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NCTA SEMINARS

2012 Online Seminar.  Arizona secondary teachers of social studies, language arts, Chinese, and Japanese may enroll in the regional online NCTA seminar offered by the NCTA national coordinating site at the University of Colorado.  The seminar is tentatively scheduled for Winter-Spring 2012.  Registration and details will be posted as they become available at the Arizona section of the University of Colorado NCTA National Coordinating Site's NCTA SEMINARS WEBPAGE of contact Jon Zeljo for more information. 

NCTA STUDY TOURS

A national study tour to China for NCTA alumni is tentatively scheduled for summer 2012.  Please check back in December 2011 for more details. 

NCTA will offer a 4-week study tour to Japan in summer 2012, funded by the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, with additional support from NCTA.  Coordinated by the NCTA National Coordinating Site at the Five College Center for East Asian Studies, the study tour is open by application to NCTA alumni nationwide.  This study tour was postponed from Summer 2011 and new applications are not being accepted at this time. For more information, contact Anne Prescott, aprescott@fivecolleges.edu.

NCTA is offering two enrichment summer institutes for NCTA alumni in 2012.  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 2012 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 a specific topic in East Asian Studies will be hosted by the NCTA National Coordinating Site at the University of Colorado.  The topic and application process will be announced in January 2012.  Contact Lynn Parisi, parisi@colorado.edu, for more information or visit the University of Colorado NCTA National Coordinating Site NCTA Web page and click on Summer Institutes after January 1, 2012.

ONLINE DISCUSSIONS

To participate in discussions with teachers in Arizona, please visit the Arizona 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

From the Arizona Department of Education:

Also see:

Arizona Geographic Alliance. Includes a searchable database of lesson plans and maps.
Arizona State University, Center for Asian Studies K-12 Teacher Resources

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