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Summer 2025 Study Tour - Taiwan

Layers of History and Identity: June 29 - July 13, 2025. The Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) at the ��«����Ƶ and The Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) are organizing a two-week NCTA Study Tour to Taiwan. Fourteen participants will explore Taiwan's history and culture in Taipei, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. The tour is open to full-time, in-service K-12 NCTA teacher alumni who have completed at least 20 hours of NCTA programming, ideally an introductory seminar. Participants must complete pre-departure online modules, attend an orientation webinar, and submit a follow-up curriculum project by Sept. 2, 2025. More information and link to apply.

Winter/Spring 2025 - Online Courses 

Taiwan’s Turbulent Times: Reading The Boy from Clearwater: January 23 - February 19. This program explores Japanese children's lives from the 1940s to 1960s through Freeman Book Award titles. Participants will read Yukie’s Island, Kozo the Sparrow, and Mai and the Missing Melon, discussing their historical and cultural contexts and applying insights to language arts and social studies. Details and Registration.

Environmental Relations in Japan: January 22 - March 11. This course explores Japan’s environmental relations, critically examining the interplay between nature and culture in shaping the nation’s history, geography, and identity. Through primary and secondary sources, participants will investigate themes of harmony, transformation, and contradiction, uncovering how Japan embodies both a “green” and “toxic” archipelago. Details and Registration.

South Korea’s Fight for Democracy: January 27 - February 23. This seminar explores South Korea’s transformation into a thriving democracy, shaped by decades of political struggle and civic resistance. Participants will examine key events like the April Revolution and Gwangju Uprising, the rise of authoritarian regimes, and the role of civic movements and media in shaping historical memory and global awareness. Details and Registration.

Japan 1945: Marking the 80th anniversary of WWII's end, this program offers three week-long workshops exploring the final months of Japan's war through civilian experiences, narratives, and primary sources. Each workshop includes a live webinar, six days of asynchronous study, and a closing Q&A, with the option to join one, two, or all three weeks. Details and Registration.

• The Battle of Okinawa: History, Memory, Legacies: February 5 - 12 
• The Tokyo Firebombings: Histories, Geographies, Memorials: March 18 - 25
• The Atomic Bombings: Teaching and Thinking Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 Years Later: April 29 - May 6

Winter/Spring 2025 - Webinars

Poetry in the Classroom, Korea: September 26 - December 3. A great poem can be the perfect primary source to introduce students to the social, political and human complexities of important historical periods. Join us for one or all of these webinars that feature Korean poems in translation that can be integrated into your classrooms. . 

Art in the Classroom: January 28 - May 1. Explore the deeper significance of objects from across East Asia in this webinar series, where we examine their creation, imagery, and broader historical context. Join one or all sessions to discover how these objects can enrich classroom discussions and lessons. Details and Registration.

The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legacies: February 13, 7pm ET. This webinar explores the Vietnam War through the Choices curriculum, examining its origins and legacies through multiple perspectives. Participants will engage with student readings, primary sources, lessons, and videos, learning to implement this unit while connecting it to broader East Asian history. Details and Registration.

Mommy's Hometown: Thursday, February 27, 7pm ET. Join a webinar with author Hope Lim as she discusses her picture book Mommy’s Hometown, a journey through the past and present of Daejeon, South Korea. Lim will share her writing process, the artistry of picture books, and her reflections on Daejeon’s evolving landscape. Details and Registration.

Learning Behind Barbed Wire: A Look at Schools in a Japanese American Incarceration Camp During World War II: April 22, 7pm ET. Join for a webinar exploring her research on K-12 education at Amache, one of the Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII. This session will offer educators insights into the school structure, daily life, and the reciprocal impact of Amache schools on the community, while discussing ways to engage students in critical conversations about this historical event and its effects on children and youth. Details and Registration.

NCTA at TEA offers online seminars, book groups, and contemporary issues courses throughout the year. TEA's NCTA courses are open to teachers nationwide, unless noted otherwise. Please see individual course flyers for specifics of each course, including  grade level, discipline, and other priorities for applicants.  All courses offer a certificate of professional development hours and completion award.

Resources from TEA

TEA's NCTA Video Project. TEA's NCTA "Short Takes" is a collection of 40 video lectures designed for use by classroom teachers as professional background or classroom use. Each video focuses on a timely topic or “best practice” presented by an NCTA consulting scholar, seminar leader, teacher alum, or author.

• Take a “quick course” on a current topic you can integrate into your teaching.
• Choose a video to show in class.
• See how NCTA alumni are using new resources successfully.
• Hear what authors have to say about using their new books in the classroom.

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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 in China and the U.S. through Literature and Writing is a 2020-2021 special project undertaken by TEA with funding from the Universty of Colorado Office of Engagement and Outreach and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA). The project worked with ten secondary teachers to introduce them and their students to the book Wuhan Diaries: Dispatches from a Quarantined City, by the Chinese author Fang Fang. Students then wrote diary and journal entries recording their own experiences processing their year during the COVID pandemic. Their moving personal accounts link their personal experiences to experiences in China and globally.  Visit our project page for more information on the project and selected student writings.

. Educators have a critical role to play in teaching about Asian America and, now more than ever, educating to combat anti-Asian racism and all forms of racism.  Developed for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 2021, this TEA-NCTA resource offers educators a selective "toolkit" to address these goals during the May 2021 Awarness month and every day.