ASIA IN THE K-12 CURRICULUM
The USC U.S. - China Institute is committed to improving teaching about China and the rest of Asia. Together with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), college and university partners, and California school districts, we offer professional development seminars to help teachers bring more of Asia to their students. USCI is a NCTA national coordinating site.
Release Date: 01/01/2007
1 - "Teaching about Asia" - USCI monthly e-mail newsletter
⇒ Interested in getting advance notice about professional development seminars?
⇒ Want to learn about new materials and methods to use with your students?
⇒ Curious about study tours and grants available to teachers?
⇒ View past issues:
2009 - January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 | April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
2008 - December 2008 | November 2008 | October 2008 | September 2008 | August 2008 | February 2008 | January 2008
2007 - December 2007 | November 2007
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2 - Teaching about Asia Web Forum ⇒ How are California teachers incorporating Asia-related materials into their classrooms? Join our online discussion community and find out!
⇒ Teachers of all levels and subjects are invited to join our "Asia in My Classroom" forum. To become a registered user (enabling you to post to the board), please e-mail us your request along with your name, school, and the grades and subjects you teach.
⇒ Registered users - The forum has just been moved to the USC server and can be accessed by clicking on this link: http://uschinaforum.usc.edu.
3 - NCTA Summer Study Tour to East Asia
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is dedicated to bringing Asia to the classroom and funds professional development seminars for K-12 educators. Alumni of these seminars, coordinated by CSUF, Stanford, UCLA, and USC, are invited to apply for the NCTA-subsidized summer study tour and participants are selected based on how eagerly and effectively they have incorporated East Asia content into their curricula.
Participants selected for the study tour must complete a pre-trip orientation weekend, as well as a post-trip weekend session where they share teaching ideas and materials inspired by the study tour.
Click here to see photos from the 2008 NCTA California Summer Study Tour to China and Japan.
4 - USCI/NCTA Seminars - East Asia-focused professional development seminars for K-12 educators
Fall 2009 Seminars - ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NOW!!!
USCI/NCTA "East Asia Since 1800" Seminar - TWO LOCATIONS - LA and South Bay
⇒ NO-COST professional development opportunity open to all interested K-12 educators
⇒ Participants receive $500 stipend, free resource materials, LAUSD salary points (2 multicultural) or USC CEUs
⇒ Select the seminar you are interested in below for additional information, seminar schedules, and application forms:
1. LOS ANGELES SEMINAR - meets at UTLA Building from 10/20/2009 to 2/02/2010
2. SOUTH BAY SEMINAR - meets in Manhattan Beach from 11/07/2009 to 2/22/2010
Past seminars
⇒ 2009 USCI/NCTA Summer Residential Seminar at USC - July 27-31 and August 3-6, 2008 (Website)
⇒ Spring 2009 LAUSD at UTLA - "East Asia in My Classroom (Website)
⇒ Fall 2008 LAUSD at UTLA - "East Asia and New Media in My Classroom (Website)
⇒ Fall 2008 LAUSD at Milliksn MS (SF Valley) - "East Asia and New Media in My Classroom (Website)
⇒ 2008 USCI/NCTA Summer Residential Seminar at USC - July 28-August 1 and August 4-7, 2008 (Website)
⇒ 2007-08 - LAUSD at UTLA - "East Asia and New Media in My Classroom" (Website)
⇒ Spring 2008 - LAUSD at Millikan Middle School (San Fernando Valley) - "East Asia and New Media in My Classroom" (Website)
⇒ Spring 2008 - PVPUSD at Palos Verdes High School - "Modern East Asia" (Website)
⇒ Fall 2007 - LAUSD at UTLA (Website | Participants)
⇒ Spring 2007 - LAUSD at Millikan Middle School (Website | Participants)
⇒ Spring 2007 - PVPUSD at PV High School (Website | Participants)
5 - USCI/NCTA Seminar Speakers
⇒ Baizhu Chen
⇒ Clayton Dube
⇒ C. Cindy Fan
⇒ Kyung Moon Hwang
⇒ Jennifer Jung-Kim
⇒ Lynne Miyake
⇒ Raymond Moser
⇒ Fred Notehelfer
⇒ Morgan Pitelka
⇒ Stanley Rosen
⇒ David Schaberg
⇒ Mariko Tamanoi
⇒ Jack Wills
⇒ Samuel Yamashita
⇒ Yang Ye
6 - Weekend Workshops - East Asia-focused one-day workshops held at USC
FALL 2009 WORKSHOP - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
⇒ December 5, 2009 - Images of East Asia (Go to Website)
IMAGES OF EAST ASIA
A one-day workshop for K-12 educators
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 9 am – 4 pm
United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) Building
Participants in this workshop will explore the critical role that films, television programs, websites, graphic novels, animation and other image-rich sources play in the ways we view and understand East Asia.
Click on the website link above for additional information, including application information and registration form.
This workshop is supported by the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Freeman Foundation grant and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to the joint UCLA/USC National Resource Center for East Asia.
Past workshops ⇒ Fall 2009 - Islam in China (Website)
⇒ Spring 2008 - Human Rights in Asia (Website)
⇒ Spring 2007 - Islam in Asia (Website | Article)
⇒ Fall 2007 - Images of East Asia (Website)
7 - Asia in the US and California Education Standards
⇒ Introduction
⇒ History Standards Relating to Asia
⇒ History Standards Relating to China
⇒ History Standards Relating to Japan
⇒ Language Arts Standards that can include Asian Materials
⇒ World History Standards (National Center for History in the Schools)
⇒ World History Standards Relating to Japan