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Benvenue Middle School

1571 Benvenue Rd.
Rocky Mount
NC 27804

School telephone: (919) 446-5028
School fax: (919) 446-5112

Directions:
From Chapel Hill take 40 South to 440 Inner Beltline in Raleigh to Rt. 64 East. Take the Falls Road exit in Rocky Mount, turn left on to Highway 43 North. Go about 1.5 miles. Benvenue Middle School will be on the left (past mall) Main office is in the building near flagpoles.

China and Asia Program, April 10, 1997

Main contact person:

Ms. Ann Wicker
TAG Teacher.

Teachers involved in program: Ms. Stallings




UNC-CH Participants in China Program.

Dr. Steven Levine
Dr. Cong Yuan
Ms. Jun Wong
and Bogdan T. Leja


Program Topics


1. East Asia, focus on China -- Chinese students.

2. Culture, Social Conditions, Calligraphy and Chinese writing.

3. Chinese medicine and the use of herbs, acupuncture and associated history.

4. The practice of Tai-Chi, a Chinese style of exercise and martial arts, and the Lion Dance. Selected students are expected to participate and be involved in calligraphy, Tai-Chi, and the Lion Dance.

Dr. Cong Yuan
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Dr. Yuan is an Asian art specialist, and ancient Chinese calligraphy expert.
Students participate in traditional ink making and use Chinese calligraphy brushes in writting exercises.

Ms. Jun Wong is a student in the Medical Anthropology program at UNC-CH and hails from Beijing, China.
She will talk about her country, Chinese herbal medicine and the practice of acupuncture.

Ms. Wong leading the students through
some of the preliminary steps of the Lion Dance, which is full of animated movements and accompanied by very loud background music

Dr. Steven Levine has recently returned from leading a group of Duke University students throughout China. He provided a moving narrative on what its like to guide 25 university students through a three month educational tour of China and had students complete a number of exercises that familiarized them with Chinese culture.




Man-Made Barriers Program, April 17, 1997

Two sessions for the whole 6th grade.
Part One: 10:00-11:00am in the cafeteria. 250 students.
Question and answer with the advanced class. 11:00-11:30am

Part Two: 1:00 - 2:00pm in the gym. 200 students.
Question and answer with the advanced class. 2:00-2:30pm

Teachers involved in program:

Ms. Wingfield
Ms. Stacks
Ms. Brinkley



UNC-CH Participants in Man-Made Barriers Program:


Dr. Ann Dunbar, Ms. Yung Sue, Ms. Kisa Wheaton and Bogdan T. Leja

Program Topics


1. Barriers to education that exist in Africa. Prof. Dunbar.

2. Political/Military barriers in South/North Korea and their impact on K-12 students and education. Ms. Yung

3. Barriers to individual development in the United States.

4. Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Political barriers and ideological concerns. The Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain. Mr. Leja



Dr. Dunbar is an expert on Africa and has traveled extensively there. She provided students a detailed explanation of what their counterparts are studying in African schools and the difficult conditions that many of young scholars have to get through in order to reach university studies.



Ms. Yung is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Education at UNC-CH and hails Seoul, South Korea. She provided a complete explanation on how South Korean students feel about the DMZ and the level of education which students are expected to achieve in South Korea.


Ms. Kisa Wheaton of Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education led students through a number of exercises that explored race, family and social divisions that are present in the United States. She focused on the importance of education and its relation to future opportunities.


Mr. Leja explains political divisions that separated people in Germany and Eastern Europe.