Program Start Date: Sep 27 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
‘New Worlds of Science: The Heritage of East Asia’ was offered in conjunction with the Saturday University lecture series at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Educators attended public lectures and then met for a writing workshop with Mary Barber Roberts. During the workshop, time was given to solitary writing in the art galleries in response to the morning lecture. The group then reconvened to share working drafts.
Program Start Date: Sep 6 2014
Location: Bellevue, WA
K-12 teachers were invited to participate in a half-day workshop at the 2014 Aki Matsuri (Japanese Fall Festival) on the Bellevue College campus. The workshop drew on festival themes and current issues and was designed to share creative ideas for teaching about Japanese culture, past and present.
Program Start Date: Jul 28 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
This seminar focused on integrating essential knowledge about China and Japan into geography, history, language arts, and art units. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were addressed as we developed sample activities and explored ways to integrate content.
Program Start Date: Jul 7 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
‘Artists Respond’ explored the events of the turbulent 20th century from the perspective of visual artists from China, Japan and Korea. Throughout this period of great conflict, arts have been employed and mobilized to reflect the ever-changing political, economic, and social landscape of East Asia.
Program Start Date: Jun 23 2014
Location: Ashland, OR
The seminar offered sessions on the history and culture of China, Japan, and Korea–traditional and modern–plus demonstrations of nationally recognized curriculum resources for teaching about East Asia.
Program Start Date: Jun 4 2014
Location: Bellingham, WA
Teachers met for an evening discussion inspired by the book ‘Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China’s Great Urban Migration’ by Michelle Dammon Loyalka, which deals with the hopes, struggles, and perseverance of Chinese migrants leaving the countryside and looking for a better life in urban China.
