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Information on Web Resources
Opportunities for Educators in Michigan:
World History Initiative, University of Michigan
http://www.ii.umich.edu/ii/resources/fork14educators/worldhistoryinitiative
Resources for Classroom use:
- NPR: Climate Connections Interactive Map
Join NPR on a year-long expedition around the world to explore how climate changes people and how people change climate. Click on an interactive map to explore a global warming issue and see what they are reporting. - India's Democratic Advantage - 60 Years of Independence
Time Magazine has continuing coverage of Indian and Pakistan's 60th Anniversary with interesting with interesting articles, images and sound clips of political leaders. - Teach-In on Thirty Years of Indian and Pakistani History: Bangladesh; from the Midnight’s Children Humanities Festival
Columbia University's Southern Asian Institute maintains interesting audio recordings of scholars addressing particular issues of Bangladesh's History - The University Musical Society (UMS) Youth & Teacher Programs and Performances
Offering student performances, teacher workshops and lesson planning guides connected to the performances, the UMS education programs are a phenomenal resource for K-14 teachers. - Words Without Borders: http://wordswithoutborders.org/education/
South Asia Centers and Other Resources:
Cornell University
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/sac/Outreach/
University of Chicago
http://southasia.uchicago.edu/outreach/
University of Texas
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/outreach/overview.php
University of Wisconsin, (Madison)
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/
World History Resources:
ORIAS, Berkerly, CA
http://orias.berkeley.edu/#resources
http://orias.berkeley.edu/lessonplan.html#world
Information on Afghanistan:
http://www.bu.edu/aias/member_resources.html
http://www.bu.edu/aias/links.html
Maps etc
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/index.html
Information on Nepal:
An Interview with Janak Rai in Anthropology News, and article entitled, "Indigenous Autonomy: History and Political Movements in Nepal":
http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/tag/j-drive/
http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/nepal
Cornell-Nepal Study Program: The introductory audio and video materials are available online at http://lrc.cornell.edu/nepali/online and the accompanying printed text can be purchased from the South Asia Program at Cornell. A large collection of textbooks from Nepal is also available online at http://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/24179
Himalayan Art, University of Michigan:
http://lw.lsa.umich.edu/umma/exhibits/Koelz_Collection_2010/shawls.html
Sri Lanka: Photographic Archive of Professor Howard Wilson
Home page at www.indiran.org
Resources on human rights and politics in Sri Lanka:
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/sri-
Asian Human Rights Commission http://www.humanrights.asia/
Government of Sri Lanka http://www.priu.gov.lk/
Groundviews http://groundviews.org/
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka http://hrcsl.lk/english/
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/asia/sri-
American Institute of Indian Studies:
http://www.indiastudies.org/about-aiis/aiis-publications/
Web site for AIIS workshop on women in South Asian Muslim societies, in partnership with the University of Chicago South Asia Language and Area Center, the American Institute of Pakistan Studies and the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies, on women in South Asian Muslim
http://southasia.uchicago.edu/
The web site is intended to be a resource with information about curricula, internship opportunities in South Asia, language learning and fellowship opportunities, etc. It is also meant to be interactive so scholars are encouraged to add resources. Funding for the workshop and web site was provided by the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation of New York through the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. For more information about the workshop you can also go to:
http://www.indiastudies.org/fa
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