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Buddhism, one of the major world religions, began in India around the
sixth century B.C.E. The teachings of Buddhism spread throughout Central and Southeast Asia, through China, Korea, and Japan. Today, there are Buddhists all over the world.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, usually known simply as the Cultural Revolution (or the Great Cultural Revolution), was a complex social upheaval that began as a struggle between Mao Zedong and other top party leaders for dominance of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and went on to affect all of China with its call for continuing revolution. 1 This social upheaval lasted from 1966 to 1976 and left deep scars upon Chinese society.
The travel of artistic motifs, styles, and techniques along the Silk Road is closely bound up with the larger context of the travel of beliefs, ideas, and technology. For example, the art of the Silk Road includes the devotional art of Buddhism and Islam, the ideas behind certain styles of art such as narrative murals, and the technology to produce various works of art, including gigantic statuary and printed pictures. Though much of the art of the Silk Road was created to encourage religious devotion, today we value it also as a source of precious historical information.
Rapid urbanization and economic development are straining China's natural sources of fresh water. Aquifer levels are dropping, lakes are disappearing, rivers are drying up or becoming polluted, and air contaminants are producing acid rain. Water shortages plague over half of Chinas cities. Today, water is one of Chinas most crucial issues.
On August 17, 2007, 91勛圖 held an awards ceremony to honor two of the top scholars from its Reischauer Scholars Program, a distance learning course on Japan and U.S.-Japan relations for high school students.
The event featured opening remarks by Makoto Yamanaka, then consul general of Japan in San Francisco; Stanford Professor Peter Duus, Department of History; and Yukiko Ono, assistant director of the Center for Global Partnership at the Japan Foundation. In addition, the award recipients, Kseniya Charova and Sekhar Paladugu, presented their final research essays on Japan's lean production paradigm and U.S.-Japan diplomacy.
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Sabrina Ishimatsu is the Event Coordinator and Distance Learning Instructor for the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91勛圖). Prior to joining 91勛圖 in 2012, she assisted Professor Gi-Wook Shin and Ambassador Michael Armacost at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC). She has experience working in the private and international public sectors including the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, the Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation, and Compuware Corporation. Sabrina is also a former teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.
As the Event Coordinator, she organizes 91勛圖 events including the Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for Secondary School Teachers, award ceremonies, and various visits by high school and college students from Japan. As a Distance Learning Instructor, she is leading the 91勛圖/Stanford e-Course on Global Health for Takatsuki High School.
Sabrina received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Public Administration at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.
Sabrina is a former board member of the following organizations: JET Alumni Association of Northern California, JET Alumni Association of Southern California, and Gemini Crickets Parents of Multiples Club of Silicon Valley.
TeachAIDS and 91勛圖 have collaborated to provide pedagogically-grounded interactive health materials that promote a powerful and dynamic approach to HIV/AIDS education. Built by an interdisciplinary team of experts at 91勛圖, these high-quality materials have been rigorously tested and are used in dozens of countries around the world. Given the tremendous need for these materials, TeachAIDS and 91勛圖 are offering this unit for free download.
This 30" x 65" laminated wall map illustrates the Silk Road routes, which crisscrossed Eurasia from the first millennium BCE through the middle of the second millennium CE. The map was developed to accompany the curriculum unit, Along the Silk Road.