August 4 & 11, 2021
7:00pm - 10:15pm (Eastern Time)
Learn critical background content on racial and social justice issues in the news headlines from East and Southeast Asia. Topics will include the treatment of racial minorities and indigenous peoples, feminism and the Me Too! movement, religious and political issues, and more.
Engage in comparative discussions of the ways that minorities in China and Japan and womenin South Korea have responded to discrimination with the ways that minorities and women have addressed similar challenges in the United States.
Discuss pedagogical strategies, resources, and innovative approaches to teaching this material in middle school and high school classrooms with fellow teachers from across the country as well as with scholars who are experts in their fields.
To register, please apply at bit.ly/2VFMKXV.
Mini-Course ScheduleAugust 4thRoderick Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJapan and the Myth of Racial HomogeneityAnat Schwartz, University of California, IrvineFeminism, K-Pop, and the #Me Too Movement in South KoreaWill Womack, University of Alabama at BirminghamThe Rohingya and Political Protests in MyanmarAugust 11thCatherine Ryu, Michigan State UniversitySexual Minorities in Contemporary Japan: Designing a Learning Module of Media Representations of Transgender PeopleBenno Weiner, Carnegie Mellon UniversityFifty-five Plus One: Ethnic Minorities and the Afterlives of Empire in ChinaEthan Segal, Michigan State UniversityAsia and Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in the United States
Space is limited. Program will be conducted via Zoom; link provided toaccepted applicants.
All K-12 Educators will receive Certificates of Completion for attending the entire program. Pennsylvania educators will receive Act 48 hours. Michigan educators will receive SCECH hours.
The first 30 registered, accepted educators who complete the full six-hour course may receive a $10 Amazon gift card.
To register, please apply at bit.ly/2VFMKXV.