In-Person Workshop

NCTA Indiana University - NCTA University of Pittsburgh

Weekend Workshop Series

Environment and Politics in Communist China 

June 28, 2024 

Join IU Northwest faculty member Diana Chen Lin on June 28, 2024, for a K-12 educator professional development workshop focused on current issues in East Asia likely to be of interest to students. The workshop will provide lectures and discussion of the complex history of China’s environmental changes up to the 21st century. It will explore how China’s post-1978 modernization turned China into the largest carbon dioxide emitter. The workshop will also tackle the significant policy shifts in China that seek to transform challenges into opportunities by making China a leading country in green technology and green energy cars.  We will work on the criteria and methods to discuss these issues in the classroom. All will receive a copy of Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro’s China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (Polity Press, 2020).  

All K-12 educators are welcome; teachers of AP Human Geography, World Cultures, Modern World History, Art, Global Studies, English, Media Literacy, and World Languages will find the topics particularly useful. Participants will be exposed to workshop topics through lectures, discussions, and activities that can be brought into the classroom and used to enhance global contextualization within Illinois and Indiana state academic standards. 

All participants are eligible to receive mileage reimbursements for round-trip travel totaling more than 25 miles This is a Weekend Workshop Series (June 28-29, 2024) and K-12 educators may register for one or both workshops plus an optional dinner on Friday June 28; hotel accommodations will be provided for participants registered for both workshops. This series is a collaborative initiative between the Indiana University and University of Pittsburgh NCTA coordinating sites. 

Join the Pitt NCTA for an evening program on modern Japanese printmakers in conjunction with the Carnegie Museum of Art’s exhibit Imprinting in Their Time: Japanese Printmakers, 1912-2022. K-12 educators will learn about the history of printmaking in Japan and how modern and contemporary Japanese artists have transformed the role of printmaker through international encounters, new inspirations, and artistic motivation. Dr. Brenda G. Jordan and Akemi May will introduce you to the early modern print industry of Japan, the shin-hanga (new prints movement), sōsaku-hanga (creative prints), and contemporary prints.

Program includes dinner with your colleagues, a guided tour of the exhibition, free parking and Act 48 hours.

Registration is limited, so register early for this enlightening program. 

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde Workshop and Film Screening

for K-12 Educators at Minneapolis Institute of Art 

Workshop: Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25-26, 2023 

9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day 

Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Open to All Educators in Alabama, Delaware., Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia 

Join our colleagues at the Minneapolis Institute of Art for a free two-day in-person workshop featuring the film and award-winning curriculum units for Edo Avant Garde. Documentary filmmaker Linda Hoaglund and master teachers Angie Stokes and Kachina Leigh, along with Brenda G. Jordan, will take you into the world of Japanese painting during the Edo period (1603-1868).

Workshop will include screening of the film, curator-led tours of the current Japanese art exhibits, and hands-on workshops on Japanese painting and papermaking techniques. Breakfast and lunch provided. Some funding is also available for lodging for K-12 educators who live more than 60 minutes away from Mia. Art teachers prioritized but teachers of all subjects welcome. The Edo Avant Garde curriculum was awarded an Honorable Mention for the 2022 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for curriculum development by the Association for Asian Studies.