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Videos

Explore these short classroom-applicable video presentations. Each video focuses on a timely topic or “best practice” presented by an NCTA consulting scholar, seminar leader, teacher alum, or author.
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42:12

American China Fantasies

19:24

China in the 21st Century. Jeffrey Wasserstrom on “What everyone needs to know.”

25:42

China, Big Data, and Surveillance

20:12

China’s Changing Grand Strategy: China’s Rise, Regional Security and Domestic Reform

19:24

China’s Millennials: The Want Generation. An Interview with Book Author Eric Fish

29:59

Chinese Characters. Editor Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Teaching with Contemporary Profiles

49:40

Clothes Make the Nation: China and Globalization

30:28

Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation?

17:26

Demographic Change in Contemporary China

21:17

Demographic Cliffs and Economic Reforms

26:28

Dispelling Myths about North Korea

37:52

Disputed Waters: South China Sea, International Law, and the Future of Asian Balance of Power

15:58

Dissecting the Rise of China: China’s Rise, Regional Security, and Domestic Reform

33:49

Hairy Politics: What’s in a Braid?

30:15

Individualism and Upheaval Among China’s Millennials

24:51

Japan-Korea: Histories that Bind

30:44

Japan’s Contemporary Security Challenges: 2016 and Beyond

25:10

Japan’s National Stadium and the Struggle for National Identity

19:09

Korea Goes Global, Part 1

21:25

Korea Goes Global, Part 2

21:51

Learning to “Read” Japanese Paintings: A Social Studies Perspective

23:09

Learning To “Read” Japanese Paintings: An Art Historian’s Perspective

26:52

Learning to “Read” Japanese Paintings: Using Art as an Entry Point for Japanese Literature

45:02

Making Sense of Mao

33:52

Migration and Urbanization in China

24:32

Milestones in K-12 Japan Studies

26:43

New Media and Internet in China

31:40

Taiwan: The Other China

23:56

Teaching with the MIT “Visualizing Cultures” Collection

1:05:48

The Current State of Uighurs and Kazacks in China. Sam Tynen

49:04

The Hong Kong Crisis: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

20:55

The Japanese Constitution at 70. Part 1

24:06

The Japanese Constitution at 70. Part 2

15:06

The Meaning of President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima

25:41

Three Japanese Picture Books for the Elementary Classroom

23:28

Using Samurai to Teach Critical Thinking

23:49

Xi Jinping:(Re)Centralization of Power

19:34

Xi Jinping’s Reform Agenda

23:49

“Reading” South Korea through Literature and Popular Culture

25:21

“Voices from Japan:” 3.11 through Tanka Poetry

How can you use the videos?

  • Take a “quick course” on a current topic you can integrate into your teaching.
  • Choose a video to show in class.
  • See how NCTA alumni are using new resources successfully.
  • Hear what authors have to say about using their new books in the classroom.