"TeachAsia" Program on East Asia

February 15, 1999

All local K-12 teachers are invited to attend activities listed below.

8:30-9:00 am

Registration, Coffee and Danish

9:00-10:15

Session One

LIBRARY

East Asian Religious Studies, focusing on Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Shintoism.

From left: Dr. Gram Schweig, Duke University and Sally Moynahan, Doctoral student at UNC-CH Religious Studies

Other local experts on Asian religions not participating in current program: Prof. Richard Jaffe at the Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, NC State U., tel: (919) 515-6195. An excellent speaker on East Asian Buddhism, esp. in Japan, and Japanese religion in general. Ann Burline, Meridith College 829-8308, Peter Knickerson, Duke University 660-3522, David Need NCCSU 286-6019, Jim Sanford UNC-CH 962-3932, Riuoko Kubota 962-2523

9:00 - 10:15

Session Two

 

Information Technology and its Use in the Classroom.

Bobby Hobgood from LEARN NC will show teachers what LEARN is and how they can use it for lesson plans. Bogdan T. Leja, Director Outreach Programs at UCIS will provide a continuation of the Internet introduction focusing on available Asian resources for educators.

Additional resources: Elain Mcsherry NCSSM 286-3386 ext. 261 and Peggy Maning, Distance Learning

10:30-11:45

All Teachers Attend.

In the Auditorium:

David Fish, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Music 910-277-5266 fish@tartan.sapc.edu at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg North Carolina, is a renowned ethnomusicologist and will be bringing a six performer ensemble that performs kagura, Shinto festival music. He will also bring a variety of musical instruments that teachers will be expected to utilize during the participation session.

11:45-12:45

For all registered teachers

Catered Lunch of East Asian Delights and Condiments. Can you say Tamari and Sushi. Can you also say "First Come, First Served"!

JAPAN IN PICTURES

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1:00-3:00

Session One:

ROOM 102

"Teaching About East Asia in the Middle Grades" by Nancy Kindem is a program presented through the International Social Studies Project (ISSP) in the School of Education at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Attending with Nancy Kindem from McDougle will be her student intern Melissa Hedt and another social studies teacher, Elen Wilkinson and her intern Gary Hart. Mrs. Kindem is a highly acclaimed middle school teacher, well known for her high-interest, hands- on teaching strategies and understanding of how to engage adolescents in skill building and substantive content in international studies. Nancy has traveled extensively in Asia and and other parts of the world and brings stories and insights that enrich her presentations. Featured in the program will be materials entitled "East Asia in Transition" produced by the Southern Center for International Studies in Atlanta, Ga. The materials include a videotape and instructional guide that will be given to workshop participants after Nancy's discussion of how they can be most effectively used at the middle grades level. The presentation will highlight geographic and cultural aspects of East Asia as a region. It will include examples taken from China, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea and other countries.

Additional Resources: ISPT Teacher Nancy Carty is an art teacher at Needham B. Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC and she received received a Fulbright Memorial Fund scholarship from the government of Japan for an education study trip to Japan. Ms Carty was in Japan from November 16 to December 3, 1998 and will share her experience with teachers. She spent two weeks in Ishikawa Prefecture visiting schools,universities and cultural sites. In Tokyo she was able to visit a 10th grade English class at Tokyo Metropolitan Fukagawa Senior High School and form a partnership for ISPT with English teacher Tetsuro Yodoe.

3:00-3:15

Evaluations: Filling out an evaluation submits your name for a March 12, 1999 raffle of a number of items relating to South Asia.

Resource Links:

Indiana University has a number of Area Studies Programs that provide informative materials, lesson plans and slide presentations on Asia. The go to the general site for their Area Studies Centers click on: http://www.indiana.edu/~iuirc/area_studies.html and for items relating to East Asia click on http://www.easc.indiana.edu/. In North Carolina you can receive help from the Japan Center by viewing their information at http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/ncjapancenter/www/ or from UNC-CH Curriculum in Asian Studies. Information available at http://www.unc.edu/depts/asia/.

Additional links will be provided as the page is finalized.