Professional development and training workshops for educators are an important component of outreach activities at the Center for East Asian Studies that are supported by the United States Department of Education and crafted in coordination with other UChicago Title VI National Resource Centers. Workshops are designed by university faculty, graduate students, and Center staff to enhance classroom curriculum in local public and private high schools and community colleges. Workshops introduce pedagogical methods and materials that facilitate the study of East Asia in the classroom and address a variety of subjects.
To request a workshop, please contact abbeynewman@uchicago.edu.
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
CEAS posts educational materials related to East Asia, free of charge, for educators and others who find them useful. For more info, please see the links below.
2021 Summer Institute for Educators: Global and Local Inequities: Reflections of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID Crossroads: The Pandemic's Impact on Mainland China, Hong Kong and Beyond - Nick Schifrin (PBS Newshour Foreign Affairs Correspondent)
13th Annual Chicago International Education Conference: Democracy in Recession
- How Beijing has Killed Hong Kong's Freedom and Democracy and Why American Students Should Care - Victoria Hui (Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame)
- Audio Resources on Global Democracy
The Hafu Project: Graphic Design Case Study on Culture and Identity of Racial Minorities in Japan - Curriculum Report by Gail Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Kennedy King College, City Colleges of Chicago and recipient of University of Chicago-City Colleges of Chicago International Faculty Fellowship (2019-2020)
- Student Assignments
2020 Summer Institute for Educators: Reporting on Public Health - Challenges, Solutions and Lessons Learned
- Pollution in Poland and China: Challenges and Solutions - Beth Gardiner (Journalist)
- Resources for Teaching about Public Health Issues in East Asia and Racial Justice
Global Views: A Summer 2020 Series
12th Annual Chicago International Education Conference: The Hot Topic - Strategies for Teaching Global Climate Change
2019 Summer Institute for Educators: Inspiring Connections: Igniting Critical Thinking and Communication through Global News
- Politics in China and China's Influence Around the World - Richard Bernstein (Journalist and Writer)
11th Annual Chicago International Education Conference: Press Play: Globalizing Your Classroom Through Film
2018 Summer Institute for Educators: Think Like a Journalist: Connecting the World to Your Classroom with Global News
- Youth and Poverty in China - Max Duncan (Journalist, Filmmaker, and Director of Photography)
10th Annual Chicago International Education Conference: The Digital Museum and Library: Reconstructing International and Intercultureal Collections in the Online Space
- Teaching with ESRI Story Maps - Susan L. Burns (Professor of History, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the College; Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago)
- Digital Object Based Learning with Libraries and Museums - Naomi Priddy (Oak Park Public Library) and Heidi Rouleau (Field Museum)
2017 Summer Institute for Educators: Global Competency at Work: Practicing International Journalism at the Local Level
- Teaching Resources on East Asia - General Resources; Water, Climate Chnage & Environment; Religion & Ecology; Refugees & Immigration; and Women's Rights
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Gary Marcuse - Intersections Between Religion and Environment in China - Video of Marcuse's Presentation
- Project: Can Chinese Culture Save China's Environment? [Pulitzer Center]
- Earth Focus: Can Religion Save the Environment [Link TV]
- The Science of Sacred Mountain: An Extended Interview with Dr. Lü Zhi [Pulitzer Center]
- Can Buddhist Values Offer Non-Religious China a Greener Path? [PBS Newshour]
- Searching for Sacred Mountain [Pulitzer Center]
- China, Buddhism, and the Environment [PBS - Religion & Ethics News Weekly]
- Searching for Sacred Mountain: The Making of a Documentary [Pulitzer Center]
- The Yin and the Yang: Interview with Martin Palmer [Pulitzer Center]
9th Annual Chicago International Education Conference (2017): Power in Transition? International Politics and Troubled Elections
Refugees, Fragile States and Our Communities (resource lists developed for educational events conducted in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and City Colleges of Chicago)
- Resources on Migration and Refugees around the World
- Teaching Resources on Migration and Refugees around the World
2016 Summer Teacher Institute: Global Issues in Local Contexts: Turning International Journalism into Teachable Lessons
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Karim Chrobog - Food Waste in the US and South Korea
- Video of Chrobog's Presentation
- Wasted [online project]
- Culture of Waste: The Gap Between Food Waste and Food Insecurity by Molly Blankenship [online lesson plan]
- Getting the Word Out About Food Waste by Fareed Mostoufi [online lesson plan]
- Resources on Global Issues in Local Contexts around the World
- Resources on East Asia - Global Issues in Local Contexts around the World
8th Chicago International Education Conference (2016): Sensing Place, Sharing Stories: Global Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom
2015 Summer Teacher Institute: Inequality: Conditions, Consequences, Solutions
- Bill Singerman — Curriculum Showcase 1: Teaching Inequality in the Social Studies/History Classroom
- Ryan Yokota — Postwar Okinawa and US-Japan Relations
2014 Summer Teacher Institute: Energy & the Global Environment: Science, History, Politics
- K-12 Lesson Plans
- Scott Aalgaard - Future from Fukushima: Critical Voices in the Wake of Japan's Dark Spring
2013 Summer Teacher Institute: Natural Disasters & Social Responses: A Global Perspective
- K-12 Lesson Plans
- Yuki Miyamoto - Discrimination, Disaster, and Disease: Revisiting Hiroshima and Minamata in the Wake of Fukushima
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Aoki Kojima - Eating in Post-Fukushima World: Radioactive Contamination of Food and Farmers, Fishermen, and Consumers
- Analysis of WHO Report on Fukushima Catastrophe
- Radiation Protection After the Chernobyl Catastrophe
- On "Fuhyo Higai" (harmful rumor)
- Farmers Protest Against Japanese Nuke Plant Owner
- Fukushima Fisherman Forced to Test Fish for Radiation
- Greenpeace Pushes for Better Fish Radiation Disclosure
- Japanese Struggle to Protect Their Food Supply
- Mothers First to Shed Food-Safety Complacency
- Japan Nuclear Crisis Erodes Farmers' Livelihoods
- Officials Test School Lunches to Ease Parents' Fears
- Radiation Fears Send Fish Hauls Spiraling
- Yokohama Mums Against Radiation
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Sarah Arehart — On Teaching Fukushima: The 3/11 Earthquake and Tsunami: Background Reports
- Teaching March 11 and Japan: A Resource Guide for Educators
- 20 Ways to Teach About the Disaster in Japan Across the Curriculum
- Japan, Tohoku region map
- Tsunami Family Saved by Schoolgirl's Geograph Lesson
- Teaching Ideas: The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Tohoku EQ summary
- Teaching the 3/11 Earthquake and Tsunami: An Image Bank
- Resources for Nuclear Energy and Accidents
- Cleaning up Fukushima, 2011-2013
2010 Summer Teacher Institute: Water: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the World's Most Essential Resource
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Thomas O'Keefe: Impact of Dams - Case Study China
- Impact of Dams: Case Study China [Lecture-YouTube]
- Impact of Dams in China: A Journey Through the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River
- Beneath Booming Cities, China's Future is Drying Up
- Underwater: The World's Biggest Dam Floods the Past
- China's Engineers Propose World's Biggest Hydro-electric Project in Tibet
- South-to-North Water Diversion Project, China
- Who Will China Feed?
- Perspectives on Dams [Panel and Q&A-YouTube]
- K-12 Lesson Plans
- Additional Links and Lessons
Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond
- World Poetry (Powerpoint)
- Classroom Lessons (PDF)
Additional resources from previous teacher workshops can be found on the UChicago Educator Outreach website.