China: Understanding Its Past, Volume 1China: Understanding Its Past aims to fill a conspicuous gap in conventional world history texts, which are often Eurocentric and give scant attention to Asia. Using role-playing, simulations, debates, primary documents, first person accounts, excerpts from literary works, and cooperative learning activities, this text will help students explore many key aspects of China's history and culture. The teacher's manual includes a synopsis of each chapter and section, learner outcomes, definitions of key concepts, directions for student activities, and possible responses to questions posed in the student text. The CD contains selections of Chinese music from different time periods and locales. Liner notes include English translations of lyrics as well as historical information about each selection. |
Contents
Daughters | 4 |
Gungwu Wang Historian and Vice Chancellor | 6 |
Maps | 9 |
Sons | 19 |
Linking East and West ca A D 200 | 30 |
Parents and Children | 36 |
Foundations of Chinese Thinking | 45 |
China and the Outside World | 56 |
China during the Qing Dynasty ca 1775 | 79 |
Foreign Spheres of Influence in China 1911 | 115 |
Areas of Taiping Control | 132 |
CHINESE COMMUNISM FROM 1920 | 155 |
Warlord Division of China | 173 |
Tables and Graphs | 227 |
Glossary | 249 |
| 255 | |
The Mongol Empire at the Time of Marco Polos Visit | 62 |
CHINA IN TRANSITION 17501920 | 75 |
Acknowledgments | 262 |