http://spice.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from SPICEen-usPublic domainhttp://spice.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://spice.stanford.edu/60http://spice.stanford.edu/news/2121On September 7th and 8th, 2009, SPICE director Gary Mukai visited three public high schools in Okinawa as well as the Okinawa AmerAsian School.]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/2121http://spice.stanford.edu/news/2107On September 3 and 4, 2009, SPICE director Gary Mukai and SPICE curriculum consultant Rennie Moon participated in an international academic conference called "Reflections and Prospects of the Understanding Korea Projects," in Seoul.]]>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/2107http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1856On February 25, 2009, the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) conducted an interactive workshop on the SPICE curriculum unit, Along the Silk Road, for 150 New York City middle school teachers at Teachers College, Columbia University.]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1856http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1664The Stanford program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) has just announced a major new interdisciplinary, interactive initiative for middle school and high school students on the road to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. "The Road to Beijing" initiative includes a new documentary featuring world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, a new documentary developed by NBC that features Olympians who will participate in the Beijing Olympics, curriculum materials addressing Beijing and issues raised by the Olympics, an interactive website, and teacher professional development.]]>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1664http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1625The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) has taken on world religions, Russian leaders and Aztec history. Now it's boiling down the glory and controversy of China's history, culture and politics in time for the Summer Olympics in Beijing.]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1625http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1554On April 4 SPICE formally received the 2008 Franklin Buchanan Prize at the Association for Asian Studies conference in Atlanta. The Buchanan Prize, which is awarded annually to an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia designed for any educational level, elementary through university, this year recognized Waka Takahashi Brown and Selena Lai for Chinese Dynasties: Parts One and Two. This is the fourth time that SPICE has won the prestigious Buchanan Prize since it was established in 1995.]]>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1554http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1472The Asia Society last week awarded the 2007 Goldman Sachs Foundation Media and Technology Prize to the Reischauer Scholars Program, a college-level, distance-learning course about Japan for American high school students developed by the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). Gary Mukai, SPICE director, and Naomi Funahashi, the primary instructor for the scholars program, accepted the prize, a plaque and a check for $25,000, at a March 10 luncheon in New York City. Mukai said he would use the money to fund the 2008-09 scholars program, which is named in honor of Edwin O. Reischauer, a former U.S. ambassador to Japan.]]>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1472http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1436For 2009, SPICE has developed four new curriculum units: Examining Long-term Radiation Effects, Interactive Teaching AIDS: A Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention Curriculum, China's Republican Era, 1911 to 1949, and Teacher's Guide to Wings of Defeat.]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1436http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1571The Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) serves as a bridge between FSI's research centers and elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States. Over the past year, SPICE curriculum writer Rylan Sekiguchi and Joon Seok Hong (MA, East Asian Studies, 2007) have been developing a curriculum unit for secondary schools called "U.S.-South Korean Relations" in consultation with Professor Gi-Wook Shin, director of the Korean Studies Program (KSP).]]>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1571http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1339Gary Mukai, director of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), was awarded the Foreign Minister's Commendation at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan in San Francisco on Oct. 5. The commendation recognizes Mukai for "greatly contribut[ing] to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the United States, especially in the field of education...[and] lend[ing] his energy and expertise to actively supporting and implementing the goals and objectives of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET Program) and the activities of the JET Alumni Association of Northern California."]]>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1339http://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/22666,
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In Wings of Defeat, Kamikaze survivors in their eighties tell us about their training, their mindsets, and what it means to survive when thousands of their fellow pilots died. Wings of Defeat helps us consider what responsibilities a government at war has to its soldiers and to its people. A recent meeting of American veterans and Kamikaze survivors of World War II is captured in the sequel, Another Journey.]]>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:56:25 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/22377http://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/22182, 2008
In this teacher's guide, students are introduced to the documentary, The Road to Beijing, which features Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Students learn about the Silk Road Ensemble and the Ensemble's musicians. Students also consider some of the musician's reflections on Beijing and China, examine some key themes of the documentary, learn about a musical piece called, "Ambush from Ten Sides," and view some historic sites of Beijing.]]>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:27:11 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/22182http://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/22181, 2007
These curriculum units introduce students to the modern Chinese city of Beijing through its history, geography, and major attractions and sights. Two documentaries are included with the units. The first documentary was filmed in Beijing and features Yo-Yo Ma and music of the Silk Road Ensemble. The second documentary was filmed by NBC and features comments by Olympians participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.]]>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:36:57 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/22181