A FREE professional development workshop for K-12 Educators
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Minneapolis Institute of Art
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ties That Bind: Mapping U.S.-East Asia Connections is an innovative collaborative digital mapping project which allows teachers and students to experience the people, places and events which connect the United States and China, Japan and Korea. Participants will learn about the project before exploring ties between Minnesota and East Asia. Classroom implementation strategies, including the use of primary source documents, will also be discussed.
Speakers include: Dr. Anne Prescott, Director of the Five College Center for East Asian Studies, Northampton, MA; Mr. Wing Young Huie, photographer and author; Alyssa Machida, Asian Art Learning Resources Fellow, Minneapolis Institute of Art. Welcome by Dr. Richard Bohr, longtime NCTA seminar leader in Minnesota.
Free parking and lunch
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Registration required.
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Co-sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia and the Minneapolis Institute of Art