SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES—UNIT THREE
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMICS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN CHINA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled by Beth Richard, Media Specialist John Poole Middle School
September, 2006
Books
Allison, Amy. Life in Ancient China . San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001.
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Baldwin, Robert F. Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Beijing. Minneapolis: Runestone Press,
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Beshore, George. Science in Ancient China . New York: Watts, 1998.
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Challen, Paul C. Life in Ancient China . New York: Crabtree Publishing, 2005.
China’s Buried Kingdoms . Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1993.
Collotti Pischel, Enrica. China from the 7th to 19th Century. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn,
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Dean, Arlan. Terra-cotta Soldiers : Army of Stone. New York: Children’s Press, 2005.
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O’Connor, Jane. The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China . New
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Paludan, Ann. Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of
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Indian Ocean . New York: Macmillan, 1996.
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Shemie, Bonnie. Houses of China. Toronto: Tundra Books, 1996.
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Simpson, Judith. Ancient China. Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1996.
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Waterlow, Julia. The Ancient Chinese. New York: Thomson Learning, 1994.
Williams, Brian. Ancient China. New York: Viking, 1993.
Williams, Suzanne. Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China . N.p.: Pacific
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Wood, Cavan. Buddhism. Chicago: Raintree, 2003.
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Long River Press, 2005.
-5Magazines
“’Ancient China.’” Kids Discover April, 1997.
“Buddhism.” Calliope March/April 1995.
“China’s First Emperor: Shi-Huangdi.” Calliope October 1997.
“China’s Qing Dynasty.” Calliope December 2004.
“Confucius.” Calliope October 1999.
“Daoism.” Calliope October 2000.
“Han Dynasty of China.” Calliope October 1998.
“The Ming Dynasty: The World of the Yongle Emperor.” Calliope May/June 1995.
Nesnick, Victoria C. “’March of the Terra-Cotta Soldiers.’” Dig December 1999/January 2000:
8-13.
O’Connor, Jane. “The Emperor’s Silent Army.” Muse February 2004: 28-35.
Perkins, Christine Liu. “Tomb of a Renegade King.” Dig January/February 2002: 6-9.
Pringle, Heather. “Taklamakan Mummies Step onto the World’s Stage.” Muse May/June 2002:
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Pruch, Margarete. “’Looking Back in China.’” Dig November/December 2003: 6-10.
“’The Silk Road.’” Calliope February 2002.
“Song Dynasty.” Calliope December 2002.
“Tang Dynasty.” Calliope November 2003.
Atlases
“China.” Map. The Atlas of Ancient Worlds. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
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-6Encyclopedias and Reference Books
Ali, Daud, et al. “The Chinese Empire.” Great Civilizations of the East: The Illustrated History
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Grimbly, ed., Shona, project editor. Ancient Civilizations. Golier Educational 2000.
Knight, Judson. Ancient Civilizations: Almanac. UXL 1999.
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Perkins, Dorothy. “Dynasty.” Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its
History and Culture. 1999.
Woolf, ed., Alex. “China.” Exploring Ancient Civilizations. Marshall Cavendish 2004.
Audiovisual
Ancient China. 1998. Digital Videodisc. Schlessinger/Library Video, 2004.
Ancient China. 1996. Digital Videodisc. Schlessinger/Library Video, 2002.
Ancient China. 1996. Transparencies. National Geographic Society, 1996.
China: The Mandate of Heaven. 1991. Videotape. Ambrose Video, 1991.
Confucius: Words of Wisdom 1996 Videotape. A & E Home/Library Video, 1996.
The Ancient Civilizations Starter Collection: China . 1999. Digital Videodisc. Clearvue/SVE,
2004.
The Silk Road: An Ancient World of Adventure. 1990. Digital Videodisc. Central Park Media/
Library Video, 2000.
Tomb of the Terra Cotta Warriors . 1998. Videotape. History Channel/A & E, 1998.
-7Books-Genius of China Close-Up Guides – published in China, (available online)
Coleman, Teresa. Dragons and Silk from the Forbidden City (Paperback). Hong Kong: Odyssey
Publishing, 1999.
Haymen, Richard Perry. Three Gorges of the Yangzi: Grand Canyons of China (paperback).
Hong Kong: Odyssey Publishing, 2000.
Holdsworth, May. Women of the Tang Dynasty (Paperback). Hong Kong: Odyssey Publications,
1999.
Lindesay, William. The Great Wall (paperback). Hong Kong: Odyssey Publications, 1998.
Lindesay, William, and Guo Baofu. The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of China
(Paperback). Hong Kong: Odyssey Publications, 1999.
Wei, Li, and Shen Qinyan. Gold and Silver Treasures of the Tang (Paperback). Hong Kong:
China Books Periodical Incorporated, 1999.