Webinars & Presentations
Using Education about Asia in the Classroom
Join us for presentations by two high school educators who use articles from Education about Asia in their classrooms. Each presentation will be followed by Q&A with the presenter. Recordings of the presentations will be linked on the EAA website to the articles discussed in the presentations.
Lisa Laker, “Teaching about Heian Japan,” HS level. Students engage in a Heian Period "UTA AWASE" Poetry Contest: this includes "left" and "right" teams, (3+) rounds of impromptu haiku writing on themes of love, nature, and a wild card topic such as prom; two unbiased volunteer librarian judges; Hello Kitty prizes; and a festival-like atmosphere.
Diana Mackiewicz, "The Asian Soul of Transcendentalism" and "Facts About Asia: Taiwan and Hong Kong: Economic and Political Freedom," HS level. The “Asian Soul” article sets the foundation for the integration of Hinduism and Confucianism in Transcendentalism and its dissemination through Henry David Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" and non-fiction work, Walden. Taiwan's Sunflower Movement in 2014 is the epicenter for all the research since it was a student-led peaceful protest. The article, "Facts About Asia" provides useful information about Taiwan and Hong Kong and their roles in East Asia. Students will be able to connect many ideas of Western thinking and Asian practices of peaceful activism used by Gandhi-he read the works of Thoreau and eventually these practices were used in the US by Martin Luther King who also credits Gandhi and Thoreau.