Course Materials for 2018-19 NCTA Seminar in Hurricane, WVSeminar Title: "Appalachia and Asia: Incorporating Asian Studies in the West Virginia Classroom "
Syllabi and Forms
EAGLE Instructions for Teachers
Minigrant Pre-approved Set List
Course Readings
Please complete the weekly readings before the appropriate class meeting.
September 17: The Land Morning Calm: Korean History, Culture and Generation Information
Holcombe: “The Emergence of Korean Kingdoms,” (pp. 81-88); “The Birth of Korea” (pp. 114-120); “Confucian Korea” (pp. 149-154).
September 25: Ancient China and the Origins of the Written Language (2,000 BCE – 200CE).
Holcombe: “What is East Asia,” (pp 1-9); “The Origins of Civilization” (pp. 13-25).
October 1, 2018: Using Asian Pop Culture in the Classroom.
Holcombe: “The Reunification of Japan” (pp. 187-197) and Chapter 8, “The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations”
Recommended Readings: Chapter 6, “Early Modern East Asia.” For high school level: final chapters in Holcombe on the 20th century.
October 8, 2018: Introduction to Buddhism.
Holcombe: “The Origins of Civilization in East Asia” (pp. 12-30) ; “Buddhism Comes to East Asia” (pp. 72-81)
October 15, 2018: Manifestation of Culture in Language: Different Ways ofLanguage Use and Different Ways of Interpersonal Involvement
Holcombe: The Hermit Kingdom,” pp. 183-187; “The Nineteenth Century Opening of Korea,” pp. 235-240; “Korea Under Japanese Rule” pp. 273-278
“History as Literature, Literature as History: Lost Names”
Recommended Reading: "Utilizing Richard Kim’s Lost Names in the Junior High Classroom”
October 29, 2018: Culture and Education in Japan
Holcombe: “Yamato Japan” (pp. 88-94); “Imperial Japan” (pp. 120-131).
November 5, 2018: China in the Eyes of an Expat
Holcombe: “Deng Xiaoping and Market-Based economic Reform” (pp.369-373); “China and Globalization” (pp. 390-400).
November 12, 2018: Chinese Thought Systems
Holcombe: “The Formative Era” pp. 31-59
EAA Article by D Wood Spring 2007
December 3, 2018: Chinese Culture and Customs
Holcombe: “Cosmopolitan Elite International Culture” (pp. 71-72); “The Consolidation of Tang Rule” (pp. 98-104); “Mature Independent Trajectories” (pp. 132-145)
See syllabus for recommended readings