Kanji practice (Tool) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/ This website provides access to over 300 kanji. For each one, the learner can look at a video clip illustrating the stroke order, audio clips and sample sentences.

Kanji Alive http://kanjialive.lib.uchicago.edu/main.php?page=overview&lang=en This website provides a serachable database fo 1235 kanji. Students will learn how to read but also write kanji.

Scrolls of the Mongol Invasion of Japan http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/ It gives a side by side comparison of 4 versions of a scroll depicting the Mongol Invasion. It is an excellent illustration of the possible contribution of technology to art, history, and literature.

Teaching and Leanring about Japan http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/ This website is an excellent introduction to the Japanese culture. The illustrations, pictures and maps can be used in class.

Japanese Text Initiative http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/index.html This is a searchable database of texts sponsored by the University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh. The goal is to make Japanese Classical Literature available. The texts can be used in class or as homework.

Traditional Japanese short stories http://life.ou.edu/stories/ This website presents 17 traditional Japanese short stories and their English translations. The texts can be used in class or as homework.