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2016 Teaching East Asia

Teaching East Asia: Classroom Ideas for a Dynamic Region

Program Description

Andrea Heading with Presenter Julie Oakes of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County at the 2016 Summer Institutes
Andrea Heading with Presenter Julie Oakes of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County at the 2016 Summer Institutes

Presenter Mitch Lerner, The Ohio State University

Presenter Julie Oakes, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Presenter Matthew Roberts, Pine-Richland School District

Lesson Plans 

These select lesson plans were prepared by teacher-participants and incorporate information and materials from the 2016 Summer Institute

Elizabeth & Sarah Malone: Lesson Plan on East Asia for Math

Rodriquez: Lesson Plan on Chinese Culture

Smith: Lesson Plan on Pol Pot & The Cambodian Genocide

Heading: Lesson Plan on The U.S. & WWII

Knotts: Lesson Plan on Teaching East Asia

Smith: PowerPoint on The Cultural Revolution of China, Worksheet on Communist Dictators in East Asia

Kerr: Lesson Plan & Materials on East Asia, PowerPoint on Dragons

Byard: Lesson Plan & Materials on The Origins of the Cold War

Additional Resources

A Journey Shared video

University of Pittsburgh National Consortium for Teaching about Asia website