China's Great Wall of Dynasties

China's Great Wall of Dynasties
An Internet Hotlist on China's Dynasties

created by Patricia Moses
Golden West Middle School

Introduction | Great Wall | China's Dynasties | Cool China Links

Introduction
China's Great Wall reflects it long history. China's history is not unlike the Great Wall. It is long and includes many different contributors to its never ending story.

The Internet Resources

Portraits of Chinese Emperors - This web site provides a gallery of images of Chinese emperors over time.

Great Wall

About: The Great Wall of China - This site has great background information including discussion about whether the wall can be actually seen from outer space.
Great Wall Web Site - A small collection of pictures of the Great Wall from different locations.
The Beijing Guide: Helping Travelers Discover China Interactively - This site offers the sites and sounds of China. Check out the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
The Grand Canal - A brief look at the Grand Canal and its impact on China.
The Great Wall - This site has awesome photographs with description and historical background.
The Great Wall of China - Mr.Dowling unit of study on China includes a section on the Great Wall.

China's Dynasties

Arts of Asia - This web site is from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Provides an overview of Chinese art by dynasty.
CNN-- Visions of China - Easy to navigate with short summaries of information about each dynasty.
China's Dynasties and their accomplishments - Concise summaries of China's dynasties and their accomplishments.
China's Inventions - A PBS web site based on the Lost Empires series. A discussion on China's inventions.
Condensed China - Compacted information on imperial China. Our focus is the Second Empire AD 589- AD 1655.
Daily Life in Ancient China - This provides background on dynasties and their accomplishments.
History Timeline - Find the global history connections.
Mapping China's Dynasties - Great visuals showing the extent and period of each of China's dynasties.
NOVA Builds the Rainbow Bridge - An exciting project to rebuild a bridge that is pictured in a Chinese painting from the Song dynasty.

Cool China Links

Kids Activites About China - A site geared for young people with activities and games about China.
Your Name in Chinese and Chinese Zodiac Sign - What's your name in Chinese? Find out. Don't know your Chinese Zodiac sign? Find out.

Content by Patricia Moses, pmoses@travisusd.k12.ca.us
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Last revised Thu Jun 11 21:13:06 US/Pacific 2009