East Asia: Origins To 1800 (Mondays, February 6 - May 1, 2023)

This seminar for California K-12 educators covers the history and cultures of East Asia from the neolithic past to 1800. The course includes an overview of the region’s geography and demography, early ideologies as well as links between China, Korea and Japan. Participants will examine social hierarchies and expectations through literature and art, and explore the technological breakthroughs, economic rise and political systems of the region. Those teaching history, social studies, art and literature will find the course particularly relevant.

Instruction is provided by top scholars and educators in the field. In addition to providing educators with a solid foundation for understanding East Asia, the course emphasizes ways to bring the themes and problems of the various places and periods alive for K-12 students. Participants are provided with a variety of primary sources as well as film recommendations and web resources. The course supports national education standards.

The online seminar includes:

Video presentations (2 hours/week) that you watch on your own schedule
Background and primary source readings
Mandatory online forum participation
Weekly live online discussion with the specialist for that topic

BENEFITS

For Los Angeles Unified School District educators, 2 LAUSD salary points (no fee)
For all other districts, 6 Continuing Education Units (processing fee applicable)
Online resources and materials
Free Education About Asia teaching resources subscription for 2023 ($30)

*Must complete seminar requirements

TOPICS

East Asian Geography and Demography
Early Civilizations, Religions and Philosophies
Pre-modern Korea
Imperial China
Classical and Warrior Japan
East Asian literature and history
and much more!

SCHEDULE

The seminar workshops will be held virtually on Monday for the following dates.

Session	Date	Speakers/Topics
1	Mon 2/6	Clayton Dube, USC Geography and Demography Early Chinese History and Thought
2	Mon 2/13	Clayton Dube, USC Hundred Schools Debate
3	Mon 2/27	Clayton Dube, USC Cosmopolitan China
4	Mon 3/6	Morgan Pitelka, University of North Carolina Classical Japan
5	Mon 3/13	Morgan Pitelka, University of North Carolina Warrior Japan
6	Mon 3/20	Lori Meeks, USC Buddhism
7	Mon 3/27	Lynne K. Miyake, Pomona College Japanese Literature
8	Mon 4/10	Jennifer Jung-Kim, UCLA Patterns of the Korean Past
9	Mon 4/17	Clayton Dube, USC Mongols - Ming
10	Mon 5/1	Clayton Dube, USC Qing - East Asia at 1800

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your application below.

The course is sponsored by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. Funding from the Freeman Foundation enables us to offer the seminar