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The AEMS Media Library houses a collection of curriculum units available for educators and the public. Below is a complete list of these materials.

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Asian Curriculum Units

Asian Video Guides

World Curriculum Units

 

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Asian Curriculum Units


Asian American
The Chinese Immigrant Experience AACU 001
Request Item
The Chinese Experience in 19th Century America AACU 002
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Interactions
Once Upon a Camp: Multilingual Classroom Series		 AACU 003
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The Bracelet
Once Upon a Camp: Multilingual Classroom Series		 AACU 004
Dear Miss Breed
Once Upon a Camp: Multilingual Classroom Series		 AACU 005

Diamonds in the Rough:
Baseball and Japanese-American Internment
-- Guide, DVD, and Book

AACU 006
An Introduction to Diasporas in the United States AACU 007

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Asia General

Feeding A Hungry World: Focus on Rice in Asia and the Pacific AGCU 001 Request Item
Mapping Asia: A Curriculum Unit for Grades 6 to 10 AGCU 002 Request Item
Heelotia: A Cross-Cultural Simulation Game AGCU 003 Request Item
Megacities in the Asia/Pacific Region: Focusing on Their Environmental Impact AGCU 004 Request Item
World Religions AGCU 006 Request Item
World History Advanced Curriculum Guide AGCU 007 Request Item

Heart of the Dragon Viewer’s Guide
-- see also EACV 33-44 (link to catalog)

 AGCU 008 Request Item
The Art of Buddhism: A Teacher’s Guide AGCU 010 Request Item
Arts of the Islamic World: A Teacher’s Guide AGCU 011 Request Item
Tao The Way: Pathways to Asian Art at the Detroit Institute of Art AGCU 012 Request Item
Silk Road Encounters AGCU 013 Request Item
Tradition and Modernization in Asia AGCU 014 Request Item
Film Asia: New Perspectives on Film for English AGCU 015 Request Item
Discovery Box: Exploring Culture through Artifacts AGCU 016 Request Item
Contagion in the East : a look at the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis AGCU 017 Request Item
Central Asia : between peril and promise AGCU 018 Request Item
The San Francisco Peace Treaty : the Cold War and the Peace Process AGCU 019 Request Item

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East Asia: China

Along the Silk Road: People, Interaction and Cultural Exchange EACCU 001 Request Item
China and the World in 2010: an introduction to futures studies EACCU 002 Request Item
Demystifying the Chinese Language - A Curriculum Unit for Elementary and Secondary Levels EACCU 003 Request Item
Spotlight on China: Traditions Old and New EACCU 004 Request Item
Spotlight on Confucius: Chinese Classics and Cultural Values EACCU 005 Request Item
The Concept of Order in Ancient China
-- has accompanying audio EACAC 01		 EACCU 006 Request Item
Understanding China in the 21st Century: Political, Economic, and Security Issues in the Asia/Pacific Region - Part I: US and Japanese Relations with China: Case Studies of Cooperation and Competition EACCU 007 Request Item
Education and Lifestyle of the Chinese Literati EACCU 008 Request Item
Ancient Chinese Bronzes EACCU 009 Request Item

Horse (Tomb Figure) - Art Poster Teaching Packet

 EACCU 010 Request Item
One Village in China: Posters EACCU 011 Request Item
Sing ‘n Learn Chinese EACCU 012 Request Item
News Matters - When Cultures Collide: China and the United States in the 21st Century EACCU 013 Request Item
History Through Art and Architecture: Look and Do China EACCU 014.1 Request Item
History Through Art and Architecture: Art and Architecture of China EACCU 014.2 Request item
History Through Art and Architecture: Chinese Art and Architecture an interactive CD-ROM for Macintosh EACCU 014.3 Request Item
Early American Trade with China EACCU 016 Request Item
Shao Nian Gong -- A Children’s Palace, Ideas for Teaching about China EACCU 017 Request Item
Taoism and the Arts of China EACCU 018 Request Item
Out of the East Horizon: Chinese Art from the Seattle Art Museum EACCU 019 Request Item
Ancient China: From the Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty EACCU 020 Request Item
Journey Down the Yangtze: From Dragon's Tail to Dragon's Head EACCU 021 Request Item
Visible Traces EACCU 022 Request Item
The Silk Road (Asian Art Connections) EACCU 024 Request Item
Song China EACCU 025.1 Request Item
Ming China EACCU 025.2 Request Item
Revolutionary China EACCU 025.3 Request Item
Enduring Legacy of Ancient China, The: Primary Source Lessons for Teachers and Students EACCU 026 Request Item
Short Chinese TV Plays: An Intermediate Course EACCU 028 Request Item
Chinese Dynasties, Part One: the Shang Dynasty through the Tang Dynasty 1600 BCE to 907 CE EACCU 029.1 Request Item
Chinese Dynasties, Part Two: the Song Dynasty through the Qing Dynasty 960 to 1911 EACCU 029.2 Request Item

The Road to Beijing - High School
--see DVD/CD-ROMS

EACCU 030 Request Item
The Road to Beijing - Middle School
--see DVD/CD-ROMS
EACCU 031 Request Item
Religions and philosophies in China: Confusionism, Daoism, and Buddhism EACCU 032 Request Item
China’s Cultural Revolution
--see book “Red Scarf Girl,” EACCU 033.2 		EACCU 033.1 Request Item
“Red Scarf Girl” by Ji-Li Jiang
-- see accompaning guide EACCU 033.1		 EACCU 033.2 Request Item
Ethnic Minority Groups in China EACCU 036 Request Item
A Journey Shared: the United States and China: 200 Years of History EACCU 037 Request Item
10,000 Shovels: China’s Urbanization and Economic Development EACCU 038 Request Item

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East Asia: Japan

Castle Towns: An Introduction to Tokugawa Japan - Curriculum Unit for Grades 7-12 EAJCU 001 Request Item
Cooperation In Japan: Elementary Literature Series Part 1 EAJCU 002 Request Item
Humanities Approach to Japanese History, Part I, A: Tokugawa Japan: The Great Peace and the Development of Urban Society EAJCU 003 Request Item
Humanities Approach to Japanese History, Part II:
Meiji Japan: The Dynamics of National Change		 EAJCU 004 Request Item
Humanities Approach to Japanese History, Part III, A: Imperial Japan: Expansion and War EAJCU 005 Request Item
Japan in the Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Activities EAJCU 006 Request Item

Japanese Radio Exercises

EAJCU 007 Request Item
Religion In Japan: A Look at Cultural Transmission - Grades 7-12 EAJCU 009 Request Item
Spotlight on Japan: Continuity and Change EAJCU 010 Request Item
Symbolism in Japanese Language and Culture:
Activities for the Elementary
Classroom		 EAJCU 011 Request Item
The Haiku Moment: Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand (Elementary) EAJCU 012 Request Item
The Haiku Moment: Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand (Secondary) EAJCU 013 Request Item

U.S.- Japan Relations: The View From Both Sides of the Pacific - Part I: Episodes in the History of U.S.-Japan Relations
-- see also EAJV 038

 EAJCU 014 Request Item

U.S.-Japan Relations: The View From Both Sides of the Pacific - Part II: The Media in U.S.-Japan Relations: A Look at Stereotypes
--see also EAJV 038

 EAJCU 015 Request Item
U.S.-Japan Relations: The View From Both Sides of the Pacific Part III: Introduction to International Trade EAJCU 016 Request Item
Japan Meets the West: A Case Study of Perceptions EAJCU 017 Request Item
Posters from Smithsonian EAJCU 018 Request Item
Japanese Room - Art Poster Teaching Packet EAJCU 019 Request Item
Japanese Screens - Art Poster Teaching Packet EAJCU 020 Request Item
History Through Art and Architecture: Art and Architecture of Japan, 5-12 EAJCU 021 Request Item
Japan Today EAJCU 022 Request Item
Opening Doors: Contemporary Japan EAJCU 024.1 Request Item
Opening Doors: Contemporary Japan EAJCU 024.2 Request Item
Opening Doors: Contemporary Japan (Abbreviated version, handout) EAJCU 024.3 Request Item
Tora no Maki: Lessons For Teaching About Contemporary Japan EAJCU 025 Request Item
Teaching About Japan: Lessons and Resources EAJCU 026 Request Item
Japanese Tea: The Ritual, The Aesthetics, The Way EAJCU 027 Request Item
Choices for the 21st Century: Ending the War against Japan: Science, Morality and the Atomic Bomb - Teacher’s Resource Book (Part I) EAJCU 028.1 Request Item
Choices for the 21st Century: Ending the War against Japan: Science, Morality and the Atomic Bomb - Teacher’s Resource Book (Part II) EAJCU 028.2 Request Item
Windows to the World: Japan EAJCU 029 Request Item
Glimpses of Japan Through Comics EAJCU 030 Request Item
Learning with Enjoyment: Activities About Japan for Elementary Students EAJCU 031 Request Item
Culture Kit: Japan EAJCU 032 Request Item
Japan: Images and Words EAJCU 033 Request Item
The Japanese Kimono EAJCU 034 Request Item
Spring Blossoms, Autumn Moon: Japanese Art for the Classroom EAJCU 035 Request Item
The Arts of Edo Japan EAJCU 036 Request Item
A Lesson in American History: The Japanese American Experience EAJCU 037 Request Item
Japanese Immigration to the United States EAJCU 038 Request Item
A Teacher’s Guide to Japanese Films and Images for Students of Literature, the Humanities and History EAJCU 039 Request Item
Deai Lives of 7 Japanese High School Students EAJCU 040 Request Item
The Way We Are 1999 (parts I and II) EAJCU 041 Request Item
Remembering the Cosmos Flower EAJCU 042.1 Request Item
Like a Flower EAJCU 042.2 Request Item
Japan 1945-1989: Re-creating a Modern Nation EAJCU 043 Request Item
Indiana University National Clearinghouse Japan binder EAJCU 044 Request Item
Your Guide to Japan EAJCU 045 Request Item
Explore Japan EAJCU 046 Request Item
What I want to Know about Japan: Brief Answers to Questions Asked about Japan by American Junior High School Students EAJCU 047 Request Item
Tea and the Japanese Tradition of Chanoyu EAJCU 048 Request Item
Japanese Migration and the Americas: an introduction to the study of migration EAJCU 049 Request Item
Comparative Health Care : the United States and Japan EAJCU 050 Request Item
Hiroshima : Perspectives on the Atomic Bombing EAJCU 051 Request Item
Japanese Art in the Edo Period EAJCU 052 Request Item
The Social Fabric of Japan: case studies of selected minority groups EAJCU 054 Request Item
Civil Rights and Japanese-American Internment EAJCU 055 Request Item
Bunraku Midwest 2007 EAJCU 056 Request Item

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East Asia: Other

Rabbit in the Moon, The: Folktales from China and Japan EAOCU 001 Request Item
Teaching East Asia: China, Japan and Korea Lesson Plans for Middle School Teachers EAOCU 002 Request Item
Teaching East Asia, Vol II Lesson Plans for Middle School Teachers EAOCU 003 Request Item
Traditional Chinese Celebrations: Continuity and Change in Taiwan EAOCU 004 Request Item
East Asia in Transition
-- see also EAOV 013		 EAOCU 006 Request Item
The Arts of Asia: China, Korea, Japan EAOCU 007 Request Item
Temple, Palace, Scholar’s House: Three Settings of Traditional Korean Culture EAOCU 008 Request Item
An introduction to sovereignty: a case study of Taiwan EAOCU 009 Request Item

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South Asia
South Asia Curriculum: Teaching About India SACU 001 Request Item
History Through Art and Architecture: India SACU 002 Request Item
Spotlight on Ramayana: An Enduring Tradition SACU 003 Request Item
Posters of Hindu Gods SACU 004 Request Item
Land of the Thunder Dragon
-- VHS with accompanying guide		 SACU 005 Request Item
Democracy-Building in Afghanistan (see SADVD 044 for Hell of a Nation) SACU 006 Request Item
A Global Investigation of Child Labor: Case Studies from India, Uganda, and the United States SACU 007
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South East Asia

Understanding Vietnam in the 21st Century: Political, Economic and Security Issues in the Asia/Pacific Region Part III SEACU 001 Request Item
Bali: Island of a Thousand Temples SEACU 002 Request Item
Burma: Triumph of the Spirit SEACU 003 Request Item
For Peace and Justice SEACU 004 Request Item
Choices for the Twenty-First Century: The Limits of Power: The United States in Vietnam SEACU 005 Request Item
Choices for the Twenty-First Century: The Limits of Power: The United States in Vietnam - Teacher’s Resource Book SEACU 006 Request Item
Indonesia (DVD + Leaflet) SEACU 007 Request Item
Indonesia: Country briefing book SEACU 008 Request Item
Introducing Indonesia SEACU 009 Request Item
Understanding Indonesia in the 21st Century SEACU 010 Request Item

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Asian Video Guides

 

 

Asian American
Rabbit in the Moon: Folktales from China and Japan AAVG 001 Request Item
A Teacher’s Guide for Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties AAVG 003 Request Item

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Asia General
The Pacific Century: Teacher’s Guide AGVG 001 Request Item
The Power of Place: World Regional Geography Faculty Guide AGVG 002 Request Item
The Power of Place: World Regional Geography High School Teacher’s Guide AGVG 003 Request Item
The Power of Place: World Regional Geography Study Guide AGVG 004 Request Item
The Pacific Century: Study Guide AGVG 005 Request Item
The Pacific Century: Faculty Manual AGVG 006 Request Item
The Pacific Century: An Introduction to Modern Asia (A Television Course Preview) AGVG 007 Request Item
Official Teacher’s Guide for The Fog of War: An Errol Morris Film AGVG 008 Request Item
Pandemic: Facing AIDS manual AGVG 009 Request Item

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East Asia: China
The Confucian Tradition EACVG 001 Request Item
A Guide to China’s Cosmopolitan Age: The Tang EACVG 002 Request Item
China Now: Viewer’s Guide EACVG 003 Request Item
China: The PBS Series EACVG 004 Request Item
A Guide to Return from Silence: China's Revolutionary Writers
-- see also EACV 054		 EACVG 005 Request Item

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East Asia: Japan
Japan: The Changing Tradition EAJVG 001 Request Item
Japan: The Living Tradition EAJVG 002 Request Item

Japanese History and Literature Guide
-- see "Classical Japan & the Tale of the Genji"
-- see "Medieval Japan and Buddhism in Literature"
-- see "Tokugawa Japan and Puppet Theater, Novels, and the Haiku of Bashō"

EAJVG 003 Request Item
Tune in Japan: Approaching Culture Through Television Teacher’s Guide EAJVG 004 Request Item
Tune In Japan: Global Connections Teacher’s Guide EAJVG 005 Request Item
Japan 2000 EAJVG 006 Request Item
Japan: The Living Tradition Viewing notes EAJVG 012 Request Item
Let’s Send Video Messages to the World: 1999 Award Winners’ Videos EAJVG 013 Request Item
Let’s Send Video Messages to the World: 1997 Award Winners’ Videos EAJVG 014 Request Item
Common Experiences, Different Visions EAJVG 020 Request Item
Japan: The Changing Tradition Viewing notes EAJVG 021 Request Item
Japanese Version EAJVG 022 Request Item
The Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan
-- see also EAJV 110		 EAJVG 023 Request Item

Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints
-- see also EAJV 119

 EAJVG 024 Request Item

Japan: the Land and its People
--varient title, Nippon: the Land and its People

 EAJVG 025 Request Item
Wings of Defeat EAJVG 026 Request Item

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East Asia: Other
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance : Book II : East Asia EAVG 001 Request Item

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South Asia
Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion Guide for Educators SAVG 001 Request Item
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Book IV: South Asia SAVG 002 Request Item

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South East Asia
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance: Book III: Southeast Asia SEAVG 001 Request Item
Being Hmong Means Being Free (Guide)
-- see also SEAV 077		 SEAVG 002 Request Item

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World Curriculum Units

 

 


World (General)
An Introduction to Humanitarian Intervention WCU 001 Request Item
Geography and the human experience WCU 002 Request Item
Living in a Global Age: a Simulation of International Trade WCU 003 Request Item
Broken squares: a simulation of group cooperation WCU 004 Request Item
Security, Civil Liberties, and Terrorism WCU 005 Request Item
How can biodiversity be preserved? WCU 006 Request Item
What do we need to live on planet Earth? WCU 007 Request Item
Preventing deadly conflict: Toward a world without war WCU 008 Request Item
Regional wars and the peace process WCU 009 Request Item
Who Should Control Nuclear Technology? WCU 012 Request Item
An examination of war crimes tribunals WCU 013 Request Item
An Agenda for Peace: the Role of the United Nations WCU 014 Request Item
An Introduction to Aquaculture: The Pros and cons of fish production WCU 017 Request Item
International Environmental Politics
-- see VHS tapes WCU #018.1 to 018.5 		WCU 018
Request Item

Weapons of Mass Destruction
-- see VHS tapes WCU #019.1 to 019.5

WCU 019 Request Item

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Africa
Mapping Africa: a curriculum unit for grades 6-10 ACU 001 Request Item
Why is there hunger in Africa? Nature pleads not guilty ACU 002 Request Item
South Africa in world historial perspective: a curriculum unit for grades 11-Adult ACU 003 Request Item

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Eurasia
Inside the Kremlin: Soviet and Russian Leaders from Lenin to Putin ECU 001 Request Item
Mapping Russia: Geographic and cultural diversity ECU 002 Request Item
Nationalism and Identity in a European Context ECU 003 Request Item
Mapping Europe ECU 004 Request Item

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Latin America
Mapping Latin America LACU 001 Request Item
Visions of history: the Aztecs and the Spanish LACU 002 Request Item
What have you got to lose? New World Tropical Rainforests LACU 003 Request Item
Why do people move? Migration from Latin America LACU 004 Request Item
Episodes in the History of U.S.-Mexico Relations LACU 005 Request Item
U.S.-Mexico Economic Interdependence: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Border LACU 006
Request Item
Contemporary Issues in U.S.-Mexico Relations LACU 007 Request Item

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