www.classicalarchives.com/index.html MP3s by well-known orchestras and instrumental soloists.  They also have biographies of compsers and samples of their music

 

www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp This has 78 interdisciplinary topics from the Salem Witch Trials to the Bill of Rights "if you didn't think rock and roll had a place in the classroom, this site will convince you otherwise.

 

www.creatingmusic.com  Play with virtual musical instruments, plus games and puzzles

 

www.pbs.org/jazz/index.htm  biographies and audio samples and games related to jazz

 

www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html  This site features musical instruments that were played during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as well as a unit on Shakespeare's England and the music of the Elizabethan theater

 

www.playhouseradio.com kids' songs with lyrics and a workshop onhow to make instruments that kids can use to play along with the songs

www.crystalinks.com/Confucius.html  introduces the teachings of Confucius

 

A Day in the Life - www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/taklamakan.html

 

Mummies in China - www.discovery.com/stories/history/desertmummies.html

 

Chinese names:  www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

 

Stories:  http://chinavista.com/experience/story/story.html

 

Inventions:  http://library.thinkquest.org/10662/normal_inv.htm

 

Explorers:  http://china-inc.com/education/history/ming.html3

 

Music:  www.musicfromchina.org

 

Zodiac:  www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Haskell_El/calendar%20past%20events/chinesenew%20year%20gifs/chinesenewyear.htm

 

Photos:  www.discovery.com/stories/history/greatwall/satphoto.html

 

Monument:  www.chinavista.com/travel/terracotta/warrior05.html

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