Why does China care about Tibet? 

http://www.slate.com/id/2187567/

China's Income Gap - Story of the Two Brother and Slide Show 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89253125

Silk Road Links:

Map - http://www.globaled.org/chinaproject/silkRoad/docs/mapSilkRoad.html

Quiz - http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/maps/mapquiz/mapquiz.html

You know you want to download this 12-part series on the Silk Road for your iPod, here is the link to get you started:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8148246636954632434

My Current Event/Link Collection from March 14-17:

Tibet :

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/tibet/index.html?8qa&scp=1-spot&sq=tibet&st=nyt

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10795714

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7297911.stm 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/world/asia/17tibet.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Chinese Art:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/arts/design/14asia.html

Other Articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/sports/othersports/14climber.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/world/asia/14china.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-cuba-transport.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/world/asia/14flu.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/travel/09heads.html

 For Zach:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23526147?GT1=43001

Great Leap Forward:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/great.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/great_leap_forward.htm

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/960314/china.shtml

Money:

http://www.chinatoday.com/fin/mon/

 First China Webquest:

1.  Today in class I would like you to visit this link first:

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

Take notes on all new vocabulary.

2.  Next visit the following section:

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

I would like you to take notes on the section, including all new vocabulary.  Then read and take notes on the questions and answers below the main reading.

3.  Finally, I would like you to explore and take notes on the timeline at the bottom of the “Time” page you just read.