Websites

[|Angel Island: Immigration Station Foundation] URL: http://aiisf.org/
Angel Island served as the Pacific entrance into the United States for immigrants. In fact, it is operating today. The easy-to-navigate, authoritative website offers excellent primary sources to help visitors understand what the processing experience must have been like for immigrants like Moon Shadow.

[|Aviation History Online Museum] URL: http://www.aviation-history.com/theory/index-theory.html
This website features articles regarding aviation principles as well as history. Be sure to check out the airfoils and lift article to gain an understanding of the principles Windrider and the Wright Brothers used to out their gliders into flight. There are some advertisements on this website, but the useful information outweighs any distractions they may cause.

[|Chinese Dragons] URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215373/
The title is //Dragonwings//, isn't it? Check out this website about Chinese dragons and myths that was created by students. They have compiled some great information about Chinese culture and the revere of dragons. Although the interactive link no longer functions, all of the other informative links do.

[|Discovery Education: Teacher Feature Chinese New Year] http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/chinesenewyear/
Discovery Education offers lesson plans, primary sources, videos, and discussion guides about Chinese culture. Some of the videos require a subscription, but some are free. Give this website a look to find out more about Moon Shadow's Chinese heritage.

[|Encyclopedia.Com: Opium] URL: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/opium.aspx#1-1E1:opium-full
This a good place to learn about the Opium Wars in China and learn a bit more about the drug that sucked the life out of black dog. Note: There are some advertisements on this website.

[|Eyewitness to History] URL: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm
Although this website has some advertising, it also has some good, solid primary source information about the San Fransisco Earthquake of 1906. As the title reveals, eyewitness accounts are included that put the visitor right there in the city as the earthquake happens.

[|Library of Congress] URL: http://www.loc.gov/index.html
[] [|http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html] I've listed some specific links to the comprehensive, authoritative Library of Congress website. The site offers a plethora of primary sources and is a great place to find out more about immigration, the San Fransisco earthquake, Chinese-American history, and Western Expansion.
 * Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900:Chinese Immigration to the U.S., 1851-1900**
 * The Chinese in California**

[|The Opium Wars] URL: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHING/OPIUM.HTM
This a good, concise webpage to investigate the causes and results of the Opium Wars.

====[|Palo Alto Middle School Libraries Research Center Home: Dragonwings] URL: http://staff.pausd.org/~middlelibrary/topic_links/dragonwings.html==== This website from Palo Alto Middle School Library offers links to other websites. Those who visit the sites may learn more about the abacus, the San Fransisco Earthquake, Angel Island, Buddhism, Buffalo Bill, Calligraphy, Chinatown, the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigration, Confucius, and flight.

[|PBS - The Story of Chinatown] URL: http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinatown/resourceguide/story.html
Check out this Chinatown Resource Guide that presents information about San Fransisco's Chinatown. This informative, concise history allows visitors to learn about Chinatown's past as well as its role today.

[|Teaching Books.Net] URL: http://www.teachingbooks.net/search.cgi?searchtype=author&search=dragonwings
This database offers some excellent teaching and learning resources. Interviews with Laurence Yep in print, audio, and video are featured. Several book guide for //Dragonwings// are available as well.

[|Travel China Guide: Kitemaking] URL: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/kites.htm
Want to learn more about Chinese crafts like kite-making? Visit this travel website to see some stunning pictures and background information about Chinese kites. The side-bar menu also includes links to calligraphy, painting, folktales, and porcelain.

[|USGS: Science for a Changing World] URL:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php
So what did the San Fransisco Earthquake of 1906 measure on the seismograph. Visitors to the United States Geographical Survey website can find the answer to this question as well as others about the epic earthquake. Some useful primary sources are featured on this authoritative webs

[|The Virtual Museum of the City of San Fransisco] URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org/
Make this website a must! The virtual museum website is a portal to uncovering the history of Chinatown, the Earthquake, the Fire and city life in early 1900s. There are several photographs, documents, and eyewitness accounts on this website and they are well worth your time.

[|Way Back U.S. History for Kids-Technology in 1900] URL: http://pbskids.org/wayback/tech1900/
So what was it really like in to live in the early 1900s? To find out check out this site from PBS Kids. Even if you think it's a little juvenile sounding, you really must visit it to understand the technologies that were available during the time period.