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Websites (List of Highly Recommended Sites) Articles and Lessons on Asia – http://www.asian-studies.org/EAA/TOC/index.asp (The Education About Asia archives include more than 1,250 articles and lessons for teaching about Korea and all of Asia. There are a few different ways to access an article using this search function. In the “Article Title Keywords” box, if you type key words, the article will appear. You can also access the article by typing the name of the “Author.” Another way to access an article or an entire issue is by selecting the issue and the volume number, such as 18.3 (Volume 18, Number 3 (Winter 2013). All you have to do is to click the article title and a PDF of it will appear that you can save. If you are not familiar with Education About Asia and wish to know what is available, scroll down the home page to BROWSE TOC. You will see entire issues available from Spring 1996 (1.1) to the most recent issue at this time: Winter 2014 (19.3). Education About Asia is considered the best journal for educators who teach about Asia). To subscribe to the journal on an annual basis is $30. Art/Architecture: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco – http://www.asianart.org Asian Historical Architecture - http://www.orientalarchitecture.com (A photographic survey of Asia’s architectural heritage, featuring nearly 6,000 photographs of 404 sites in fifteen countries.) Buddhist Lanterns (An outstanding website created by Susan K. Kopecki, Art Educator, Hillcrest School, Wethersfield, CT. that includes information on Buddhism and how to make beautiful Buddhist lanterns) https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3fhil7FKrm5ZkVFUHVqdWp4X0E&usp=sharing Freer Sackler Gallery - http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/KoreanHome.htm Hoam Museum – http://hoam.samsungfoundation.org/eng/index.asp (Site of one of Korea’s leading museums) Korean Spirit and Culture - http://www.kscpp.net (Highly recommended site for videos and books on art, culture, famous Koreans, and contemporary Korea) Metropolitan Museum of New York - http://www.metmuseum.org. (The museum has an extensive collection of Korean art. The site includes ceramics, metalwork, decorative arts, Buddhist sculpture and painting). National Museum of Korea - http://www.museum.go.kr (The biggest and best repository of Korean history and culture) Republic of Korea’s Website - http://www.korea.net (The government’s official English-language homepage offers information about contemporary and traditional arts) 284 275