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NCTA SEMINARS

Winter-Spring Seminars
DC and Northern Virginia: Asia Days 2013. Open to K-14 educators in the DC metro area. Offered by Georgetown University, co-sponsored by the NCTA National Coordinating Sites at the University of Colorado and the University of Pittsburgh. Entitled “Asia Days 2013,” this seminar has been specifically tailored to cover many of the East Asia topics in the MD-DC-VA middle and high school state curricula/standards of learning (SOLs). Seminar flyer and application form. Application deadline is November 30, 2012.  Seminar contact: Kat Harrington, SFS Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University, krh45@georgetown.edu or visit the Georgetown website.

Virginia Statewide. Virginia secondary teachers of social studies, language arts, Chinese, and Japanese may enroll in the regional online NCTA seminars offered by the NCTA national coordinating site at the University of Colorado.  One seminar is being offered beginning January 2013.

Teaching about China's Political System (January-May 2013: 20 hours)
Open to teachers nationwide. Registration opens November 19, 2012. Co-developed by political scientists with expertise on China in consultation with AP Comparative Government teachers, this 20-hour seminar addresses instructional objectives of the AP Comparative Government course and provides essential background to all teachers teaching about contemporary China. The seminar is open to secondary teachers nationwide. Preference will be given to teachers who are teaching courses that include the study of China’s government. For more details, dates and syllabus, see seminar flyer; register online by clicking here. This course has filled.

Teaching about Pre-modern Japan: Heian and Medieval Sociery and Culture(October 1 - January 29: 20 hours)  Registration opens November 15, 2012. Offered by NCTA and J-OPP.  Open to middle and high school teachers of world history nationwide, this 16-hour course provides an introduction to Japan’s premodern era—the Heian period of “peace and calm” (794-1185) and the medieval period of warfare (1185-1600). These two periods saw the development of a unique Japanese culture encompassing social practices, literary genres, aesthetic ideals, and religious beliefs that endure to the present. Click here for seminar flyer. For more information, contact Lynn Parisi, NCTA National Co-director.  This course has filled.

NCTA STUDY TOURS AND SUMMER INSTITUTES

NCTA plans two enrichment summer institutes for NCTA alumni in 2013.  A residential institute on East Asian literature will be conducted by the NCTA National Coordinating Site at Indiana University for eligible alumni.  Information will be available in early winter 2013 at the Indiana University NCTA National Coordinating Site's NCTA Teaching East Asian Literature in High School Workshop Web page. A residential one-week institute on Re-inventing Japan: Teaching about 21st Century Issues and Trends will be hosted by the NCTA National Coordinating Site at the University of Colorado.  This institute is open to secondary teachers nationwide who teach about Asia. The institute is also designed to provide enrichment for teachers who have previously completed an NCTA seminar. Teachers selected to participate receive a travel stipend to defray transportation costs, a full housing/meal package, institute texts, and teaching resources. Application deadline is March 15, 2013; notification date is April 4, 2013.  Click here for more information and to download the application.  Contact Lynn Parisi for more information. 

Click here for more information on national study tours and summer institutes.

ONLINE DISCUSSIONS

To participate in discussions with teachers in Virginia, please visit the Virginia State Discussion Group section of the Asia in the Curriculum BULLETIN. Registration is required for posting messages to the Forum, though not to read messages already posted.

STATE STANDARDS & CURRICULUM GUIDELINES

State standards on teachinghistory.org

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