Richard H. Through Japanese Eyes. New York: CITE Books, 1994.

Mitford, A. B. Tales of Old Japan. Mineola New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 2005.

Nardo, Don. Traditional Japan. San Diego: CA Lucent Books, 1995.

Nitobe, Inazo. Bushido: Samurai Ethics and the Soul of Japan. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 2004.

Reader, Ian. Simple Guide to Shinto: the Religion of Japan. Folkstone, Kent, England: Global Books. Ltd, 2001.

Reese, Lyn. Samurai Sisters: Early Feudal Japan. Berkeley: Women in World History Curriculum, 1991.

“Samurai”. Calliope. January/February 1993.

“Shinto”. Calliope. March, 1998.

Tames, Richard. Exploration into Japan. Parsippany, New Jersey: New Discovery Books, 1995.

Turnbull, Stephen. Samurai: The World of the Warrior. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing. 2003.

Novels:

Haugaard, Erik Christian. The Boy and the Samurai. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.

Haugaard, Erik Christian. The Samurai’s Tale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

Hoobler, Dorothy. The Ghost in the Tokkaido Inn. New York: Philomel Books, 1999.

Paterson, Katherine. The Master Puppeteer. New York: Harper trophy, 1989.

Paterson, Katherine. Of Nighingales That Weep. New York: Harper trophy, 1989.

Paterson, Katherine. The Sign of the Chrysanthemum. New York: Harper Trophy, 1988.

Waley, Arthur, trans. The Tale of Genji. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 2000.

China: Becker, Jasper. The Chinese. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Chicarelli, Charles F. Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Introduction. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books. 2004.

Ebrey, Patricia. Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook. New York: The Free Press, 1993.

Fewsmith, Joseph. China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Fitzgerald, Francis. Fire in the Lake. New York: Back Bay Books. 2002. good for discussion on Confucian social values

Kalman, Bobbie. China: the Culture. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company. 1989.

Kalman, Bobbie. China: the Land. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company. 1989.

Kalman, Bobbie. China: the People. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company. 1989.

Malpasina, Ann. The Chinese Revolution and Mao Zedong in World History. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc. 2004

Owen, Stephen, ed. An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 1996.

Scarpari, Maurizio. Ancient China: Chinese Civilization from Its Origins to the Tang Dynasty. New York: Barnes & Noble. 2006.

Seybolt, Peter J. Through Chinese Eyes: Revolution and Transformation. New York: CITE Books, 1988.

Spence, Jonathan. Mao Zedong. New York; Penguin Putnam Inc. 1999.

Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990.

Wood, Frances. The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia. Berkley: University of California Press. 2002.

Novels/memoirs:

Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. New York: Anchor Books, 1991.

Chen, Da. Brothers. New York: Random House Inc.. 2006.

Chen, Da. Colors of the Mountain. New York: Random House Inc. 2001.

Cheng, Terrence. Sons of Heaven: A Novel. New York: Harper Perennial, 2003.

Heng, Liang and Judith Shapiro. Son of the Revolution. New York: Vintage Books, 1984.

Hong, Chen Jiang. Mao and Me. New York: Enchanted Lion Books. 2008.

Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. New York: Harper Trophy, 1997.

Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel. New York: Random House Inc. 2002.

Wong, Jan. Red China Blues. Toronto: Anchor/Doubleday, 1996.

Zhang, Ange. Red Land Yellow Land: A Story from the Cultural Revolution. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre. 2004.

Teaching Social Studies:

Levstik, Linda S. and Keith C. Barton. Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. 2001.