Reading Spaces and Places: Exploring East Asian Cities through the Visual and Literary Arts

“Everything about this seminar was strong: personality of the instructor, professionalism, variety, depth, collaboration, meta-cognitive activity.” — High school social studies teacher from Olympia, WA

“The seminar addressed a broad range of topics. I really enjoyed the art perspective and plan to integrate more visual literacy into all of my classes next year. ” — High school social studies teacher from Wilmette, IL

Japan and the West: From first encounters to contemporary global issues

“Having guided interaction with the instructor and the other teachers to develop ideas was invaluable to creating and recreating my class content. ” — High school humanities teacher

“I so enjoyed the instructor, her willingness to hear us while keeping us moving ahead, and doing so with grace and humor.” — High school history teacher

“Ater this seminar, I can imagine using art as a jumping off point for class conversations.” — High school language teacher

Teaching Korea’s History and Culture

“I really appreciated the vast knowledge of Prof. Dunscomb about Asian history and Ms. Anderson’s encouragement about how to use the materials in the classroom. Loved it!” – Middle school history teacher

“I had my planning book open as we went to find units for next year.” — High school social studies teacher

“The combination of background knowledge from Paul and then having the time to apply our learning via writing of a lesson plan we can use was great.” — High school social studies teacher

Exploring China through the Experiences of its Millennial Generation

“My American Studies classes will benefit greatly from my new perspective on Chinese millennials. Making connections to my kids through showing them how they are like others will help.” — High school humanities teacher

“Tese is amazing. I loved her pacing as well as her selection of reading material and films” — Middle school civics teacher

Religions and Religious Belief in Early East Asian History

“Almost all of my existing literature units can benefit from this East Asian historical and philosophical framework. This class offered exactly what I had hoped for…a chance to extend the context of the works I teach past their usual Western touchstones.” — High school literature teacher

“Dr. Woods clearly is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about this topic, which made learning about things so much more interesting. He was great!” — High school social studies teacher

China, Japan and Korea: Literature for the 3-12 Classroom

“The info and resources about China have already been very useful in exploring contrasting narratives and bias in historical texts.” — Middle school history teacher

“The collaborative activities in which we used various lenses to evaluate texts were especially helpful. ” — High school humanities teacher

“I thought all of the materials were useful. I was particularly happy with the choice of chapters from secondary sources. Combined with the picture books and and graphic novels, they give depth to advanced students and access to less skilled.” — High school social studies teacher

‘The Sun Gods’ book discussion with author Jay Rubin

“I think this book would make a strong literature circle discussion book in my English class, particularly as we talk about ethical dilemmas reflected in literature” — High school world literature teacher

“Hearing the author speak really helped me frame an approach for teaching this book next year.” — High school world literature teacher

“I liked getting first-hand insight into the sources used for the book. ” — Elementary school librarian