Teaching About East Asia

A Seminar for High School Social Studies and Language Arts Teachers

Conducted by Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) in conjunction with the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA), with support from the Freeman Foundation.

Seminar sessions:
Fridays 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
January 27, February 17, March 9, April 13

*Schedule of topics subject to change (depending on speaker availability).

Download the 2012 High School Application (199.9KB ) for High School Teachers. Please complete and submit both forms by December 9, 2011 . See forms for details.

Goals

Participants will:

1. Gain a deeper understanding of the geography, history, culture, religion, literature and art of East Asia, with emphasis on topics included in the Social Studies Content Standards for California.
2. Design curriculum that integrates content knowledge about China, Korea, and Japan with effective, thoughtful, and engaging instructional approaches
3. Be provided with instructional materials about East Asia appropriate for their classrooms.
4. Become a community of learners committed to a long-term engagement in the exploration of Asian studies.

Texts

Murphey, Rhoads. East Asia: A New History

"Additional books and articles will be provided."

Requirements

Teachers are required to attend all sessions, complete assigned readings before each session, develop and submit a lesson plan and a reflection/implementation plan, and participate in group discussions.

Lesson plan and reflection/implementation plan assignments are designed to help participants absorb the new information and to think about how to apply it to their own classrooms while the information is still fresh in their minds.