China’s Past: New Strategies for Teaching the Sources of Chinese Civilization

China’s Past: New Strategies for Teaching the Sources of Chinese Civilization will use primary sources, rich text, and images to build an understanding of selected topics in early Chinese history and civilization. The week will focus on adapting content and materials to one’s own classroom in grades 3-8.

Start Date:     July 25, 2016
End Date:     July 29, 2016
Time Detail:     8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Mon-Fri)
Location:     University of Washington, Seattle
Type of Course:     Residential Seminars and Summer Institutes
Audience:     Teachers of grades 3-8

Course Description:     China’s Past: New Strategies for Teaching the Sources of Chinese Civilization will use primary sources, rich text, and images to build an understanding of selected topics in early Chinese history and civilization. The week will focus on adapting content and materials to one’s own classroom in grades 3-8.

Topics will include:
- Foundations of Chinese culture in the Zhou Dynasty as revealed in archaeological discoveries
- The exchange of goods and ideas during the cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty
- Daily life in the prosperous, bustling cities of the Song Dynasty
- Confucius and the role of Confucian scholar-officials
- Chinese art forms as they cross space and time, touching on painting, gardens, porcelain and poetry
- A look at ways in which early Chinese history is understood in China today

Teachers will leave the seminar with:
- Academic background knowledge to support inclusion of Chinese culture and history in their curriculum
- Reliable resources to support their teaching
- Creative ideas, lessons and activities ready to use in their classrooms
- Enthusiasm for learning more about Chinese culture and history

Participants will be required to complete assigned readings before the seminar starts. During the seminar, participants must commit 1-2 hours per day outside of seminar sessions to writing about how they might apply that day’s content and activities to their teaching situation. These written descriptions will be submitted as a final project for the seminar.
 
Seminar leaders:

    Patricia Burleson, Veteran K-12 Educator and NCTA Seminar Leader
    David Bachman, Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies
    Deborah Porter, Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies.

Click HERE for application and more information.
Offered to:     All States
Additional Information:     Seminar benefits
Aside from the registration and housing fees, this seminar is offered free of charge thanks to the Freeman Foundation NCTA grant to the East Asia Resource Center. Seminar benefits include:

- 35 free Washington State OSPI clock hours (free) OR two 400-level UW credits for a fee of approximately $230
- A certificate of completion
- All course materials provided
- $100 for the purchase of additional teaching materials
- A 2016-17 subscription to Education about Asia
- Morning snacks and lunches
- Dormitory housing, meals, and partial travel stipends for a limited number of out-of-town participants

*Participants can also elect to receive 2 400-level UW credits for a fee of approximately $230 instead of clock hours.