Global Issues Through Literature: Geography and Place "Shipwrecks"

Resource Type: 
Presentation Slides (e.g PowerPoint)
Intended Audience: 
K-12
World Regions: 
World
Asia
Subject/Content Area: 
Asia
Global Studies

In this presentation, Dr. Brenda G. Jordan and Stephen Wludarski of the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia discuss Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura, a novel about murder, retribution, and the deadly effect of smallpox in a struggling coastal Japanese fishing village. The board game "Shipwrecks" is also introduced.