Summer Institute

East Asian Stories and Places: China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

Orientation dates: May 25, 2010 (4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.); 3 hours of online orientation work are also required.
Institute Dates: August 2 – 6, 2010
Location: Primary Source
Follow-up Date: September 30, 2010
PDPs/Credits: 67.5 PDPs; 3 graduate credits for the course
Fee: Partnership educators--no cost other than fee for 3 graduate credits; Non-partnership educators--$600 plus fee for 3 graduate credits

This course will focus upon teaching about culture and daily life in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam through the literacy curriculum. Teachers will use stories from and about East Asia as avenues for understanding places, peoples and ways of thinking, and will have opportunities to experience and explore other cultural elements such as storytelling, music and visual arts. The course will also touch on East Asian schoolchildren and their cultures in the U.S.

Topics will include stereotypes and geography, common and divergent traditions, and the lives of East Asian children.

Selected Faculty:
Midori Oka, art historian
Gail Wang, Cheng & Tsui
Michael Puett, Harvard University

Especially for educators in grades K-7.

Registration Information

The registration deadline for 2010 summer institutes is Friday, April 16, 2010. For additional registration information, go to our registration page.