Program Start Date: Sep 29 2018
Location: Seattle, WA
“Write about Asia” was offered by the East Asia Resource Center in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas Saturday University Lecture Series. Each Saturday (with the exception on November 24), there was a lecture followed by a writing workshop which was facilitated by Mary Barber Roberts. This
Program Start Date: Jul 23 2018
Location: Thomson Hall, University of Washington in Seattle
An NCTA Seminar for Teachers of Grades 2-8 Description Hear from authors, librarians and fellow teachers and make children’s and young adult books on East Asia a part of your teaching tool kit. Discover how authors do research for their books and how book titles and cover illustrations are selected. Gain confidence in making close
Program Start Date: Jul 16 2018
Location: Thomson Hall, University of Washington in Seattle
A NCTA seminar for K-12 teachers of all subjects Description Art and Politics: Episodes in East Asian History considered key moments in the history of East Asia as told through visual and literary responses by artists and writers of the time. Our approach examined moments in the history of East Asia, beginning with a grounding in
Program Start Date: Jun 4 2018
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Teachers explored the rise and fall of the Mongol empire in both regional (East Asian) and global contexts with an emphasis on pedagogical approaches for the middle and high school classroom.
Program Start Date: Apr 24 2018
Location: Seattle, WA
Although Taiwan is a small island of 23 million people today, its history is rich with themes that illuminate and contribute to our understanding of major historical issues such as migration, colonialism, industrialization, ethnicity and identity, the Cold War, and democratization. Its unresolved status as a “state” inserts Taiwan into larger conflicts between the US and China, where it serves as a potential hot spot for global conflict.
Program Start Date: Mar 31 2018
“Write about Asia” was offered by the East Asia Resource Center in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas Saturday University Lecture Series. It was facilitated by Mary Barber Roberts. This past series was titled, “Asian Textiles Across Time and Place”. This series was inspired by the “amazing array of textile arts, textile manufacturing and fashion originating from Asia” being “shared globally in new ways” (excerpts from the Gardner Center Website).
Program Start Date: Mar 9 2018
Location: Stevenson, WA
Participants were immersed in China on the World Stage: Weighing the U.S. Response, and examined parts of Climate Change and Questions of Justice. Both units were provided. Participants discussed ways to adapt these materials to specific classroom goals. The workshop also highlighted free resources on the Choices website.
Program Start Date: Feb 8 2018
Location: Seattle, WA
Teachers gained a better understanding of North Korea and current challenges in international affairs. Speakers delved into the historical roots of the North Korean state, its internal mechanisms of social, political and ideological control and the development of critical issues on the Korean peninsula.
Program Start Date: Feb 5 2018
Location: Seattle, WA
Update: 2018 Freeman Book Award Winner! The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball was awarded the 2018 Freeman Book Award. This annual award, sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the Committee on Teaching about Asia (CTA) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and Asia for Educators (AFE) at Columbia University, recognizes quality books for children
Program Start Date: Jan 31 2018
Location: Seattle and Tacoma, WA
An NCTA seminar for middle and high school teachers was offered in both Seattle and Tacoma. The Silk Road was not one road but a great network of trade routes, which linked China to Europe and all the lands in between. Products were traded, but ideas and beliefs, techniques and works of art were also