{"id":4784,"date":"2022-10-20T18:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2022-12-05T20:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:23:24","slug":"teaching-peace-with-the-last-cherry-blossom-a-conversation-with-japanese-american-author-kathleen-burkinshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/teaching-peace-with-the-last-cherry-blossom-a-conversation-with-japanese-american-author-kathleen-burkinshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Peace with &#8220;The Last Cherry Blossom&#8221;: A Conversation with Japanese American author Kathleen Burkinshaw\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathleenburkinshaw.com\/\">Kathleen Burkinshaw<\/a>&#8216;s YA historical novel <em>The Last Cherry Blossom<\/em> is a deeply personal labor of love, loosely based on her mother&#8217;s childhood. It promotes world peace and nuclear disarmament through a moving story about Yuriko, a Japanese girl who survives the 1945 Hiroshima bombing. Teachers joined in for an <strong>online<\/strong> <strong>author interview<\/strong> followed by Q&amp;A. Program benefits included a <strong>free copy of the book<\/strong> and resources for teachers of Language Arts, Social Studies, History and Humanities.<\/div>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Workshop Leader<\/h3>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Kathy Whitham<\/strong> is a tenured English instructor at South Seattle College where she teaches literature (Asian American Lit, YA Lit, Graphic Novels), Humanities, Film Studies, Creative Writing and Composition.<\/div>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Program details<\/h3>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Saturday December 3, 2022<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>9:00 &#8211; 11:00 PST\/12:00 &#8211; 2:00 EST<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>This is an online program and was held on Zoom.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Program benefits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A free copy of the book <em>The Last Cherry Blossom<\/em> by Kathleen Burkinshaw (which will be sent to participants after they register for the program)<\/li>\n<li>2 free WA OSPI Clock Hours<\/li>\n<li>Free online resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This program was sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington, and funded by a Freeman Foundation grant in support of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nctasia.org\/\">National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Burkinshaw&#8216;s YA historical novel The Last Cherry Blossom is a deeply personal labor of love, loosely based on her mother&#8217;s childhood. 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