All of Asia is fertile territory for vibrant puppetry traditions. In this project students take a cyber tour of Asian countries and learn about the many forms that puppets take on this continent.
Back in the classroom, they create an Asian Puppet Museum.

The Internet has numerous sites related to puppetry. Some excellent starting points are the following:

The Puppetry Home Page is a great overview of puppetry around the world. It includes definitions of different forms of puppetry and linksto puppet theater troupes, museums, and resources around the world.
http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/

This Japanese puppet site has an excellent selection of photos of antique and mechanical puppets.  Essays explain how each puppet works, the period it came from, and why it is considered unique. The Message from a puppet enthusiast, Seima Takanashi tells the history of Japanese puppets and many details of puppet development and presentation with philosophical asides about the nature of puppetry and civilization in general.
http://www.cjn.or.jp/karakuri/index.html

Here is an excellent introduction to leather shadow puppets from India.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/art/puppets.htm

Alice Meets Bali — This is a really fun site featuring a shadow puppet adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Take a look at the marvelous puppets; they have captured the essence of Lewis Carroll's characters using traditional shadow puppet making techniques.
http://www.balibeyond.com/alice/alice.html