Program Start Date: Dec 2 2016
EARC seminar leader Tese Wintz Neighbor and EARC Assistant Director Yurika Kurakata presented “Asia Matters: What Your Students Need to Know” at the annual NCSS conference in Washington DC. Eight other NCSS sessions also related to East Asia at the conference. Find information about them here.
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 24 2016
The third of three workshops in the Teaching with East Asian Art series, this workshop looked at three episodes highlighting key moments of cultural exchange and transmission in East Asian history: the Silk Road , the influence of European art on East Asian art and vice versa during the mid-late eighteenth century, and the manner in which culture is exported and consumed today in the form of popular culture.
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: 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
‘China’s Past: New Strategies for Teaching the Sources of Chinese Civilization’ covered a broad range of Chinese history including Confucius and the foundations of Chinese culture, the legacies of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the ways in which Chinese history is understood in China today. Particular attention was given to curriculum and resources for teachers of grades 3-8.
Program Start Date: Jul 11 2016
‘Japan and the West’ focused on points of intersection between Japan, Europe, and America from their first encounters to the present. It wove together visual art with primary and secondary source texts in order to explore historical change and continuity from multiple perspectives. Several connections to US History were drawn.
Program Start Date: May 24 2016
This Anchorage School District Summer Academy course explored the essential elements of Korean culture and the historical forces that have shaped the fates and the destinies of the people who live on the Korean peninsula today. Emphasis was given to pedagogical approaches for the classroom.