• BBC Learning: Teachers [BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation]
With lesson plans grouped by topic and grade level, and a "Class Clips" section featuring "more than 3,000 clips" from BBC programs that can be viewed online.
• Learning Network [The New York Times]
Includes a "Student Connections" section with new summaries and daily quizzes and a "Teacher Connections" section with lesson plans and background readings and more.
• NPR >> News >> World [NPR, National Public Radio]
Although not specifically designed for educators, NPR.org is an excellent resource for world news.
• Reuters: China Connected [Reuters]
Optimized for mobile devices, this app explores the cultural and political factors that shape the dynamics of power in modern China, providing deep insight into China’s new generation of leaders and features the best of Reuters’ coverage in data, text, photos and video. Provides new perspectives and provocative insights about power dynamics in modern China.
• Asian Review of Books [Asian Review of Books]
Essays on new books and their topics, covering all of Asia.
• The Japan Times | "The World's Window on Japan"
• The Japan News | "Japan's Leading English-language Newspaper"
• Japan Focus [The Asia-Pacific Journal]
This peer-reviewed journal "provides critical analysis that illuminates the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, and international relations of the Asia-Pacific."
• About Japan: A Teacher's Resource [Japan Society]
The Japan Society's website for educators, featuring "thought-provoking essays; classroom-ready lesson plans; an area for asking and answering questions; resources including historical documents, maps and images..." Amongst the resources are many articles and lessons on current social, cultural, and economic issues in Japan.
• An Interpretive History of Japan [SPICE/Stanford]
A web-based curriculum unit that includes six lectures by Professor Emeritus Daniel Okimoto from Stanford University and six corresponding lesson plans. The curriculum first reflects on the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the following nuclear accident, and the impact these incidents have had on the country as well as the world. It then explores in depth the contemporary issues of Japan and analyzes Japanese politics, economy, society, and culture from multilateral perspectives.
• The Choices for the 21st Century Education Program [The Choices Program, Brown University]
"The Choices Program's Teaching with the News provides online lessons to connect the content of your classroom to the headlines in the news. Topics cover a range of foreign policy and international issues." Choices also offers curriculum packets on a variety of current international issues, including the South China Seas, North Korea, and US-China Relations.
• SPICE [SPICE: Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University]
Video presentations on current world events as well as curriculum packets on major issues in Asia.
• Great Decisions: In the Classroom [Foreign Policy Association]
The Foreign Policy Association sponsors an annual series on current events topics. See "Topic Resources" for current year topics East Asia in the current year and "Program Materials" for curriculum available for purchase.
• Education about Asia (EAA) [Association for Asian Studies]
On-line and print articles on current issues in East, South and SE Asia. Search articles by country or topic on this on-line index.
• Asia Matters for America [East-West Center]
This project maps the trade, investment, employment, business, diplomacy, security, education, tourism, and people-to-people connections between the United States and Asian countries at the national and sub-national levels.
• Class Apps [Program on Teaching East Asia, U of Colorado]
Short video presentations focusing on a timely topic or “best practice” for the classroom.
• ExEAS – Expanding East Asia Studies [Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University]
Teaching materials and resources on current issues in East Asia.
