Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Screening: Please Vote For Me
This impossibly charming film features a third grade class in Wahun province and the intense politicking in the race to become Class Monitor.
When:
September 4, 2007 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Where
Reception 6:00 p.m.
Screening 7:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion 8:00 p.m.
Presented by ITVS and Independent Lens.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley China Initiative
What do free elections look like in China? Ask an eight-year old. Please Vote for Me follows the aspirations of a trio of elementary students in the city of Wuhan in central China as they campaign for classroom monitor. The three candidates hold debates, campaign tirelessly and show their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner.
60 mins., Mandarin with English Subtitles.
Cost:
Free
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