Center for South Asian Studies, Rohit Setty: settyrb@umich.edu
International Institute, University of Michigan

EXISTING SOUTH ASIAN CURRICULUM SAMPLES

1. Outreach World: A comprehensive one-stop resource for teaching international and area studies and foreign languages in the precollegiate classroom.

2. AskAsia.org is a K - 12 resource of the Asia Society. Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, the Society's mission is to strengthen mutual understanding between the United States and Asia in support of positive engagement between their societies and peoples. There is a lot of curriculum at this site.

3.The American Forum for Global Education is a private, non-for-profit organization
founded in 1970. Includes a new web-based curriculum, free. Simply register your email name and you have access to 170 curriculum units, a handful of which are focused on South Asia, and many that are applicable because of a global focus.

4. National Resource Center South Asian Study Centers:

There are currently 9 NRC's funded by Title VI dollars, each with curriculum:

Columbia
Cornell-Syracuse
North Carolina Consortium
Cal Berkeley
U of Chicago
UPenn
U of Texas - Austin
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin - Madison

5. The Guardian (U.K.) Online's Interactive/Graphic Features:
The Ayodhya Dispute : Hindu-Muslim Conflict Explained
Kashmir - Pakistan-India dispute Explained

6. Union of Concerned Scientists Global Warming Curriculum and Climate Hot Map