Cultural Revolution Posters Website Link
This site is so cool. It displays several examples of propaganda posters from three distinctive time periods in the Cultural Revolution between the years of 1970 and 1979. An excellent display and very educational. I was actually able to click on the smaller images of these postersto bring up larger ones and print some of the them on my color printer. They printed pretty nicely considering that they are low resolution.
Okay, let me first state that I am not pro-communism, nor do I agree with using propoganda. However, I do appreciate some of the art that came out of the tumultuous time period in China called the “Cultural Revolution” (look into it, too much to explain here). That said, this website is just too cool! You can have your portrait painted into a replica Cultural Revolution poster. I am so tempted–but can’t find just the right poster that I’d like to have done. Anyway, check it out.
Pimsleur Mandarin Website Link
This language system focuses on speaking the language and helped a GREAT DEAL when I went to China to teach English Teachers for two weeks. As we had no guides for a good deal of the time I was forced to use my Mandarin and let me tell you, it came in VERY handy whenever I was able to use it. The thing I like about this system is that it not only teaches you what to say and how to say it, but it helps you understand what the person you are talking to may say back to you and how to understand that! Invaluable! I was able to help our group out often and I’ve only gone through the first 7 lessons! Well worth the money.
This company takes photos and DVDs for people who want pictures of finding spots or home towns of Chinese adoptees.
This page is great for information on a specific date–great information to include in your child’s lifebook. What’s a lifebook?