China Invention Project Turn In

https://docs.google.com/a/fcps.org/forms/d/15GYQ8TNZMHtmrQdKUJJLVJHjkPaV3hsIi2RrzCTZNmk/viewform?usp=send_form

Chinese Invention Project Web Resources

Travel and Exploration

http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/compass.htm     Compass


https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/grandcanal.html   Grand Canal


http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Canal-and-Lock.html   Canal Lock


http://csmh.pbworks.com/w/page/7309552/610%20-%20Chinese%20invent%20the%20segmented%20arch%20bridge   Segmental Arched Bridge

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100300581   Paddlewheel Boat

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/compass.htm  Shipbuilding and the compass


Industry

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/china-porcelain.htm   Porcelain

http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/paper.htm  Paper

http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/blockprint.htm  Woodblock Printing

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/printing.htm   Moveable Type

   http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-03/04/content_22054243_5.htm                Steel

http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/legend_of_silk.php  Silk


Military Technology

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/gunpowder.htm  Gunpowder

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/miltech/firearms.htm  Various Weapons

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/miltech/warship.htm  Warships


Everyday Objects
http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/papermoney.htm  paper money

http://www.wopc.co.uk/china/   Playing Cards

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/experiment.htm Mechanical Clock

SMOB Voting

 http://www.fcps.org/domain/43 - Information about the candidates

China's Geography

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/home_set.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Asian_Geography.htm

 

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/china-quiz/

 

 

Africa Study Resources

http://quizlet.com/36088118/africa-review-flash-cards/   Here is a Quizlet to review with



Here are some Screencasts to review for the short answer

Impact of Islam
http://screencast.com/t/zEBxjrwXdazO

Gold and Salt Trade
http://screencast.com/t/v5nZMQNo

Link to turn in Africa Project Period 3, 4,7

https://docs.google.com/a/fcps.org/forms/d/19YDDfFb2ebcxSDOr7BBP9Q781DYpkt7V_F2r6e_iSPU/viewform?usp=send_form


Click this link to send me a Weebly, Presentation, or Piktograph

Africa Project Research Links

Oral Traditions

http://vafriendsofmali.org/education/teaching-timbuktu/teaching-the-community/griots-malis-historians-and-musicians/  Griots

http://www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2006/gaskin-johnson/gaskin-johnson-2.pdf  Griots

http://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/griots_storytellers.php  Griots

http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/prj/wom/osm/en9606618.htm  Griots

https://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/GriotInstitute/What%20is%20a%20Griot.pdf Griots

https://www.teachervision.com/folk-tales/resource/3716.html  Folktales

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/literature/anansi.htm  Anansi Folktales

http://www.spiritualsproject.org/sweetchariot/Literature/sankofa.php  History of Proverbs

http://www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2006/jones/jones-proverbs.pdf  Examples of well known West African Proverbs

http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib08/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/8286/Oral%20Traditions%20of%20Africa%20Article.pdf   Proverbs, Griots and Folktales



Music


http://spotlightonmusic.macmillanmh.com/n/teachers/articles/folk-and-traditional-styles/west-african-folk-music  Overview of Music

http://www.theafricanguild.com/mandingmusic/instruments.html  Overview of all instruments

http://www.drumconnection.com/africa-connections/history-of-the-djembe/  Djembe Drums

http://www.drumdr.com/djembe-history.html  Djembe Drums


https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Kora_%28instrument%29.html  Kora

 http://babathestoryteller.com/the-ancient-craft-of-jaliyaa/musical-instrumentation-of-the-jali/ngoni/ Ngoni



http://www.gambia.co.uk/blog/2014/08/13/west-african-balafon/ Balafon

Art

http://artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa/west.html  Masks

http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/information/african-mask-artists.htm   All About Masks

http://www.csudh.edu/bdeluca/ThePowerofMasks/hum310/2_Africa.html Masks

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/masks.html Masks

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=aa39  Overview of Art

http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/kente/about.htm  Kente Cloth

http://www.kentecloth.net/ghanaian-kente-cloth/  Kente cloth

http://www.stlawu.edu/gallery/education/f/09textiles/adinkra_symbols.pdf  Adinkra Stamped Fabric

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/m/mud_cloth_bogolanfini.aspx   Mud Cloth

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa-oceania-americas/africa-art/ife-art/a/kingdom-of-ife-sculptures-from-west-africa  Sculpture

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/bronze-sculpture.html  Sculpture