This resource guide was developed by the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Team in coordination with the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University to support teaching about modern Chinese history in the classroom. Sources for material are focused on the Key Issues for Asian Studies series by the Association for Asian Studies by David Kenley, Modern Chinese History. Materials are designed for teachers to use in the classroom with minimal modification in the Take & Go Series: Modern Chinese History.
PRIMARY RESOURCES
- Collapse of the Qing Timeline
- “Dream of the Red Chamber" (also known as "The Story of the Stone" or "Hongloumeng") by Cao Xueqin.
- "The Scholars" (also known as "Rulin Waishi") by Wu Jingzi
- "The Peony Pavilion" (also known as "Mudan ting") by Tang Xianzu
- “Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio” by Pu Songling: a renowned collection of approximately 500 short stories
- "The Last Empress" by Anchee Min
- "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China" by Jung Chang
- “Boxers and Saints” by Gene Luen Yang
- **Supplemental Teaching Resources for Boxers and Saints developed by NCTA 2023 Book Group**
- **Supplemental History and Maps The Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 by Sean McGuffin Old Dominion University Model United Nations**
- Bianzi Hairstyle
- Portraits of Kangxi
- Portraits of Qianlong
- Siku Quanshu: Emperor’s Four Treasures Image
- George Macartney Portrait
- Kangxi: The Story of China
- Kangxi Britannica online
- Recording the Grandeur of the Qing
- Edict of Toleration 1692: Chinese Rites Controversy
- A New Literary History of Modern China (Books for Further Reading)
- Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: Deng Xiaoping in the Making of Modern China - Association for Asian Studies
- The Geopolitical Implications of the Taiwanese Elections for China, the United States, and the World
This project was funded in part by the Freeman Foundation through the University of Pittsburgh national coordinating site for the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant to the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University. The content of this resource guide does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
This guide is available online for classroom use worldwide and can be accessed at EASC's Resource page.
Source: Kenley, D. L. (2020). Modern Chinese History (2nd ed., Ser. Key Issues in Asian Studies). Association for Asian Studies.