Program Start Date: Oct 18 2016
The Asia Centers and the Center for Global Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington presented ‘Global Asia: Turning Points in Modern Asian History,’ their 2016 Newspapers In Education series and workshop at this evening workshop. The workshop featured multiple presentations by the article authors.
Program Start Date: Oct 17 2016
The second of three workshops in the Teaching with East Asian Art series, this workshop explored approaches to teaching Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, and Buddhism, utilizing visual expressions from each tradition. The basic tenets of each belief system were discussed in conjunction with images, providing concepts and images ready to use in your classroom.
Program Start Date: Oct 10 2016
The first of three workshops in the Teaching with East Asian Art series. Teachers interested in using art with their students explored approaches to incorporating visual culture and art historical concepts suitable for use in the K-12 classroom. This workshop served as an introduction to art history, presented in tandem with approaches to using East Asian art in your classroom.
Program Start Date: Nov 5 2016
Designed for K-12 educators who want a deeper and more thorough understanding of Japan today, “What You Need to Know about Japan Since 1945” will covered the ramifications of the American occupation, the rebuilding of Japan, the miraculous growth followed by the lost decade and finally, how the past continues to affect the country today.
Program Start Date: Oct 1 2016
The Seattle Asian Art Museum’s fall 2016 lecture series was titled “Tea Times: Cultures, Commerce, and Conflict.” Teachers attended the public lectures, in which a series of eight scholars discussed the ‘wild plants, distinct pleasures, and imperial exploitation’ that shaped the long story of tea. After the lectures, teachers met for a writing workshop facilitated by Mary Barber Roberts.
Program Start Date: Jul 25 2016
“So many good ideas for teaching. This course built my respect for China as a nation and a culture. It sparked my curiosity and made me want to learn more.” — 6th grade humanities teacher
“This course had in-depth lectures, visuals, field trips, and ties among different aspects of social studies. The colleagues were thoughtful, engaged, curious people. It was invigorating to immerse so fully in the content.” — 5th grade teacher
“I liked being able to take away ready-to-use concrete ideas for my students.” — Elementary librarian
Program Start Date: Jul 11 2016
“After this seminar, I plan to integrate more visual images into my classroom as a means of looking at history, as well as to look at world events from multiple perspectives.” — High school social studies teacher
“The variety of participants from different regions and expertise and trainings led to great discussions. ” — Middle school history teacher
“Overall, this course was fantastic. It was well-organized, jam-packed and extremely informative. I have a lot for my brain to digest, but that is awesome.” — High school social studies teacher
Program Start Date: Jul 27 2015
“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
Program Start Date: Oct 3 2015
“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
Program Start Date: May 24 2016
“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