RESOURCES

American Himalayan Association. 2006. 27 July 2008.
     http://www.himalayan-foundation.org/live/page/board
--Beautiful pictures and excerpts from their videos. These excerpts can be viewed without a login. This is a fundraising site.

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. “A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization.” Outreach World.  2001.       National Resource Centers. 16 July 2008.      http://www.outreachworld.org/resource.asp?curriculumid=132
--A very good source for Chinese Geography.

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Sixth Edition. New York: The      Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
--This publication was used to format the entries for the “Works Cited” page.

ICIMOD: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.  2008. 25 July 2008.      http://www.icimod.org/home/page.php?p=intro
--Educational center supported in part by the governments of five European nations.  As quoted from their website, the organization’s mission is: “To enable and facilitate the equitable and sustainable well-being of the people of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas by supporting sustainable mountain development through active regional cooperation.”

PBS Teachers. 2008. 27 July 2008. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
--Good for the classroom. This website will allow you to show only sections of the video, “Lost Treasures of Tibet.” When reaching this part of the PBS site, enter the words, “Lost Treasures of Tibet”. (search) Then click “Audio/Visual (7). The site will list certain chapters of the video.  Click on “Preview Content” to view portions of the video.

Wang, Jianwei, Ed. The Geography of China. The History and Culture of China. Philadelphia: Mason      Crest Publishers, 2006.
--Nice overview of China that would be good for Middle Level students.  It includes a glossary, index and Internet resources.  There are beautiful pictures and additional information, for example, a discussion as to whether China is number 3 or 4 in area size as noted in the CIA World Factbook  (p. 21).  It also includes a list of the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in China (p. 96).