SPICE

Resources

» 40 Years of Promoting the Study of China in Schools
Tthe efforts of the Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education (SPICE) to internationalize the K-12 classroom span a broad range of topics - security, the arts, the environment, global health, and international relations. With the dawn of 2013, SPICE looks back to its roots and celebrates 40 years of promoting the study of China. Read more »

» SPICE and USC U.S.-China Institute to present "China in the Humanities" seminar
SPICE in partnership with the U.S.-China Institute will be conducting a pre-conference on China during the 2012 ECIS Teacher Conference in Nice, France on November 22, 2012. Read more »

» 2012 Reischauer Scholars Honored at Stanford University
SPICE honored three top students of the 2012 Reischauer Scholars Program (RSP)Brooke Nowakowski (San Antonio, TX), Seunghwa Madeleine Han (San Ramon, CA), and Emily Waltman (Tenafly, NJ)at the RSP Japan Day event at Stanford University on August 10, 2012. Read more »

» American teachers get lesson in Korean studies at Stanford

» Ninth Year of SPICE's Reischauer Scholars Program in Full Swing

SPICE is a program of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), an interdisciplinary center at Stanford University that conducts research on key international issues related to security, political economy, the environment, and health policy. SPICE curriculum publications serve as a bridge between FSI and K-14 schools.

Featured Curriculum Units

Colonial Korea in Historical Perspective
Full Unit

This unit explores the history of Korea under Japanese rule as a specific case of imperialism and colonialism, highlighting the political, social, economic, and cultural contexts.

For Secondary students

Softcover - $39.95
includes CD-ROM

The Mongol Empire
Full Unit

This unit introduces students to the various societies, individuals, and dynamics that constituted the Mongol Empire. +PDF+

For Middle School - Secondary students

Softcover - $59.95
includes CD-ROM

An Interpretive History of Japan
Full Unit

An Interpretive History of Japan is a web-based curriculum unit that includes six lectures by Professor Emeritus Daniel Okimoto from Stanford University and six corresponding lesson plans. This program is brought to you by the manaba team of Asahinet Japan, Inc. and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE).

For Secondary - Community College students

Electronic download - $10.00
includes Streaming Video and PDF of Lesson Plans

China in Transition: Economic Development, Migration, and Education
Full Unit

China in Transition introduces students to modern China as a case study of economic development. What are the characteristics of the development process, and why does it occur? How is development experienced by the people who live through it, and how are their lives impacted? Students examine these questions and others as they investigate the roles that migration, urbanization, wealth, poverty, and education play in a country in transition. +PDF+

For Secondary students

Softcover - $59.95
includes Image CD-Rom and DVD of 4 short films

» SPICE Catalog