K-12 Educational Resources (Central Eurasian Studies)

General:

Asia for Educators (see, for instance, the Mongols in World History module; developed by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)

Best of History Websites (portal to over 1200 world history web sites as well as links to hundreds of K-12 history resources)

East Asian Studies Collections (Indiana University) (list of K-12 resources compiled by the East Asian Collections librarian)

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo (a 90-minute public television program [also online] featuring two modern explorers retracing Marco Polo's footsteps)

International Dunhuang Project (IDP) (extensive, up-to-date information about the history, cultures, languages, and religions of the "Silk Road")

Outreach: Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (Indiana University) (teaching resources for contemporary and historical Central Eurasia)

Silk Road Project (promotes learning through the arts of the Silk Road)

Silk Road Seattle (incomplete project compiled by Daniel C. Waugh and last updated in 2002; limited selection of materials about the "Silk Road," but collects some useful materials)

Tibet Education Network (Global Source Education)

Modules:

Along the Silk Road (for middle school students; interactive website developed by the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education [SPICE] to accompany SPICE's full curriculum unit about the Silk Road)

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Marco Polo Takes a Trip (Grades K-2; National Endowment for the Humanities)

On the Road with Marco Polo (8 Lessons) (Grades 3-5; National Endowment for the Humanities)

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