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Three new big books in the Snapshots of Asia series – India, Malaysia and the Philippines – are now available. You can purchase the three books from the Curriculum Corporation Catalogue. New teacher resources and printable activity sheets supporting the three new books are also available in a new section of this website.

Welcome to the Snapshots of Asia website.

This website supports and enhances the Snapshots of Asia kit, distributed by Curriculum Corporation. It has been designed for lower to middle primary students and includes a teacher resource component.

For Teachers | For Students | Snapshots of Asia
Professional Development | Sponsors | Acknowledgements

a nalsas initiative

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Snapshots of Asia
ISBN: 1 86366 413 0
  • lower and middle primary
  • six big books and teacher guide

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    Catalogue

    		•  Snapshots of Asia is an excellent way to introduce knowledge and appreciation of our Asian neighbours to the classroom. This set of six big books offers an excellent way to develop literacy while introducing Asian content to the lower to middle primary classroom. Appealing full colour photographs, fact files, board games and stories of daily life, capture the distinctive physical and cultural aspects of life in China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. The accompanying teacher guide contains additional information, classroom activities designed to develop reading, writing and listening skills, and blackline masters.

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    Professional Development Program

    Professional development workshops which provide assistance to teachers using Snapshots of Asia kit are available for teachers in each State and Territory. Further information can be obtained from the Asia Education Foundation website http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/public_html/state_territory_program.htm

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    Sponsors

    The Snapshots of Asia website was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training under the National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools (NALSAS) Strategy with the support of the Asia Education Foundation.

    Snapshots of Asia are published by Curriculum Corporation as part of the 'Access Asia' series.

    ArrowThe Asia Education Foundation is a joint activity of Curriculum Corporation and The University of Melbourne's Asialink Centre and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training. It seeks to promote teaching and learning about Asia in Australian schools.

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    Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgements for illustrators and writers on this website.

     

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