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The Program for Teaching East Asia at the University of Colorado Boulder
TEA News
January 2019
Featuring opportunities for educators,
updates, and resources
TEA Programs
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Opportunities
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TEA Programs
Register Now for Winter-Spring Online Seminars and Book Groups from NCTA at TEA
A few spaces remain in the following programs being offered by the NCTA
national coordinating site at TEA for winter-spring 2019. All programs are open
to teachers nationwide. Apply now, as courses start soon!
* Online Seminar: Cracking the Samurai Code: Separating Fact from
Fiction. January 14 – March 18, 2019. Application deadline: When course fills.
Samurai are among the most recognizable—and most misinterpreted—of Japanese
historical figures. With an emphasis on primary source readings, this course
will look at scholarship on these warriors and consider how to use this
high-interest “hook” in high school classrooms to effectively and accurately
explore Japanese history in the Medieval and Tokugawa periods, as well as in
popular culture today.
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Flyer and application.
* Book Group: Cries from the Iron House: Stories by Lu Xun. January 17 –
February 27, 2019. Application deadline: January 9, 2019 or when course fills.
High school teachers will explore the stories of a groundbreaking author whose
life and writing exemplify the turbulence of China’s early 20th century. Lu
Xun’s writings, which take on social ills, customs, and the desire for a new
society, are touchstones in the development of modern Chinese literature.
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Flyer and application.
* Online Discussion Group: China in the News. January 21 – March 9, 2019.
Application deadline: When course fills. Secondary teachers will have the
opportunity to examine contemporary China with Eric Fish, author of China’s
Millennials: The Want Generation. Participants will explore stories that have
made headlines in China and the United States, focusing particularly on the
effects of China’s economic miracle on its people.
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* Online Seminar: Korea in the Modern World, Part 2: 1945-Present.
January 24 – March 27, 2019. Application deadline: January 10, 2019 or when
course fills. Secondary teachers will examine primary and secondary sources
that focus on the political, economic, and cultural trajectories of North and
South Korea in the globalizing world and the future of the two Koreas.
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* Book Group: Japan through Children’s Literature: J-Boys: Kazuo’s World,
Tokyo, 1965. February 1 – March 26, 2019. Application deadline: January 17,
2019. Intermediate and middle school teachers will explore this
autobiographical historical fiction’s themes and topics of post-World War II
Japan, as seen through the eyes of a fourth-grade boy.
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Northern Virginia/DC Area Teachers: Save the Date!
If you are not already on the NCTA NoVa/DC area email list and would like to be
added to the list to receive announcements for the upcoming NoVa/DC workshops,
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Applications Open for NCTA-TEA Summer Institute
NCTA-TEA 2019 Summer Institute: East Asia in the Early Modern World. July 7-11,
2019. Application deadline: March 18, 2019. What do sources from and about
merchants, pirates, diplomats, missionaries, soldiers, and artists tell us
about early modern East Asia? Examining various transborder institutions,
practices, and people that contributed to the formation of the interconnected
East Asian world (1272-1842), this four-day institute will offer secondary
teachers an opportunity to work with scholars and specialists to consider East
Asia as a system that included but transcended the collective national
histories of China, Japan, and Korea. Teachers will gain an understanding of
the political, economic, and cultural systems of the early modern East Asian
world and reconsider narratives of encounters and conflicts with European
imperialist powers. The institute will be held on the CU Boulder campus.
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National Opportunities
Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad. This program provides short-term seminars
abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve
their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other
countries. Educational lectures and activities are designed specifically for
each seminar group, including visits to local schools and organizations,
meetings with educators and students, and visits to cultural sites. Programs in
2019 will include Taiwan. Applications are expected to be open in January or
February. For more information, contact Maria Chang at
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South Korean Research Trip. July 6-16, 2019. Application deadline: February 15,
2019. The World History Digital Education Foundation offers this program for
social studies teachers, staff developers, and supervisors. Participants will
learn about the history, culture, and economics that have shaped the Korean
peninsula, including examining the outcomes of the Korean War.
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Application.
Previously Announced National Opportunities
Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Semester Research Program for U.S.
Teachers. Application deadline: January 15, 2019. This program provides an
opportunity for K-12 educators to take part in a three- to six-month
professional development experience abroad. Taiwan is among the locations in
which teachers can pursue their individual inquiry projects and take courses at
a host university. For more information, visit the
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website of IREX, which administers the program for the U.S. State Department.
NCTA Webinars from FCCEAS. NCTA at the Five College Center for East Asian
Studies is offering a number of webinars over the coming months:
* Green Island, with author Shawna Yang Ryan. January 22, 2019, 7 pm EST.
Kamata’s novel sweeps across six decades and two continents, shadowing the
course of Taiwan’s history from the end of Japanese colonial rule to decades
under martial law and finally to its transformation into a democracy.
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* A Girls’ Guide to the Islands, with author Suzanne Kamata. January 30,
2019, 7 pm EST. American author Kamata tells the story of her exploration of
the small islands of the Inland Sea, an adventure undertaken with her daughter,
who is deaf and uses a wheelchair. Language, culture, and the generation gap
posed challenges.
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Registration.
* Taiwan and the World. March 5, 2019. 7 pm EST. Join Professor James Lin
of the University of Washington as he discusses Taiwan’s place in the world
today.
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Asia for Educators-NCTA Online Book Groups. The NCTA national coordinating site
at Columbia University is continuing its multiple series of online book groups
this winter. Upcoming groups include the following:
* Buddha: Kapilavastu Vol I and The Four Encounters Vol II. January 30 –
March 19, 2019. Graphic Adaptations Series.
* Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan. February 6 – April 9, 2019.
Graphic Novels Series.
For more information and to register, visit the Asia for Educators
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website.
Keizai Koho Center Teacher Study Tour to Japan. June 24 – July 1, 2019.
Application deadline: February 1, 2019. This program for teachers in grades
6-12 will take place primarily in Tokyo and will include visits to Japanese
schools and businesses, interaction with scholars and experts on Japanese
education and society, home stays, and cultural activities. More information is
available
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here.
Colorado Programs
Japan Turns Gray (and We Will Too). January 15, 2019, 11:30 am – 1:30 p.m. The
Japan America Society of Colorado presents T.R. Reid speaking about the aging
of the Japanese population and the adjustments the nation is making to meet the
challenges posed by this demographic phenomenon. The program will be held at
Davis Graham & Stubbs (1550 27th St., Denver). Register
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here.
44th Annual Kohaku Utagassen Singing Contest. January 26, 2019, 11 am – 4 pm.
Denver’s live version of the annual NHK New Year’s Eve singing contest features
music as well as entertaining costumes, hair-styles, dancing, and lighting. The
free event is held at the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple (1947 Lawrence St.).
More information is available
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NCTA State and Local Programs
Northern Virginia/DC Area Teachers: Save the dates for NoVa/DC NCTA Saturday
Workshops, February 23 and March 9, 2019. If you are not already on the NCTA
NoVa/DC area email list and would like to be added to the list to receive
announcements for the upcoming NoVa/DC workshops,
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Rhode Island NCTA Seminar: Human and Physical Geography of East Asia. January
12 – March 2, 2019. This 30-hour seminar will look at past and contemporary
issues through a geographic lens. The seminar will be held on five Saturdays at
Rhode Island College in Providence.
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Flyer and registration.
Washington NCTA Seminar: The Silk Roads: Yesterday and Today. January 23,
February 13, and March 20, 2019. 4:30-8:30 pm. This face-to-face seminar will
use readings, movie clips, class discussion, and lesson plans to explore Silk
Road history/geography and grapple with the significance today. The seminar
will meet at Mariner High School in Everett, WA.
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New York NCTA Seminar: China, Korea, Japan – Historical and Contemporary.
January 26 – March 20, 2019. This seminar, which will provide content and
resources for teaching about China, Korea, and Japan, will include four
Saturday meetings in Ithaca, plus six webinars.
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Pittsburgh-area NCTA Online Book Group: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee. January 28 –
April 22, 2019. Registration deadline: January 14, 2019. Open to teachers in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia, this book group will
explore the bestselling novel about one Korean family living in Japan,
exploring such issues as the validity of the portrayals of the Japanese
occupation of Korea and of Korean immigrants in Japan.
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Northwest Indiana NCTA Seminar: Teaching about Asia. March 2 – May 4, 2019.
Registration deadline: February 8, 2019. This NCTA seminar will provide a broad
overview of the history, society, and culture of China, Japan, and Korea. The
seminar will combine four in-class and four online sessions, plus a field trip
to the Art Institute of Chicago’s Asian collection. All sessions will be on
Saturday morning, with in-class sessions held in Gary.
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Minnesota NCTA Seminar: Teaching Asia in Minnesota Classrooms. March 11 – May
6, 2019. Registration deadline: March 1, 2019. This seminar, with nine Monday
evening sessions and one Thursday evening visit to the Minneapolis Institute of
Arts, is designed as an introduction to the cultures of China, Japan, and
Korea. The course will encourage and facilitate K-12 teaching and learning
about East Asia in world history, geography, social studies, art, and world
literature. Sessions will be held at Como Park High School in St. Paul.
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Featured Resources
The Choices Program at Brown University has recently released a free lesson on
U.S.-China Trade Tensions. Employing the structured academic controversy
method, the lesson encourages students to consider the reasons for current
trade tensions between the two nations and to identify and assess U.S. trade
policy toward China. The lesson is available
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here.
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Asia Program has recently published a
collection of teaching modules for teachers. Titles are varied, covering
historical topics (The Song Dynasty: Technology, Commerce, and Prosperity) and
current issues (Where Have All the Children Gone? The Consequences of Low
Fertility Rates in South Korea, Singapore, and Japan). A digest describing the
modules is available
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here.
TimeOut Shanghai has compiled a list of 18 podcasts about China, covering news
and current events, history, technology, language, and culture. Check out the
list
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here.
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