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TOTS 2025 Japan Series - Tokaido Road: Bugs, Food, Music, and Children Along the Tokaido Road (Japan's National Road)

Tokaido Road: Bugs, Food, Music, and Children Along the Tokaido Road (Japan's National Road) 
November 18, 2025
 
 
7:00pm - 8:30pm Eastern Time
 
 
Online via Zoom; open to all states
 
 
 
Join our Ohio State University colleagues as the NCTA Tokaido, Origami, Temples and Shrines (TOTS) team will present the new, visually rich “Virtual Japan Experience” curriculum series developed by a cohort of K-12 and community college educators.
 
Over three sessions this Fall, you will discover new techniques for bringing East Asian culture into your classroom while walking away with a variety of free resources and interdisciplinary lessons to help you successfully take your students along this journey.
 
  • November 18, 2025: Tokaido Road: Bugs, Food, Music, and Children Along the Tokaido Road (Japan's National Road)  
 
Attendance for the whole series is encouraged but not required. PD will be sent accordingly. Pennsylvania teachers can receive ACT 48 hours.
 
Coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University.
 
 
TOTS 2025 Japan Series - Tokaido Road: Bugs, Food, Music, and Children Along the Tokaido Road (Japan's National Road)
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

TOTS 2025 Japan Series - Origami: Folded Emotions and Patterns in Nature; Folding 1,000 Cranes Tradition

Origami: Folded Emotions and Patterns in Nature; Folding 1,000 Cranes Tradition 
October 21, 2025
 
 
7:00pm - 8:30pm Eastern Time
 
 
Online via Zoom; open to all states
 
 
 
Join our Ohio State University colleagues as the NCTA Tokaido, Origami, Temples and Shrines (TOTS) team will present the new, visually rich “Virtual Japan Experience” curriculum series developed by a cohort of K-12 and community college educators.
 
Over three sessions this Fall, you will discover new techniques for bringing East Asian culture into your classroom while walking away with a variety of free resources and interdisciplinary lessons to help you successfully take your students along this journey.
 
  • October 21, 2025: Origami: Folded Emotions and Patterns in Nature; Folding 1,000 Cranes Tradition 
 
Attendance for the whole series is encouraged but not required. PD will be sent accordingly. Pennsylvania teachers can receive ACT 48 hours.
 
Coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University.
 
 
TOTS 2025 Japan Series - Origami: Folded Emotions and Patterns in Nature; Folding 1,000 Cranes Tradition
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

TOTS 2025 Japan Series - Temples and Shrines: Nature, Symbols, Rituals, and Art; Temples at Shrines and Shrines at Temples

Temples and Shrines: Nature, Symbols, Rituals, and Art; Temples at Shrines and Shrines at Temples
 
September 30, 2025
 
 
7:00pm - 8:30pm Eastern Time
 
 
Online via Zoom; open to all states
 
 
 
Join our Ohio State University colleagues as the NCTA Tokaido, Origami, Temples and Shrines (TOTS) team will present the new, visually rich “Virtual Japan Experience” curriculum series developed by a cohort of K-12 and community college educators.
 
Over three sessions this Fall, you will discover new techniques for bringing East Asian culture into your classroom while walking away with a variety of free resources and interdisciplinary lessons to help you successfully take your students along this journey.
 
  • September 30, 2025: Temples and Shrines: Nature, Symbols, Rituals, and Art; Temples at Shrines and Shrines at Temples 
 
Attendance for the whole series is encouraged but not required. PD will be sent accordingly. Pennsylvania teachers can receive ACT 48 hours.
 
Coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University.
 
 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Samurai, Kissing Circles, and the Geometry of Shinto Shrines: An NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Samurai, Kissing Circles, and the Geometry of Shinto Shrines 

An NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators

January 7, 2024

7:00pm - 8:30pm (Eastern Time)

Online via Zoom

During the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868), Japan was somewhat isolated from the West, including the products of the European revolutions in math and science. At the same time, the Japanese witnessed a cultural renaissance in the visual and performing arts, music, fashion, ceremony … and mathematics. New problems and solutions appeared in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines across the Japanese landscape. In this talk, Dr. David A. Clark, Randolph-Macon College, and Master Educator Angie Miesle Stokes will help explore how wasan (“wa” = Japanese, “san” = mathematics) became so delicately folded into 18th century Japanese culture.

 

 

 

Samurai, Kissing Circles, and the Geometry of Shinto Shrines: An NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 19:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Riding the Strong Currents: 20th and 21st Century Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum - An NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Painting of Two Men with one with Pen the other With Fist Raised in the Style of Maoist Propaganda Poster

November 7, 2024

Synchronous Online via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Join us and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College for a workshop exploring 20th and 21st century Chinese paintings. This talk will introduce works by Huáng Bīnhóng (1864–1955) and other Chinese painters who have navigated the volatile currents of 20th and early 21st century history and reflected in their art the dynamic character of the times.  Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, will present a talk examining modern and contemporary Chinese painting from 1957 to today. Jill Greenwood, the Eric & Jane Nord Family Curator of Education at the Allen, will provide information about the museum’s resources for teachers, such as lesson plans, augmented reality tours, cell app, videos, the touch collection, tours, bus funding, and the eMuseum database, many of which were developed with funding from the Freeman Foundation.

The past two centuries have been turbulent for people in China, as they have confronted the challenges of Western and Japanese imperialism, Civil War, the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, and, since the 1980s, have experienced reform, stability, and economic success. Riding the currents on a rushing river seems an apt metaphor for this period, one taken from an inscription on a painting by Huáng. The Allen’s permanent collection of modern and contemporary Chinese painting began in 1957, and the talk will highlight familiar favorites and recent acquisitions. The wide range of subjects and styles shown demonstrate the creativity and diversity of this most recent phase of Chinese painting, a tradition extending back over two millennia. 

For attending this workshop in its entirety, educators will receive a Certificate of Completion. 

 

Learn more about our Workshop Speakers

 
 
Jill Greenwood began her appointment in 2017 at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, where she is responsible for public programming, community outreach, education, accessibility, and tours at the museum and the college-owned Weltzheimer/Johnson House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. She annually teaches a Practicum in Museum Education course and oversees the museum’s Gallery Guide program for Oberlin College students. Additionally, Jill has taught courses in art history on topics related to European and American art and architecture, the history of printmaking, and museum studies at Kenyon College, Portland State University, and Willamette University in Oregon. She earned her doctorate degree at the University of Kansas and has over thirty years of experience in non-profit arts management and education.
 
 
 
 
 
Kevin R. E. Greenwood is an art historian and curator specializing in the visual arts and architecture of East Asia. His tenure as the inaugural Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), Oberlin College, has been marked by a rejuvenation of the interpretation and educational use of the museum's extensive collection of Asian art covering prehistory to the present. This has been realized through a multitude of diverse exhibitions, guest and public lectures, significant acquisitions, and other initiatives. Additionally, Kevin has been instrumental in securing vital grants aimed at art conservation and promoting educational outreach at the AMAM.
 

 

 

 

Riding the Strong Currents: 20th and 21st Century Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum - An NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Panels from the Past: Using the Graphic Novel, The Boy From Clearwater, to Teach about 20th Century Taiwan

 

Panels from the Past: 
Using the Graphic Novel, The Boy From Clearwater, to Teach about 20th Century Taiwan
 
Thursday, October 17, 2024
 
5:30pm - 7:00pm (Eastern Time)
 
Online via Zoom
 

Please join us for our virtual K-12 educator workshop that will explore the historic changes in 20th century Taiwan as seen through the lens of the graphic novel, The Boy from Clearwater. This gripping narrative tells the story of Tsai Kun-lin whose life was swept up in the island’s incredible tumult during this consequential century. Our discussion will center around the pre-workshop reading of select passages from the book that highlight:

 
  • Japan’s colonization of Taiwan at the turn of the 20th century
  • The hardship and tragedy of World War II
  • The horror, oppression, and authoritarianism of the “White Terror”
  • The democratization period and economic prosperity that followed

Featuring Dr. David Kenley, Professor of History at Dakota State University, and Cathy Fratto, Asian Studies Center Engagement Coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh, this workshop will provide historical context for graphic novel and offers strategies and resources for incorporating it in the classroom.  

  

After the program, K-12 Educators who fully participate in the workshop can choose to receive a complimentary copy of The Boy from Clearwater: Book 1. 

  

After you register, we will send you a confirmation email. Educators who complete the program will receive a Certificate Completion; Pennsylvania teachers can also receive two Act 48 hours.   

 

Registration deadline: Monday, October 14, 2024 

 

 

Panels from the Past: Using the Graphic Novel, The Boy From Clearwater, to Teach about 20th Century Taiwan
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 17:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Childhood in Asia: Cultural Connections in Children's Literature

 

 

2024 MSU-NCTA Workshop Series

Childhood in Asia:

Cultural Connections in Children’s Literature

June 15, 2024

10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Online

 

Children's Literature has often been thought of as easy books for children, but this simple definition hides the fact that readers of any age can learn a great deal about specific lived experiences through these texts. This workshop will focus on three children’s literature books, Morning Sun in Wuhan (China, ages 8-12), The Library Bus (Afghanistan, ages 5-8), and Inside Out & Back Again (Vietnam and USA, ages 9-12), each providing insight into childhood in a different Asian country. Join Master Educator Karen Gaul and facilitator Dr. Jiahang Li as you explore the system of cultural beliefs and values revealed through the characters’ thoughts, words, and actions in each of the titles along with ways each book might be used to support cultural connections in the classroom. You'll also discover age-appropriate nonfiction resources for classroom integration. Suitable for educators of all grades, with a focus on K-6 teachers.

The first 40 participants who register, fully attend, and participate in the workshop will receive the book Morning Sun in Wuhan by Ying Chang Compestine. Participants will also receive a certificate of completion for attending

 

Childhood in Asia: Cultural Connections in Children's Literature
Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 10:00 to 12:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

In a League of Their Own: Exploring Taiwan’s Colonial Past through the Baseball Film, Kano - A Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

In a League of Their Own

Exploring Taiwan’s Colonial Past through the Baseball Film, Kano

A Workshop for K-12 Educators

May 9, 2024

6:30pm - 8:00pm (Eastern Time)

Online via Zoom
 
 
Join us for a virtual K-12 educator workshop exploring the history of Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule through the baseball film, Kano. The film depicts the true story of the Kagi Agricultural and Forestry School (Kano) baseball team, an underdog, multi-ethnic team of Chinese, Indigenous Taiwanese, and Japanese high school players, who defied the odds to reach the 1931 Japanese High School Baseball Championship. While Korea’s experience as a Japanese colony is often discussed in textbooks, this workshop looks to highlight the unique contours of Taiwan’s colonial experience as well as how it is remembered in the island today. This program will include a discussion of the history of Japanese colonialism in Taiwan and how memories of colonialism shape Taiwanese identity. Speakers will also introduce a lesson plan, a website, and resources for integrating these themes into your classroom.
 
Educators who register will receive access to the film to watch before the workshop. Also, the first 20 educators who register, attend, and fully participate in the workshop will receive a copy of John Manthorpe's Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan book to aid in your teaching and knowledge after the program. Benefits also include a Certificate of Completion and Pennsylvania teachers will also receive Act 48 hours.
 
 
In a League of Their Own: Exploring Taiwan’s Colonial Past through the Baseball Film, Kano - A Workshop for K-12 Educators
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 18:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization

 

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series

Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization

February 20, 2024

 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Online, Synchronous

Japanese popular culture and globalization is woven into so many different disciplines and grade levels. The Take & Go into the Classroom Series introduces teachers to interactive modules that bring together a variety of visuals, content experts, reading, activities, and assessments. William M. Tsutsui, author of the Key Issues in Asian Studies book, Japanese Popular Culture & Globalization will give an overview and then discuss this topic with the group. Take & Go into the Classroom Series resources related to China will be highlighted that connect with Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, Visual Arts and other content areas, providing educators with an opportunity to use the resources either as stand-alone or cross-curricular learning opportunities. While supplies last, Japanese Popular Culture & Globalization will be sent to workshop participants.

 

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More about the

NCTA Workshop Take & Go into the Classroom Series

As a means of enhancing what you currently teach or supplementing differentiated learning opportunities the Take & Go series developed by The Ohio State University and NCTA alumni are designed to give more in-depth resources for use by teachers or students and may include suggested readings, websites, maps, videos, vocabulary guides, games, simulations, timelines, etc.  All are connected to standards and include target grade levels.

 

 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 19:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Rage and Grief: Addressing the Complicated History of Japan and the US in the Contemporary Classroom - A Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Rage and Grief

Addressing the Complicated History of Japan and the US in the Contemporary Classroom:

A Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

January 25, 2024

6:00-8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Online, Synchronous

 

Join documentary filmmaker Linda Hoaglund and educators Benjamin O'Donnell (World History) and Kachina Leigh (Studio Art and Art History) as they discuss the multiple ways in which Linda's film, ANPO Art x War, can be brought into the classroom. Using art and interviews with the artists, this documentary traces the impact that the US military has had and continues to have in Japan. Teachers will learn ways to share this history with students as well as explore the interwoven roles of victim, perpetrator, and collaborator that resonate in today's political climate.  

ANPO Art x War reveals the untold story of Japan’s 1960 pro-democracy movement, born from protests over the ratification of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty allowing American military bases on Japanese soil, through a treasure trove of paintings, photographs, contemporary art and film clips by Japan’s foremost postwar artists. The ongoing presence U.S. military bases, fused with traumatic memories of war proved a crucial catalyst to Japanese artists who created a vast cultural legacy, excavated to narrate the defining event of postwar Japan. The film also explores the interwoven roles of victim, perpetrator and collaborator that resonate in today’s political climate.

Through this workshop, teachers will have the opportunity to talk with the documentary filmmaker, Linda Hoaglund, and be introduced to the curriculum materials in the updated Educator Resources Page on the ANPO film’s website.  This workshop will be applicable to teachers in the arts, humanities, and history - both past and present.  

After registering for the workshop, educators will receive an email with the link to the Zoom meeting for the workshop on January 25. Educators will then be sent another email on January 10, 2024, containing a link access the ANPO: Art x War documentary. Participants will be able to screen the film at any time in the two weeks before the evening of the workshop. 

Pennsylvania teachers who complete the workshop will receive Act 48 hours. 

For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a Certificate of Completion. 

 

Registration deadline: January 22, 2024

 

Rage and Grief: Addressing the Complicated History of Japan and the US in the Contemporary Classroom - A Workshop for K-12 Educators
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 18:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series: Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization

 

 

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series

Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization

February 20, 2024

 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Online, Synchronous

 

Description: Japanese popular culture and globalization is woven into so many different disciplines and grade levels. The Take & Go into the Classroom Series introduces teachers to interactive modules that bring together a variety of visuals, content experts, reading, activities, and assessments. William M. Tsutsui, author of the Key Issues in Asian Studies book, Japanese Popular Culture & Globalization will give an overview and then discuss this topic with the group. Take & Go into the Classroom Series resources related to Japan will be highlighted that connect with Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, Visual Arts and other content areas, providing educators with an opportunity to use the resources either as stand-alone or cross-curricular learning opportunities. While supplies last, Japanese Popular Culture & Globalization will be sent to workshop participants.

 

 

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About the NCTA Workshop Take & Go into the Classroom Series

As a means of enhancing what you currently teach or supplementing differentiated learning opportunities the Take & Go series developed by The Ohio State University and NCTA alumni are designed to give more in-depth resources for use by teachers or students and may include suggested readings, websites, maps, videos, vocabulary guides, games, simulations, timelines, etc.  All are connected to standards and include target grade levels.

 

 

 

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series: Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization
Monday, February 20, 2023 - 19:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series: Modern Chinese History

 

 

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series

Modern Chinese History

January 30, 2024

 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Online, Synchronous

 

Modern Chinese history is woven into so many different disciplines and grade levels. The Take & Go into the Classroom Series introduces teachers to interactive modules that bring together a variety of visuals, content experts, reading, activities, and assessments. David Kenley, author of the Key Issues in Asian Studies book, Modern Chinese History will give an overview and then discuss this topic with the group. Take & Go into the Classroom Series resources related to China will be highlighted that connect with Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, Visual Arts and other content areas, providing educators with an opportunity to use the resources either as stand-alone or cross-curricular learning opportunities. While supplies last, Modern Chinese History will be sent to workshop participants.

 

 

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About the NCTA Workshop Take & Go into the Classroom Series

As a means of enhancing what you currently teach or supplementing differentiated learning opportunities the Take & Go series developed by The Ohio State University and NCTA alumni are designed to give more in-depth resources for use by teachers or students and may include suggested readings, websites, maps, videos, vocabulary guides, games, simulations, timelines, etc.  All are connected to standards and include target grade levels.

 

 

 

NCTA Workshop: Take & Go into the Classroom Series Modern Chinese History
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - 19:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Chinese Sci-fi and the Imagination of Sustainable Futures: An NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Chinese Sci-fi and the Imagination of Sustainable Futures:

An NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

6:00 - 8:00 pm (Eastern Time)   

Online, Synchronous

 

This online workshop explores how Chinese sci-fi engages with the challenges of environmental, social, and political sustainability that confront both contemporary China and humanity at large. We will explore the work of eminent sci-fi writers such as Liu Cixin, Hao Jingfang, Chen Qiufan, Han Song, and Chi Hui, whose short stories collectively address threats to biodiversity, environmental resources, and the social order while also presenting alternative imaginations of sustainable futures and interspecies coexistence. Our treatment of these texts will demonstrate as well how a global humanities approach might incorporate United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to further analysis and reflection.
 
The workshop will feature a lecture by Dr. Lu Liu (Georgia Tech) as well as a session led by Michele Beauchamp (Mannheim School District) on adapting Chinese sci-fi in the classroom. Dr. Shawn Bender of Dickinson College, an NCTA Seminar Site, will moderate the program.

The first thirty K-12 educators to attend and fully participate in the workshop will receive a complimentary copy of Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, by Ken Liu. 

Pennsylvania teachers who complete the workshop will receive Act 48 hours.

For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a Certificate of Completion. 

 

Registration deadline: November 13, 2023

 
Featured Speaker
 
 
 
Dr. Lu Liu (Ph.D. 2019, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Assistant Professor of Chinese at the School of Modern Languages, Georgia Tech. Her research examines the interplay of science, technology, and medicine with media and visual cultures. Her book manuscript in preparation, Pestering Modern China: Animal, Socialist Subjectivity, and Biosocial Abjection, theorizes the pivotal role of the “pest” in shaping trans-species relationships, public health, and nation-building in modern Chinese history.  
 
 
 
Moderator/Organizer
 
 
Dr. Shawn Bender is Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at Dickinson College. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, Dr. Bender teaches courses on contemporary Japan, cultures of care and the family, and the social effects of digital technology. His research examines the use of robotics in fields as diverse as eldercare and agriculture. He is the author of Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion (California, 2012). His most recent book monograph Feeling Machines: Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care is under review at Stanford University Press.
 
 
 
 
Master Teacher
 
Michele Beauchamp is an English teacher at Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She received her MEd from the University of Pittsburgh and for the past 25 years she has taught all levels of secondary English Language Arts. She has participated in two NTCA study tours and has taken advantage of numerous opportunities to study about Asia. In 2019 she trained to lead NCTA seminars and has since conducted several presentations and book discussions on East Asian novels and nonfiction texts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chinese Sci-fi and the Imagination of Sustainable Futures: An NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Food in Contemporary Japanese Literature, a workshop for K–12 educators

 

Food in Contemporary Japanese Literature

A Workshop for K–12 Educators

October 25, 2023

6:00-8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Online via Zoom, synchronous

 

We can learn so much about a culture through its food, and Japan has an exceptionally rich cuisine. This workshop offers an introduction to contemporary Japanese literature through readings that celebrate food. We will begin with a video featuring award-winning author Hideo Furukawa and his translator, Kendall Heitzman, discussing a chapter from his memoir Zero F, set in Fukushima after the March 2011 disaster. Next, we will look at popular Japanese literary genres, including manga, modern tanka poetry, the I-novel tradition, and zuihitsu. Then we will play with the possibilities of translation, using a tanka by Ainu poet Hokuto Iboshi, guided by notes from poetry translator Andrew Campana. Last but not least, we will brainstorm how these five readings could be used in the classroom. This workshop will provide guidance for teachers in K-12 who want to include contemporary Japanese writing in their curriculum or to focus on food writing.

 

Before the workshop, you will receive a PDF of the five readings. After the workshop, you will receive a print copy of volume 1 of the annual anthology MONKEY New Writing from Japan.

Pennsylvania teachers who complete the workshop will receive Act 48 hours. 

For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a Certificate of Completion. 

 

Registration deadline: October 24, 2023

 
 
Food in Contemporary Japanese Literature, a workshop for K–12 educators
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 18:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Centering Taiwan in Global Asia: An NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Centering Taiwan in Global Asia:

An NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

October 19, 2023 

5:30-7:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Online

Join us for an engaging K-12 curriculum resource workshop in which we examine the island of Taiwan's rich and compelling historical narrative as well as the important role it plays in today's geopolitical and economic landscape. This workshop will also include strategies for incorporating the study of Taiwan into the K-12 classroom with the award-winning interactive curriculum resource website, Centering Taiwan in Global Asia. A PDF of online resources will also be provided to all participants. 

To complement the free, online resources offered to all participants, the first 20 K-12 educators who register, attend, and fully participate in the workshop will also receive a complimentary copy of Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse by Shelley Rigger.

Pennsylvania teachers who complete the workshop will receive Act 48 hours.

For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a Certificate of Completion. 

Registration deadline: October 18, 2023

Workshop Speakers

Evan Dawley is Associate Professor of History at Goucher College, where he has taught since 2013. He is the author of Becoming Taiwanese: Ethnogenesis in a Colonial City, 1880s-1950s, which was published in 2019 by the Harvard Asia Center Press. His current project, titled “Chinese, Chinese Abroad, and the International Construction of the Modern Nation-State, 1920s-1970s” explores the ongoing creation of Chinese identities in the context of relations between the ROC government and communities of Chinese and Taiwanese abroad, and interactions with foreign governments around these communities, across the twentieth century.

Catherine Fratto, a former high school Social Studies teacher with nearly 15 years of classroom experience, is the Engagement Coordinator for the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for International Studies (UCIS). In this position, Catherine develops Asian Studies-related curriculum resources and programs for the K-16 classroom and supports UCIS-wide programming and events for K-16 educators and students, student clubs, and the wider community.  Catherine is one of the lead developers of the Asian Studies Center’s award-winning website, Centering Taiwan in Global Asia. 

 

 

Centering Taiwan in Global Asia: An NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 17:30 to 19:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Voyage of the Phoenix of Hiroshima (1954-1958): Exploring the Legacies of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - a K-12 Resource Workshop

 

Voyage of the Phoenix of Hiroshima (1954-1958):

Exploring the Legacies of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima 

A K-12 Resource Workshop

September 9, 2023

1:00pm-3:00pm (Eastern Time)

Join The Ohio State University NCTA site in a cross-curricular exploration of the primary source materials about nuclear weapons and the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan through the lens of the “Voyage of the Phoenix. (1954-1958)” The voyage was initiated by the Reynolds family and several Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors: together they traveled 54,000 nautical miles stopping at over 120 ports sharing their experiences and ideas regarding the nuclear weapons with those they met. Primary source materials provided by the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College and other resources will showcase this historic voyage and feature the movement people and ideas around the globe regarding the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima as well as the early nuclear disarmament movement.

 

 

 

Voyage of the Phoenix of Hiroshima (1954-1958): Exploring the Legacies of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - a K-12 Resource Workshop
Saturday, September 9, 2023 - 13:00 to 15:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

MSU-NCTA Workshop Series: Contemporary East Asian Art - Living in Place - Online

 

Contemporary East Asian Art: Living in Place

August 16, 2023 

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT

Online

Join the NCTA at Michigan State University for two programs (one In-Person and Online) that will bring educators together in close conversation around artworks by Chinese artist Guanyu Xu and Korean artist Won Kim. Designed to encourage dialogue around global issues, this program will continue to expand on ways of knowing about and understanding art. Participants can attend one or both of the workshops, but registration is required. Michigan teachers can receive SCECH professional development for the program. Attendees of the August 9 program will receive complimentary materials and books. 

Register for the Online Session by clicking the link below

 

 

Speakers

Meghan Zankas, Broad Art Museum Educator

Dr. Jiahang Li, Associate Professor, College of Education

 Dr. Jiahang Li is an Assistant Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University. He oversees an online Chinese program designed for secondary level students in the U.S. With a Ph.D. in Reading education from University of Maryland College Park, his research interests include educational technology, social media, online language teaching and learning, and world language teacher education. He has published many book chapters and journal articles and serves as editorial board members and reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals, including Computers & Education, Educational Researcher, and Foreign Language Annals.

 

Artists

Guanyu Xu -  Beijing, China

Guanyu Xu’s work provides a unique opportunity for educators to consider many ways an environment can be reimagined to create freedom from oppression. As educators often work within prescribed environments, we will explore ways to disrupt classroom environmental norms to be more inclusive and celebratory of students’ lived experiences. He received international recognition through his 2018 series Temporarily Censored Home, in which he photographed temporary photography installations inside his parents’ home in Beijing. Working from his perspective as a Chinese gay man from a conservative family, his work explores relationships between personal freedom and politics through the power of photography and installation. His more recent work includes an ongoing series Resident Aliens, which will be featured at the MSU Broad Art Museum from June 10-Dec 17, 2023.

Won Kim - South Korea

 

MSU-NCTA Workshop Series: Contemporary East Asian Art - Living in Place - Online
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - 10:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Huawei, 5G, and the China-US Technology Race - A NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators

 

Huawei, 5G, and the China-US Technology Race

A NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators

March 7, 2023

7:00pm-9:30pm (Eastern Time)

Online via Zoom

 

Join Pitt NCTA for an investigation of the competition between the US and China in the sphere of cyber technology. From TikTok to Huawei to Artificial Intelligence, we will explore the current state of the field and consider what the future may hold. In addition to looking at cyber technology, we will also investigate how this competition between the US and China impacts society, government, economics, and international relations. 

Participants in the program will be better equipped to share contemporary cyber-related case studies as they teach history, technology, government, sociology, and current events. Participants can also choose to receive a complimentary copy of Kai-Fu Lee, AI Superpowers:  China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (Mariner Books) after the program. All participants will receive a certificate of completion. Pennsylvania teachers will receive Act 48 hours for this program.

 

 

About our Presenters

 

 

 

Dr. David Kenley is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Cyber Leadership and Intelligence at Dakota State University. With a PhD in Chinese History, he has published four books and numerous journal articles. Dr. Kenley has a successful record of program innovation, international engagement, grant writing, faculty development, strategic planning, online instruction, and many other critical areas of higher education. He is fluent in Chinese and committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and international understanding. 

 

 

 

 

Dr. David Zeng is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business at Dakota State University.  With a PhD from the University of California, Irvine, he is the director of the Center for Business Analytics Research. Dr. Zeng’s research has been published in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals including MIS Quarterly, and has been funded by both internal and external grants. He received the Merrill D. Hunter Award of Excellence in Research in 2020. Currently he is teaching courses in Predictive Analytics for Decision-making, Programming for Data Analytics (Python), Business Intelligence & Visualization, Deep Learning, AI Applications, Applied AI & applications, and Strategy & Application of AI in Organizations. 

 

 

 

Huawei, 5G, and the China-US Technology Race - A NCTA Workshop for K-12 Educators
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 19:00 to 21:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde: A Workshop for K-12 Educators

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde: A Workshop for K-12 Educators

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 

7:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

Online via Zoom 

 

Introduce your students to the art of the natural world during Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1868). Join documentary filmmaker Linda Hoaglund, project director for Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde, the Smithsonian’s new image-driven K-12 educational website, and NCTA master teachers Angie Stokes and Kachina Leigh, for a fascinating journey into the world of Edo Period art. The presenters will introduce the website resources and classroom-ready teaching materials as well as sharing the site’s innovative approach to teaching art, culture, biodiversity, history, and religions of Edo Period Japan.

 

 

 

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde: A Workshop for K-12 Educators
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 19:00 to 21:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Vimeo

Folding it into the Curriculum: Origami and STEAM in the K-12 Classroom Workshop for Educators

Folding it into the Curriculum: Origami and STEAM in the K-12 Classroom Workshop for Educators

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Streaming Videos: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Eastern Time 

Origami Workshop: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Eastern Time  

Online via Zoom 

Come learn about the modern applications of origami, a journey that takes us across the globe and to the stars and back! In this workshop, we will explore the “art of the fold” as developed by rocket scientists in the production of NASA’s Starshade; mathematicians in assessing three-dimensional space; and future engineers in constructing homemade origami robots. While folding math and science into the curriculum, we will also consider the history of paper-making in China, traditions of crane folding in Japan, and uses of functional origami in modern design! From the history of this art form to modern day research applications, we will learn how paper folding illuminates new and exciting directions in the classroom/ in cross-curricular teaching. While supplies last, origami sets will be sent to workshop participants.

 

 

 

 
Folding it into the Curriculum: Origami and STEAM in the K-12 Classroom Workshop for Educators
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 17:30 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Spinning Reels: Teaching Throne of Blood, Kurosawa's adaptation of Macbeth A NCTA-SCREENSHOT: Asia Workshop for K-12 Educators

Spinning Reels: Teaching Throne of Blood, Kurosawa's adaptation of Macbeth 

A NCTA-SCREENSHOT: Asia Workshop for K-12 Educators

November 9 and 16, 2022 
7:00-9:30 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00-8:30 p.m. Central Time) 
 
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood and the creativity and power of adapting literature to film. 
 
Join us for this two-evening workshop on the intersection of literature, film and theatre where we will explore Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood and the creativity and power of adapting literature to film.  Presentations by faculty experts and master NCTA teachers will include background on the warrior culture of Japan and the ways in which literature is adapted to film as well as interactive curriculum sessions. Learn more about Shakespeare’s tale of ambition and duplicity set in the ghostly world of feudal Japan. 
 
30 participants will receive a complimentary DVD of the film starring emblematic actor Toshiro Mifune. 
 
Open to all US K-12 Educators, Priority Give to educators in: Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia 
 
To register for this program, please visit: https://forms.gle/1RrY7z83YMV6juKWA
 
If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Wludarski at swludarski@pitt.edu
 
Featured Speakers    

Associate Professor Ethan Segal (Michigan State University, History)  

Ethan Segal is Associate Professor of History and Chairperson of the Japan Council at Michigan State University.  He earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University and is currently conducting research in Japan with the support of a Fulbright Fellowship.  Professor Segal is the author of Coins, Trade, and the State: Economic Growth in Early Medieval Japan as well as numerous articles and chapters on various aspects of pre-modern Japanese history.  He has won several teaching awards at MSU, served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard University, and been an NCTA seminar leader and speaker for more than fifteen years.

  

Mr. Matthew Roberts (Pine-Richland High School, Pittsburgh, PA)  

Matt Roberts is the chair of the Social Studies department at Pine-Richland High School and has been teaching Asian Studies for the past fifteen years. He has been an NCTA alumnus since 2007, has participated in NCTA study tours to East Asia, and is a regular presenter for the Pitt NCTA coordinating site. He serves on the NCTA Board of Advisors with the University of Pittsburgh NCTA. 

 

Dr. Kirsten Strayer (Asian Studies Center and SCREENSHOT: ASIA, University of Pittsburgh)  

Dr. Strayer is the program coordinator for Pitt’s SCREENSHOT: ASIA series, and teaches for Pitt’s Film and Media Studies Program. She also has worked on film festivals in New York and in Pittsburgh, and is a specialist of Global Cinema with a subspecialty of Mexican cinema.  

 

Mr. Josh Foster (A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts)  

Josh Foster is Instructor of Film Studies and English Literature and has been an NCTA alumnus since 2018. He has taught and developed curricula for students ranging in age from pre-kindergarten through to the university levels.  Seven of his fifteen years in education were spent teaching in Nanjing, China.  Thus, he can confidently be described as possessing a level of fluency in reading, writing, and speaking Mandarin commensurate with that of a native Chinese preschooler—except with regard to his debilitating ear for tones, which should only be characterized, at best, as reprehensible.  Josh serves on the NCTA Board of Advisors with the University of Pittsburgh NCTA. 

 

 

Spinning Reels: Teaching Throne of Blood, Kurosawa's adaptation of Macbeth A NCTA-SCREENSHOT: Asia Workshop for K-12 Educators
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 19:00 to 21:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA-MSU Workshop Series: Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching about Asia

 

 

Date: August 13, 2022  

Time: 10am-12pm EDT 

Online via Zoom

 

Join the College of Education at Michigan State University for a workshop for K-12 educators with a focus on Open Educational Resources (OER) developed at MSU to teach about Asia. The workshop is open to all K-12 teachers who are interested in using open access, restriction-free, and no-cost OER to teach about Asia. With faculty experts, you will discuss what Teaching about Asia encompasses while exploring existing resources that will benefit your classroom teaching. This workshop will deepen your understanding of the elements and design process related to accessing and creating your own OER content from Teaching about Asia. Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and the Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University (MSU) with the College of Education at MSU. Michigan K-12 educators are eligible for 2 CEU hours for the workshop. For more information, please visit the MSU website https://www.education.msu.edu/international/teaching-learning-chinese/#workshop-teachers 

 

To register, please visit this link: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dj3rqf4MQlZfxga 

 

Questions? Please contact us at TLC@msu.edu.  

 

NCTA-MSU Workshop Series: Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching about Asia
Saturday, August 13, 2022 - 10:00 to 12:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA-MSU Workshop Series: Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching about Chinese Language and Culture

 

 

Date: June 18, 2022  

Time: 10am-12pm Eastern Time

Online via Zoom 

 

Join the College of Education at Michigan State University (MSU) for a workshop for K-12 educators that focuses on Open Educational Resources (OER) developed at MSU using authentic Chinese children’s picture books to teach about Chinese language and culture. Through Users’ Guides, instructional videos, audio books, and other resources, participants will learn the pedagogical principles and practical strategies to create more resources contributing to Chinese language and culture OER. Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and the Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University (MSU) with the College of Education at MSU. Michigan K-12 educators are eligible for 2 CEU hours for the workshop. For more information, please visit the MSU website https://www.education.msu.edu/international/teaching-learning-chinese/#workshop-teachers 

 

To register, please visit this link: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dj3rqf4MQlZfxga 

 

Questions? Please contact us at TLC@msu.edu.  

 

NCTA-MSU Workshop Series: Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching about Chinese Language and Culture
Saturday, June 18, 2022 - 10:00 to 12:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Things Left Behind: Integrating Social Emotional Learning into the Classroom

 

Things Left Behind: Integrating Social Emotional Learning into the Classroom

A Film Screening and Workshop for K-12 Educators

"Things Left Behind" Trailer from Linda Hoaglund on Vimeo.

Saturday afternoon, January 29, 2022 

1:00-3:30 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

 

Online and Synchronous Workshop

 

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is receiving increased focus in schools due to the pandemic. Participants in this free film screening and workshop for K-12 educators will learn about lessons based in the humanities that encourage reflection, empathy, and an understanding of others. Participants will be given access to Linda Hoaglund’s film, Things Left Behind, to view prior to the program. Things Left Behind confronts the tragedy of Hiroshima through the photographs of renowned Japanese photographer Ishiuchi Miyako. Viewers travel with Ishiuchi to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial archive as she selects artifacts to photograph for her exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, Canada. Notably, this was the first major international art exhibition devoted to the atomic bomb. Ishiuchi’s large-scale images of clothing and objects left by those who perished in the explosion take the historical event and distill it to human proportions, enabling viewers to focus on a single person and the impact of their loss. Viewers experience the exhibition through the creation of the photos, the installation, display in Vancouver, and the attendee's reaction to the photographs.   

 

We welcome K-12 educators of all disciplines to join Dean David Kenley of Dakota State University and author of Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic and educators Kachina Leigh and Michele Weaver who have co-taught at Muhlenberg High School in Laureldale, PA and currently teach art and psychology, respectively, to discuss how to bring this film into the classroom. Filmmaker Linda Hoaglund will also be joining us to discuss the making of Things Left Behind and answer questions. All participants will be given a copy of the film as well as have access to a series of lessons appropriate to teachers of art, history, and literature as well as ideas on how to bring this film into other courses of study.   

 

Links to the film online will also be sent to registered participants two weeks in advance, and you will be asked to watch the film prior to the workshop. Participants in the January 29 workshop will receive a complimentary DVD of the film after the workshop.

  

For more information and to register: https://forms.gle/mTh9Gz2MBSbwkQmVA

 

Things Left Behind: Integrating Social Emotional Learning into the Classroom
Saturday, January 29, 2022 - 13:00 to 15:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Exploring Manga, Science, Peace, & Politics: The Path of Snakes and Ladders

 

Exploring Manga, Science, Peace, & Politics: The Path of Snakes and Ladders

Saturday, February 19, 2022.

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)

To view the event flier, please click here.

Join us along with The Ohio State University as we explore a historical Japanese game that teaches children both the basics of physical science and world history through manga with Dr. Ann Marie Davis and NCTA alumni-educator Angie Stokes!

Entitled “Atomic Sugoroku: Comics for Science Education,” this 1949 "snakes and ladders” board game has a colorful cast of characters personifying the traits of protons, electrons, and neutrons. As players race to the final goal (in this case, World Peace), they learn how these particles act in the context of atomic science and post-war Japan. Participants in this seminar will not only explore the game of sugoroku (a centuries-old game that is still popular today), but also learn about the global history of peace politics, science, and the Nobel Prize.

In addition, workshop facilitators will share relevant teaching tools and discuss ways to incorporate these topics into wide ranging and cross-curricular classrooms.

 

To register, please click on the link here.

 

Exploring Manga, Science, Peace, & Politics: The Path of Snakes and Ladders
Saturday, February 19, 2022 - 10:00 to 12:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA-West Virginia Professional Development Sessions for Social Studies Teachers

NCTA - West Virginia Professional Development Sessions for Social Studies Teachers

Open to West Virigina Educators

 

Title: NCTAsia Session 1: “East Asian Case Studies in Human Geography: Agricultural and Urban Geography”

Date: August 3, 2021

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

Location: Microsoft Teams

Description: Matthew Sudnik, a teacher at Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland, will discuss AP Human Geography units 5 and 6, presenting specific lesson plans for the geography of agriculture and urban geography. Examples discussed will include the geography of tea cultivation and tea culture and a closer look at urban geography from New York, Chicago, and Detroit to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Singapore. 

Location: Microsoft Teams 

Join on your computer or mobile app 

Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/east-asian-case-studies-in-human-geography-agricultural-and-urban-geograph-tickets-151675075233

 

 

Title: NCTAsia Session 2: Dynasty Smackdown

Date: August 3, 2021

Time: 2:30-3:30 PM

Location: Microsoft Teams

Description: Historical debates can be fun and educational. In this presentation we’ll look at one way to turn a dry, document based discussion into a smack down, drag-out, no holds barred, debate. This tool is appropriate for 7-12 classrooms and with some modification can be used at the elementary level. Students learn important research skills, historical analysis and interpretation, and have a great time doing it. Presenter Matt Roberts is the Social Studies Department Chair at Pine-Richland High School in Allegheny County. He teaches 10th grade World History and 12th grade Asian Studies and AP Psychology.

Location: Microsoft Teams  

Join on your computer or mobile app

Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dynasty-smackdown-tickets-151675518559

 

For more information on the entire week-long professional development series, go to:

 

https://wvde.us/instructional-support-professional-learning-forum/

 
NCTA-West Virginia Professional Development Sessions for Social Studies Teachers
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Microsoft Teams

Asian Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh: Exploring Taiwanese Indigeneity through Film K-14 Educators Workshop

Friday, June 11, 2021

6:00pm - 7:30pm (Eastern Time)

 

Join our colleagues at the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh for this K-12 workshop which will use excerpts from Umin Boya’s film Kano, based on a true story depicting the multi-ethnic Kano baseball team from Japanese-era Taiwan, to explore the complex relationships of Taiwan’s past and present.

 
The richness and diversity of Taiwan’s history is marked by its complex interactions and relations among indigenous peoples, waves of immigrants from Mainland China, and colonizers from both the West and East. The workshop will provide educators with content and resources that can readily be incorporated in the classroom in order to explore Taiwan and topics related to its fascinating history.
 
To register, please click on the link here: https://tinyurl.com/PIttKano
Asian Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh: Exploring Taiwanese Indigeneity through Film K-14 Educators Workshop
Friday, June 11, 2021 - 18:00 to 19:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Asian Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh: Media and Mediation in East Asia: Historical and and Pedagogical Applications for the K-14 Classroom

 

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

6:00-8:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Media in all of its various manifestations—old and new, print and virtual, film and video, analog and digital, recorded and streamed, journalistic, artistic, “Youkued” “Weiboed” and “WeChatified”—defines the cutting edge of new and emergent cultural forms in Asia. This is most certainly true of the present, but it is also characteristic of the past, and of the way in which histories of different periods, encompassing different regions, can be understood.

 

Join our friends at the Asian Studies Center held in conjunction with their Summer Institute for East Asian Studies on "Media and Mediation in East Asia: Assemblages and Global Flows." The workshop will use the example of China as a case study to explore the history and role of media throughout East Asia's varied past and present. ACT 48 hours available for PA educators; certificates of completion available for all participants. Zoom meeting link will be mailed to participants upon registration.

 

To register, please click here: https://tinyurl.com/MediaK14Workshop

Asian Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh: Media and Mediation in East Asia: Historical and and Pedagogical Applications for the K-14 Classroom
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Teaching China through the Arts: NCTA - Brooklyn Museum of Art Virtual Teaching Workshop

Thursday, May 20, 2021

5:30pm - 7:30pm (EASTERN TIME)
 
Join us online for a free elementary educator professional development workshop, held in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, to learn about the "Arts of China," a new online resources and Teaching Toolkit designed to support culturally inclusive learning by introducing students to the complexity and diversity of China. Hear Joan Cummins, the Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator of Asian Art, present on key themes and artworks from the museum’s recently reinstalled Arts of Asia exhibition. Then, work with New York City public school teachers Sara Greenfield, Zach Lombardi, and Lisa Rosado, who model activities and share strategies for incorporating Chinese history and culture into the classroom through an arts-integrated approach.
 
This program is free, but registration is required. The Arts of China online resource and Teaching Toolkit are designed with third grade students in mind, but teachers of all ages and subject areas are welcome to attend. Complimentary teaching materials will be sent to the first 50 public school elementary teachers who register for and attend the entire two hour program. All K-12 Educators will receive Certificates of Completion for attending the entire program. Pennsylvania educators will receive Act 48 hours.
 
Offered to: New York State teachers as well as Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
 
This program will be conducted through Zoom (once we receive your registration, we will email you the Zoom link for the program)
 
To register, please click on this link: https://forms.gle/hrm2DibuZfnWsrHr8
 
Teaching China through the Arts: NCTA - Brooklyn Museum of Art Virtual Teaching Workshop
Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 17:30 to 19:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classrooms to Yours: Creating Connections: Engaging Students Through a New Screen with Kamishibai

May 5, 2021
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Eastern Time) / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Central Time)
 
This workshop is open to K-12 educators in our 11 state region (Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Please join us for this session to learn the art of Kamishibai - an activity that is sure to capture your students' imaginations so you can end your school year with a bang!  

 

Explore the tradition of Japanese kamishibai storytelling and see how it has been transformed to become a pedagogical tool used across the curriculum and around the globe. In this workshop, teachers will examine how to identify themes in their content area and learn how to engage their students in developing those themes using the kamishibai box format. Using this interactive, hands-on method, students will discover new ways to “learn through a screen” while developing sequencing, cause/effect, and cultural competency skills in a wide range of lessons ranging from fairy tales and folklore to sustainability and socio-emotional learning.   

  

Presenters are Angie Stokes, Wayne Trace High School and Mary Rice, Leigh University NCTA seminar leader.

Pennsylvania educators who participate in the workshop will receive ACT 48 Hours (educators from other states will receive a certificate of completion for professional development.)  

To Register, please click on the link here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vf--oqj4rHdxcy6gMuluckUjSb6_EOLN8

 
From Our Classrooms to Yours: Creating Connections: Engaging Students Through a New Screen with Kamishibai
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Teaching the Asian Olympics and Paralympics: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, and Beyond

Saturday, April 17, 2021

9:00am-12:10pm (Eastern Time)

No events draw the world’s attention like the Olympics and Paralympics, especially for the host city and country. As we approach this summer’s games, we explore the many meanings of the Olympics for China, Japan, and South Korea, from displaying recovery to promoting democracy. We also highlight the Paralympics and the ways that Asian hosts have contributed to the Paralympic movement. 

 
Join Dr. Ethan Segal, other scholars and master NCTA alums for an intriguing, engaging session, that will offer learning, interactive conversation, and practical suggestions for how to incorporate the Olympics and Paralympics into your teaching.
 
Pennsylvania and Michigan educators who participate in the workshop will receive ACT 48 Hours (educators from other states will receive a certificate of completion for professional development.)  
 
This workshop is open to K-12 educators in our 11 state region (Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
 
To register, please visit this link: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Dx3UFWkofxuqi2
Teaching the Asian Olympics and Paralympics: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, and Beyond
Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 09:00 to 12:10
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: Dynasty Smackdown

From Our Classrooms to Yours: Dynasty Smackdown Interactive Workshop 

Matthew Roberts (April 14; 6:00-8:00 p.m. EDT) 

 

“Your dynasty is so weak you lost to Korea FOUR TIMES! You're like the Buffalo Bills of China.” 

 

“Oh yea, then why are we so Suite?!” 

 

Historical debates can be fun and educational. In this presentation we’ll look at one way to turn a dry, document-based discussion into a smack down, drag-out, no holds barred, debate. This tool is appropriate for 7-12 classrooms and with some modification can be used at the elementary level. Students learn important research skills, historical analysis and interpretation, and have a great time doing it.  

 

Matt Roberts is the Social Studies Department Chair at Pine-Richland High School in Allegheny County. He teaches 10th grade World History and 12th grade Asian Studies and AP Psychology. Matt has given several presentations for NCTA including “The Physics of the Samurai Sword” and “The Neuroscience of Buddhism.” Through NCTA, he has traveled to China and Japan and most recently co-led the 2019 Study tour “China: The Space Between Us.” Matt’s interests include curriculum development, travel, health and wellness, and traditional woodworking. 

 

 Please Reigster Here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqdeqorTsrHdS4v9aExAe-f3qx0Jqec-Je

Pennsylvania educators who participate in the workshop will receive ACT 48 Hours (educators from other states will receive a certificate of completion for professional development.)  

 
This workshop is open to K-12 educators in our 11 state region (Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

 

 

​From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

 
From Our Classroom To Yours: Dynasty Smackdown
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: Worldviews and Belief Systems

 

From Our Classrooms to Yours: “Worldviews and Belief Systems” 

Michael-Ann Cerniglia (March 18; 6:00-8:00 p.m. EDT)  

 

This presentation will examine the foundations of world beliefs, how (and why!) to teach about them in a social studies classroom, and ways to help students see their relevancy in the world today. Participants will learn most directly about the basic tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Emphasis will be placed on the worldviews that underpin each faith, how they are connected, and how they are distinct. Resources will be shared and opportunity to work in collaborative online groups will be given, to simulate the student learning experience.  

 

Michael-Ann Cerniglia is the Senior School History Department Chair at Sewickley Academy, an independent school north of Pittsburgh, PA, where she teaches Grades 10-12 AP European history, AP US Government and Politics, and global studies electives. Most relevant to today's presentation, she teaches a course called "World Religions," which examines the five major world religions and how they interact with the cultures in which they engage.  At school, she commits her time to curriculum, equity and inclusion initiatives, student clubs, and professional development opportunities that present themselves. Michael-Ann is passionate about global experiences in teaching, literature, film, technology, communication, and travel. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two daughters. 

  

 To Register: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApfumrqT0sE9x28QhSZdezNHCqQOiWxhrd

 

​From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

 

Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA-Delaware: AP Human Geography: Agriculture and Urban Geography

Special Opportunity for Delaware Teachers

February 12, 2021

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Special Opportunity for Delaware Teachers: Matthew Sudnik, a teacher of Human Geography and History Department Chair at The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia, will discuss AP Human Geography Unites 5 and 6, presenting specific lesson plans for the geography of agriculture and urban geography. Examples discussed will include the geography of tea cultivation and tea culture in East Asia and a closer look at urban geography from New York, Chicago, and Detroit to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Singapore. Participants will receive a copy of Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser after the program.

To register for this program, please visit this link: https://forms.gle/EDwTRMhbaTxecPgK6

The program is co-sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia at the University of Pittsburgh with the Delaware Department of Education.

Matthew Sudnik is the History Department Chair at The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia. He previously served as Director of the Scholars Program at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Matthew has taught courses in World History, Human Geography, Philosophy, and Humanities. He completed his NCTA 30-hour Seminar in 2010 at the University of Pittsburgh and traveled with NCTA on study tours to China (2011), Japan (2012, 2017), and Taiwan (2019). He is also currently the workshop coordinator for NCTA in Northern Virginia, a program of the NCTA coordinating site at the University of Colorado. 

 

NCTA-Delaware: AP Human Geography: Agriculture and Urban Geography
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 13:00 to 14:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: Shibori - the Japanese Art of Shaped Resist Dyeing

From Our Classrooms to Yours: “Shibori - the Japanese Art of Shaped Resist Dyeing” 

  Kachina Leigh (February 25; 7:00-9:00 p.m. EST) 

 

From the science of dyeing to the mathematical precision of the patterns, shibori is a form of art that is applicable across multiple disciplines and age groups. This presentation will start with a brief history of shibori in Japan and move to the present day. Resources, practical tips, and suggestions for the use of non-traditional materials 

will be addressed, enabling teachers to share this art form with students in elementary grades to high school.   

 

Kachina Leigh is an artist and educator who teaches studio art and art history at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, Pennsylvania. She earned her undergraduate degree in English literature, French, and art history at Albright College and holds an MA from Temple University in art history, where she focused on 19th century French artists. She recently completed her MFA at the University of the Arts. Kachina has spent over 20 years at Muhlenberg and is part of a team-taught course called Global Studies in which she, a music teacher, English teacher, and social studies teacher work collaboratively to introduce students to cultures around the globe. She has written about lessons for journals such as Art & Activities. Her work with the Freeman Foundation’s National Consortium for Teaching About Asia has led to numerous educational opportunities for her and her students, as well as the privilege of writing for Education About Asia. Kachina completed her NCTA seminar work in 2009 and traveled to Japan as part of a study tour in 2010. Kachina teaches AP Art History as well as AP studio, and maintains an independent studio at the GoogleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pennsylvania where she focuses on teaching advanced textile techniques.  Her work can be seen at www.kachinaleigh.com.   

 

This program is Co-Sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania.   

  

 Registration Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUudOGuqD4sH9S-C3OXAiHYrhiph04EIN-_ 

 

 

​From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

 

 

From Our Classroom To Yours: Shibori - the Japanese Art of Shaped Resist Dyeing
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Behind the Screens: Exploring the Artistic Environments of Edo Japan

 
Film Screening
Thursday, January 21, 2021
7:00 pm - 9:15 pm (Eastern Time) / 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm
 
 
Educator Workshop
Saturday, January 23, 2021
10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Eastern Time) / 9:00 am - 11:00 am
 
For K-12 educators in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
 

Join the Pitt NCTA and SCREENSHOT:ASIA in bringing the artistic milieu of Edo Period Japan into your classroom with Edo Avant Garde, Linda Hoaglund's new documentary film on creativity in Japanese painting. In this film screening and workshop,  NCTA master teachers will share their lesson ideas with you on how to take a single resource like the Edo Avant Garde documentary and use it in a multiplicity of ways in the classroom. 

Presenters Angie Stokes and Kachina Leigh will challenge participants to think about how to draw on this resource for ways to teach about history, culture, biodiversity, religion, and art. In advance of the workshop on January 23rd, participants are expected to attend the screening of the film on January 21 (which will include an introduction and Q&A with the film's director Linda Hoaglund).  All those who participate in both the screening and the workshop will be sent a free DVD of the film (the DVD will be sent out after the workshop).

Pennsylvania educators who want Act 48 must attend both the screening and workshop. Certificates of Completion available upon request for educators who attend both the screening and workshop.

The workshop will be conducted through Zoom. The film screening will be conducted through Vimeo.  We will email you both links. 

 
To register for the program, please visit the link: https://forms.gle/1FKAQ5oWQ1sHN86A6
 
Behind the Screens: Exploring the Artistic Environments of Edo Japan
Saturday, January 23, 2021 - 10:00 to 12:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA Workshop: More Than Just K-POP: Take the Journey of Korea

NCTA Workshop: "More Than Just K-POP: Take the Journey of Korea

February 13, 2021 
10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Eastern Time) / 9:00 am - 11:00 am (Central Time)

Uncover some of the most exciting cultural icons of this country through an interactive exploration of Korea! From the 7th century Cheomseongdae Observatory to the 15th century development of the Hangul writing system to today's efforts in preserving Moon Bear populations, join us on this virtual tour of South Korea's geography and history while learning how to use these   activities in your own classroom. The participants will not only learn about how to incorporate Korean content in the classroom in a fun, engaging way, they will also learn how to modify the current game or create their own board game to explore other countries or subjects. 


This workshop will be conducted over Zoom. All K-12 Educators (pre-service and in-service teachers, librarians, and administrators are welcomed.


To register, please click the link below: 


 
To learn more, please check out the website at: https://easc.osu.edu/events/ncta-feb13
NCTA Workshop: More Than Just K-POP: Take the Journey of Korea
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 10:00 to 12:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Pandemic Pedagogy:  COVID-19 and Education about Asia

February 2, 2021

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Eastern Time) / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Central Time)

With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world responded by closing borders, shutting down market access, and stoking xenophobic nationalism. The so-called “China virus” led to a metaphorical pandemic of anti-Asian sentiment, with numerous companies, governments, and individuals infected. The study of Asia and cross-cultural difference has rarely been more important than now.  Come join the authors of Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic to discuss ways in which we can use case studies from the pandemic to enhance our Asia-related curriculum.  

Participants will engage in conversation with the authors and will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

To register, please click on the link below: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIudOGupj0tGNwbF3rdeM7phUECzRJQfP6W

Pandemic Pedagogy:  COVID-19 and Education about Asia
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: The Joys of Tangrams

From Our Classrooms to Yours: “The Joy of Tangrams” 

 Karen Gaul (January 14; 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST)

For K-12 educators in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

 

This presentation shows how tangrams are much more than a simple Chinese puzzle. Participants will learn about the colorful history of tangrams including origin legends, their somewhat mysterious inception, and use of the puzzle by famous enthusiasts, all while deepening their understanding of Chinese history. Opportunities for hands-on exploration of puzzles from basic forms through seemingly unsolvable paradoxes promise to be both fun and challenging to participants. While the math classroom might be the obvious place for tangrams in school, we will also explore creative applications across the K-12 curriculum. Information on resources applicable to all grade levels will be shared.  

 

Karen Gaul recently completed her seventeenth year as an educator at Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh, PA. She is currently a fifth-grade teacher, having taught third grade for the first 10 years of her Winchester Thurston career. In addition to providing students with a dynamic and engaging learning environment, Karen is passionate about global education. Karen is a regular presenter at NCTA seminars and has also contributed to the University of Pittsburgh’s Global Studies Center teacher outreach program. Her curricular work has been published in Education About Asia, The East Asian Gateway for Linking Educators, and UCIS International Outreach. Karen currently serves on the NCTA teacher advisory board for the national coordinating site at the University of Pittsburgh. She participated in the 2009 NCTA study tour, “Migration and Identity: A Study Tour of China and Vietnam.” In 2011 Karen established a partnership between Winchester Thurston and Beijing’s Peking University Elementary School. This partnership annually welcomes over thirty fifth graders from Beijing to Winchester Thurston classrooms for a two-week immersive experience. 

 

For K-12 educators in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. 

 

Participants from those 11 states will receive a free set of tangrams after the program.

  

To register, please click on this link: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvdumupz8qEtVtobgu4hADqh6BBuvhaLn6

 

 

Part of the series:

 

​From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

 

From Our Classroom To Yours: The Joys of Tangrams
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress"

From Our Classrooms to Yours: “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” 

 Michele Beauchamp (December 9; 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST) 

 

In this workshop, the presenter will discuss Dai Sijie's novel Balzac and Little Chinese Seamstress as an artifact of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and how we might read fictional text as a way to understand this period of China’s history. Ms. Beauchamp will present an analysis of the author’s treatment of various themes such as literacy, censorship, love, and friendship. The workshop will include approaches to teaching the novel, such as the role of the transformative storyteller and Sijie's use of intertextuality. In addition, we will explore ways in which teachers might use Sijie's 2005 film adaptation of his novel as a stand-alone film study or as an extension of teaching the text.  

 

Michele Beauchamp is an English teacher at Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She received her MEd from the University of Pittsburgh and for the past 25 years she has taught all levels of secondary English Language Arts. Michele incorporates Asian literature into her coursework and provides colleagues with resources for teaching about Asia.  

 

Michele became involved with NCTA 2008 when she took the 30-hour seminar. She has participated in two NTCA study tours and has taken advantage of numerous opportunities to study about Asia. Last year she started training to lead NCTA seminars and recently co-lead a book study series and a mini-lecture on the Japanese novel GO.

 

To register, please click on this link: https://forms.gle/BRTDNt82UqXv2ZkA9

 

From Our Classroom To Yours: "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress"
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 18:00 to 20:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: That's Lama with One 'L': Exploring Tibetan Buddhism in the Social Studies Classroom

From Our Classrooms to Yours:

“That's Lama with One 'L': Exploring Tibetan Buddhism in the Social Studies Classroom” 

 Stephanie Rizas (November 16; 7:00-9:00 p.m. EST) 

 

Are you curious about Tibetan Buddhism and how it can be incorporated in the classroom? This presentation is for you! We will discuss the basic tenets of Tibetan Buddhism with a focus on some of the more unique aspects of its believers: the use of the mandala, khora, and the role of reincarnation. We will discuss and use clips from various films, including Unmistaken Child, Kundun, and Seven Years in Tibet. We will discuss the political role of the Dalai Lama and the future of Tibetan Buddhism in modern China as well. Prepare to learn, to meditate, and to admire the beauty of Tibetan Buddhism!  

 

Stephanie Rizas teaches IB History and East Asian History to 11th and 12th graders in Montgomery County, Maryland. She is a passionate proponent of inclusive curriculum and pedagogy and spends time at school both planning engaging lessons and supporting inclusive initiatives and student clubs. Outside of school, Stephanie enjoys traveling the world - most recently with a trip to Tibet and Nepal with fellow NCTA teachers. She lives outside of Washington, DC with her husband and two children.

 

To register, please click on this link: https://forms.gle/dbDd65knQnayJ6x89

 

 

​

From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

 
From Our Classroom To Yours: That's Lama with One 'L': Exploring Tibetan Buddhism in the Social Studies Classroom
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 19:00 to 21:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA-AMAM at Oberlin College: Perspectives in East Asian Art

NCTA-AMAM at Oberlin College: Perspectives in East Asian Art

Thursday, October 29, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Partnering with the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) at Oberlin College, this interactive presentation will provide an overview of the East Asian art collection at the AMAM, with examples of how to interpret works of art from the collection using different disciplinary lenses.

Join museum curators in exploring renowned works of art through Augmented Reality (AR), and gain access to FREE online resources for K–12, including standard-driven lesson plans for cross-disciplinary and differentiated learning.  
 
The programs will be conducted by Zoom. You can sign up for one or all of these presentations. Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers provided. Certificates of Completion available upon request for teachers who attend.
 
To register, please visit the link here: https://forms.gle/qQaBHuGLN75KbZxn8
NCTA-AMAM at Oberlin College: Perspectives in East Asian Art
Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 18:00 to 19:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Teaching About Climate Change: Vulnerabilities, Responsibilities, and Action Teacher Workshop with Choices Program

Teaching About Climate Change: Vulnerabilities, Responsibilities, and Action Teacher Workshop with Choices Program

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Join our partners at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh for the Choices Program in an exploration of its 8- to 10-day unit, Climate Change and Questions of Justice. We'll explore the readings, lessons, and videos that are part of the unit, and discuss ways to implement each in diverse classroom settings, including tips for using the unit in remote settings and/or project-based classrooms. The countries covered include China, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Freiburg (Germany), Colombia, Haiti and parts of the USA. All participants will receive a two-year Digital Editions license to the curriculum and Act 48 credit hours. This is a two-hour, participatory, online workshop, with an additional hour of prep work required. The program is co-sponsored with the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

To register, please click the link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBXvImwnyKg6BkFqFs-cIe_SMxPBgY7oVTYlm4x3fCBLzyoA/viewform

Teaching About Climate Change: Vulnerabilities, Responsibilities, and Action Teacher Workshop with Choices Program
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 17:00 to 19:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: Picture This! Traveling Through Time with Japanese Art and Manga

​From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

 

From Our Classrooms to Yours: “Picture This! Traveling Through Time with Japanese Art and Manga” 

    Angie Stokes (October 10; 1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT)

 

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020

 

Time: 1:00-3:00pm EST 

 

 

Free Open to teachers in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia via Zoom (meeting link details sent later).

 

 

Come follow the “Journey along the Tōkaidō,” a series of engaging K-12 lesson plans compiled by East Asian Studies faculty at The Ohio State University with support from the Japan Foundation. This robust online teaching resource emphasizes change over time while comparing global cultures through the lenses of art and manga from Early Modern and Modern Japan (ca. 1800s to 1930s). Webinar participants will discover new ways to engage students in this exploration of Japan’s most important trade route, the Eastern Sea Route (the Tōkaidō), which has connected Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka since ancient times. While exploring the historical significance of the Tōkaidō, Dr. Ann Marie Davis (OSU) will discuss the “Tōkaidō Manga Scroll” (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugimanga emaki), created in 1921 by 18 members of the Tokyo Manga Association, vis-a-vis The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, a famous series of woodblock prints by celebrated artist Andō Hiroshige (1797-1858). Angie Stokes, junior high and high school art teacher, will take participants through several parts of the curriculum to share the ways in which she has used these close-looking activities in her own classroom as a means for engaging students of all abilities. 

  

Angie Stokes is the art teacher at Wayne Trace Junior/Senior High School in Haviland, Ohio. She received her undergraduate degree in art and history at the University of St. Francis and her Master's in Teaching from Chatham University.  She spent five years with Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh as a lead teacher and program director before returning to the classroom where she has spent 15 years teaching courses in social studies and art for grades 1 through 12.  She currently enjoys teaching her AP Art History, East Asian Art History, and a variety of other studios along with working with the Freeman Foundation's National Consortium for Teaching About Asia as one of their NextGen Teacher Leaders.  

 

Ann Marie Davis is Assistant Professor and Japanese Studies Librarian at The Ohio State University. In her current position, she manages OSU’s Japanese Studies Collections, including its world class Manga Collection, one of the largest collections of Japanese comics outside of Japan. Prior to her work at OSU, she was a History professor at Connecticut College where she taught courses on Japanese History, East Asian Empire and Expansion, and the History of Women and Gender in Modern Japan. She earned a Masters in Regional Studies-East Asia at Harvard University; a PhD in Japanese History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); and a Masters in Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University. Her recent book manuscript, Imagining Prostitution in Modern Japan, 1850–1913, was published by Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, in 2019. 

 

 

 To Register, please click on the link: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d9VW0vUGbu5MxaR

 

From Our Classroom To Yours: Picture This! Traveling Through Time with Japanese Art and Manga
Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 13:00 to 15:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

NCTA-MIA Ties that Bind: Connecting the U.S. and East Asia

NCTA-MIA Ties That Bind: Connecting the U.S. and East Asia

October 3, 2020

9:00 am - 12:00 pm (Central Time) / 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (Eastern Time)

This free online workshop is intended for Minnesota Educators who would like to discover the historical links between Asia and Minnesota. 

The “Ties that Bind” project https://www.historypin.org/en/FCCEAS-TiesThatBind is a teacher-researched project documenting connections between East Asia and the U.S. These ties began with whalers and traders in the colonial era and continue until today. In this workshop, learn from classroom teachers about early ties in the greater Boston area and more contemporary ties beyond before moving on to explore some Minnesota ties. Learn how to research your own topics to enhance your curriculum, and how to add your discoveries to the project. The workshop will also include an introduction to the resources at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Dr. Anne Prescott of the Five College Center for East Asian Studies and NCTA Director, will lead this workshop. 

Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from the University of Pittsburgh NCTA. 

Participation will be capped at 50. Registered participants will receive a link for the workshop on Friday, Oct. 2.  

 

To register for this event, please visit the link: https://forms.gle/ZGFFd9QKjULDygTF9

 

 

Co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, the Five College Center for East Asian Studies, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 

 

 

NCTA-MIA Ties that Bind: Connecting the U.S. and East Asia
Saturday, October 3, 2020 - 10:00 to 13:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

From Our Classroom To Yours: East Asian Case Studies in Human Geography: Population, Migration, and Innovation

​From Our Classroom To Yours:

An NCTA Master Teacher Workshop Series​

A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom. 

Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

Each presentation will provide Act 48 for Pennsylvania teachers and Certificates of Completion for teachers from other states.

  

From Our Classrooms to Yours: East Asian Case Studies in Human Geography: Population, Migration, and Innovation 

 Matthew Sudnik (September 21; 7:00-8:30 p.m. EDT) 

 

How do you teach about East Asia or use the many outstanding classroom resources of NCTA if you do not teach an Asian Studies course? Over the past ten years of my association with NCTA, I have incorporated Asia content and case studies into general history, social studies, and humanities classes. During this workshop, I would like to share three examples from my AP Human Geography class:  

 

* Population and Demographic Transition through a comparison of Japan’s declining birth rates with Northern India 

* Migration of Chinese workers from villages to cities - Factory Girls, Girls on the Line, and Ai Wei Wei's documentary Human Flow.  

* Innovation in North and South Korea: a tale of two industrializations

 

Matthew Sudnik is the History Department Chair at The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia. He previously served as Director of the Scholars Program at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Matthew has taught courses in World History, Human Geography, Philosophy, and Humanities. He completed his NCTA 30-hour Seminar in 2010 at the University of Pittsburgh and traveled with NCTA on study tours to China (2011), Japan (2012, 2017), and Taiwan (2019). He is also currently the workshop coordinator for NCTA in Northern Virginia, a program of the NCTA coordinating site at the University of Colorado.   

 

 To Register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/LSagTMngorZJg6f66

 

From Our Classroom To Yours: East Asian Case Studies in Human Geography: Population, Migration, and Innovation
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 19:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

Teaching on the Silk Roads: An NCTA Online Workshop for K-12 Educators

Thursday, August 20, 2020

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Viewing world history from the vantage point of the Silk Roads can challenge the Eurocentrism of mainstream history and introduce a more balanced view of the past. In this online workshop, Dr. Margarita Delgado Creamer (University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Thomas R. Mueller (California University of Pennsylvania) will explore with us the global significance of this trade network that connected India, Central and East Asia, and Europe for over a thousand years. We will especially focus on the development and spread of Buddhism and also discuss the momentous discovery of the largest cache of historic documents and artifacts found in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang that bear witness to the cultural, religious, social and commercial activity that took place along the Silk Roads.  Part of our exploration of the Silk Roads will involve interactive mapping (using ArcGIS Online) which teachers and students can use throughout the school year to:
1)    Complete a distance analysis of the locations along the Silk Roads
2)    Examine the landscapes of the Silk Roads
3)    Evaluate "the reach" of the Silk Roads in terms of goods, cultures and diseases
 
All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for professional development reporting. Pennsylvania educators will receive Act 48 professional development hours.
 
To register for this program, please click here: 
 
The program will be conducted via Zoom.
 
This program is sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (funded by the Freeman Foundation) at the University of Pittsburgh.  Co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center, Global Studies Center,  European Studies Center, and Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies. 
 
Teaching on the Silk Roads: An NCTA Online Workshop for K-12 Educators
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 18:00 to 20:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

75 Years Later: Rethinking Japan, World War II and the Atomic Bombs

75 Years Later: Rethinking Japan, World War II and the Atomic Bombs 

A Single-Evening Online Program for NCTA Alumni

Thursday, August 13, 2020

7:00 - 9:20 pm

Program is currently offered to Michigan teachers at this time.

In August 1945, atomic bombs destroyed two Japanese cities. For some, it meant the end of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age, but for others, the start of years of pain and suffering. What have seventy-five years helped us to understand about political events and the end of the war? Why do Japan and the United States, allies today, remember the bombs so differently? How have writers and artists, including hibakusha (survivors), attempted to convey their experiences through art and literature? Join us for answers to these and other questions in a stimulating session of learning that may lead you rethink old assumptions. Led by:

• Professor Ethan Segal (Department of History, Michigan State University), who will speak on the significance and impact of the bombs, political decisions in 1945, and different ways of remembering.

• Professor Laura Hein (Department of History, Northwestern University), who will speak on the art of survivors and others who depict the suffering and ravages of war.
 
• Professor Kyle Greenwalt (Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University), who will guide discussion of pedagogical approaches and    introduce some practical teaching techniques.
 
To view our flier for this program, please click the link here.
 
Michigan Teachers: earn 2.0 SCECHs (provided at no charge, pending MDOE approval).
 
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: apply today at https://forms.gle/bqiJXEyprK2KuXzQ9
Space is limited. Course will be conducted via Zoom; link will be provided to accepted applicants.
 
Questions or Coments? Contact Dr. Ethan Segal at segale@msu.edu
 
This learning opportunity made possible by the generous support of the Freeman Foundation, the MSU Asian Studies Center, and the University Center for International Studies and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

75 Years Later: Rethinking Japan, World War II and the Atomic Bombs
Thursday, August 13, 2020 - 19:00 to 21:20
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
online via Zoom

DIA Summer Workshop Series: Being Diplomatic: How Art Helps to Spread Ideas (High School)

Detroit Institute of Art Summer Workshop Series for K-12 Educators

A museum-classroom integration workshop series co-sponsored by Pitt NCTA 
During these grade-level targeted workshops, educators will discover new ways of incorporating specific works from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) into their curriculum as they learn more about the narratives told by the objects and images specific to the Asian galleries. They will receive access to a variety of lesson materials including readings, graphic organizers, and activities which will enhance student experiences both in their own classrooms and during their gallery and virtual visits to the DIA. Teachers will learn how to integrate images into a variety of critical-thinking activities as a means of facilitating more productive class investigations while learning how to use specific museum objects to engage students in close looking and descriptive writing activities. Additionally, teachers will learn how to access and use DIA materials for remote learning opportunities. NCTA alumna Angie Stokes will be sharing the new, cross-curricular Asian galleries curriculum with teachers and demonstrating how to use the lessons, graphic organizers, and resource materials in both regular and virtual classroom settings.
 
BEING DIPLOMATIC: How Art Helps to Spread Ideas (High School Grade Level)
Thursday, July 23, 2020
1:00 - 3:30 pm (Eastern Time)
This workshop is geared toward high school teachers of all disciplines and will help them to learn about the dynamic exchange of objects and ideas throughout East Asia through the spread of Buddhism while gaining a deeper understanding of the impact of cultural exchange over time. Professor Hongyu Wu, Assistant Professor of Religion at Ohio Northern University, will speak about mandalas and the use of Buddhist images in art.
 
 
DIA Summer Workshop Series: Being Diplomatic: How Art Helps to Spread Ideas (High School)
Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 13:00 to 15:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

DIA Summer Workshop Series: A Perfectly Material World: Exploring Objects in East Asian Art (Middle)

Detroit Institute of Art Summer Workshop Series for K-12 Educators

A museum-classroom integration workshop series co-sponsored by Pitt NCTA 
During these grade-level targeted workshops, educators will discover new ways of incorporating specific works from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) into their curriculum as they learn more about the narratives told by the objects and images specific to the Asian galleries. They will receive access to a variety of lesson materials including readings, graphic organizers, and activities which will enhance student experiences both in their own classrooms and during their gallery and virtual visits to the DIA. Teachers will learn how to integrate images into a variety of critical-thinking activities as a means of facilitating more productive class investigations while learning how to use specific museum objects to engage students in close looking and descriptive writing activities. Additionally, teachers will learn how to access and use DIA materials for remote learning opportunities. NCTA alumna Angie Stokes will be sharing the new, cross-curricular Asian galleries curriculum with teachers and demonstrating how to use the lessons, graphic organizers, and resource materials in both regular and virtual classroom settings.
 

 

A PERFECTLY MATERIAL WORLD: Exploring Objects in East Asian Art (Middle School Grade Level)

Tuesday, July 21, 2020
1:00 - 3:30 pm (Eastern Time)
This workshop is geared toward middle school teachers of all disciplines and will help them to better identify the materials and techniques used by East Asian artists to create their work by investigating the studio environment of the literati scholar and artist. Professor Yunshuang Zhang, Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Wayne State University, will speak about material culture and the development of the literati's studio in China.
 
 
DIA Summer Workshop Series: A Perfectly Material World: Exploring Objects in East Asian Art (Middle)
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 13:00 to 15:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

DIA Summer Workshop Series: Symbol and Story: Investigating Imagery in East Asian Art (Elementary)

Detroit Institute of Art Summer Workshop Series for K-12 Educators

A museum-classroom integration workshop series co-sponsored by Pitt NCTA 
During these grade-level targeted workshops, educators will discover new ways of incorporating specific works from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) into their curriculum as they learn more about the narratives told by the objects and images specific to the Asian galleries. They will receive access to a variety of lesson materials including readings, graphic organizers, and activities which will enhance student experiences both in their own classrooms and during their gallery and virtual visits to the DIA. Teachers will learn how to integrate images into a variety of critical-thinking activities as a means of facilitating more productive class investigations while learning how to use specific museum objects to engage students in close looking and descriptive writing activities. Additionally, teachers will learn how to access and use DIA materials for remote learning opportunities. NCTA alumna Angie Stokes will be sharing the new, cross-curricular Asian galleries curriculum with teachers and demonstrating how to use the lessons, graphic organizers, and resource materials in both regular and virtual classroom settings.
 
SYMBOL AND STORY: Investigating Imagery in East Asian Art (Elementary Grade Level)
Thursday, July 16, 2020
1:00 - 3:30 pm (Eastern Time)
This workshop is geared toward elementary teachers of all disciplines and will help them to gain a better understanding of the use of symbolic imagery in East Asian art. Participants will be able to strengthen cross-curricular lessons by learning new ways of connecting various symbols in artistic works with the specific plants, animals, and cultures. Professor Brian Dowdle, Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Montana, will speak about the use of botanical imagery and other important symbols in Japanese art.
DIA Summer Workshop Series: Symbol and Story: Investigating Imagery in East Asian Art (Elementary)
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 13:00 to 15:30
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online via Zoom

USC US-China Institute: What's at Stake in Xinjiang

USC US-China Institute: What's at Stake in Xinjiang

Saturday, May 9, 2020

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time

(12 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern Time)

 

The USC U.S. - China Institute is offering a complimentary online workshop featuring presentations by scholars with expertise on Xinjiang and Uyghur history, culture and life. 

An estimated one million people, mainly Uyghurs, have been detained in Xinjiang without charge, a fixed sentence, or the right to appeal. After initially denying the existence of these centers, Chinese officials now insist they are vocational schools to combat religious extremism, separatism and terrorism. Heavy surveillance and discriminatory policies have been documented in the region for years, but this massive program of preventive detention and “transformation through education” is unprecedented and has been condemned by many. Outside the centers, technological advances are utilized to monitor and control the population.



Our symposium features presentations by scholars with expertise on Xinjiang and Uyghur history, culture and life. They will discuss Uyghur beliefs and Chinese government policies in the region. Is this cultural genocide? Or is it a measured and essential effort to preserve stability and foster development? What can or should governments, organizations and individuals outside China do?

 

Register for the webinar at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vi1EzjL6TLauST4ARy3IlA. 

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

 

Speakers 

Elise Anderson - Sr. Program Officer for Research & Advocacy, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Dr. Elise Anderson earned dual PhD degrees in Central Eurasian Studies and Ethnomusicology from Indiana University-Bloomington in August 2019. Her doctoral research, which is based on years of primary research in the Uyghur region, focuses on the relationships between Uyghur music and politics. She is fluent in Uyghur and proficient in Mandarin. In 2019, she served as Liu Xiaobo Fellow at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a U.S. federal commission tasked with monitoring the status of human rights and the rule of law in the PRC.

 

Dru Gladney - Professor & Chair of Anthropology, Pomona College

Dru Gladney specializes in the peoples, cultures and politics along the ancient and modern Silk Road—in particular, issues of globalization and transnationalism in China and its close neighbors. Over the last few years, he has engaged in a large comparative survey of nomadic families in Western China, bolstered by in-depth fieldwork with nomadic Kazakhs in the Altai Mountains bordering China and Mongolia.

 

 

Nurnisa Kurban - Board Member, Uyghur LA
 
Dr. Nurnisa Kurban is an Uyghur American and Board member of Uyghur LA. She is also an assistant principal at Helen Bernstein High School. Her goal is to educate people about Uyghurs and the human rights violations and atrocities that they are facing in China.

 

 

 

 

Register for the webinar at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vi1EzjL6TLauST4ARy3IlA. 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

USC US-China Institute: What's at Stake in Xinjiang
Saturday, May 9, 2020 - 12:00 to 15:00
Online Workshop
Event Location: 
Online