• Chinese Inventions: Can You Name Them? [Reading]
Exploring the many inventions that China has contributed to our daily existence, this unit provides an excellent starting point for discussing both the achievements of Chinese civilization and China's influence on the West. Silk, tea, porcelain, paper, printing, gunpowder, compass, alchemy, the civil service, and grain storage are some of the ideas/inventions covered. Discussion questions included.

• A Timeline of Chinese Inventions [Reading]
To be used with the lesson above. A comparative timeline tracking various inventions and ideas as they appeared in Chinese and Western histories. Covers many of the items mentioned in the Chinese Inventions: Can You Name Them? unit and spans the period from 300 BCE to 1900 CE.

• China's Gifts to the West [Teacher's Background]
A more extensive and detailed treatment of the items covered in the Chinese Inventions: Can You Name Them? unit, intended as background reading for teachers, but also appropriate for students. In addition to silk, tea, porcelain, paper, printing, gunpowder, and mariner's compass (covered above), also covers plants, minerals, medicines, lacquer, and amusement. Contains links to images throughout. This unit was prepared for the Committee on Asiatic Studies in American Education by Derk Bodde.

• Chinese Ideas in the West [Teacher's Background]
A companion to the China's Gifts to the West unit, intended as background reading for teachers, but also appropriate for students. The Chinese Cinderella, alchemy, China and the Age of Enlightenment, political and economic theories, the civil service, agriculture, and Chinese influence on Western literature are the ideas covered. Contains links to images throughout. This unit was prepared for the Committee on Asiatic Studies in American Education by Derk Bodde.