Seminars & Short Courses
Biography Through East Asian Picture Books: China
This program is aimed at elementary teachers and middle school teachers interested in integrating picture books into literacy and/or social studies instruction. The course will focus on the teaching of biography while learning about the life of a famous calligrapher in the 4 century and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Medicine for her work on malaria. The two books accurately feature China and can support standards-based social studies instruction, as well as students' development of written and visual literacy skills.