r. sekiguchi: resources for making china part of the entire school curriculum (c4)
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The U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California and the SPICE Program at Stanford University, two California-based programs participating in the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), have provided some of the best curriculum resources on China in the country. Participants will learnabout their curricular materials and other programs for teachers, and will discuss free online CEU-eligiblecourses and subsidized opportunities to travel to China.TRANSCRIPT
April 15, 2011National Chinese Language Conference
Rylan SekiguchiSPICE, Stanford University
http://spice.stanford.edu
China ResourcesChina Resources
Stanford Program on International and Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural EducationCross-cultural Education
• Program of Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University (FSI)
• Serve as a bridge between FSI/Stanford and K–14 schools
• Developing curriculum materials on international issues
• Offering professional development opportunities for teachers
• Educating high school students through distance-learning opportunity
OverviewOverview Introduce some SPICE resources; discuss ways Introduce some SPICE resources; discuss ways to incorporate resources into language to incorporate resources into language learninglearning Demystifying the Chinese LanguageDemystifying the Chinese Language
Activity: Decoding Chinese charactersActivity: Decoding Chinese characters
Along the Silk RoadAlong the Silk Road Online resourcesOnline resources
China’s Cultural RevolutionChina’s Cultural Revolution Resource: Propaganda postersResource: Propaganda posters
10,000 Shovels10,000 Shovels Resource: Restaurant menuResource: Restaurant menu
Road to BeijingRoad to Beijing Online resourcesOnline resources
Distribute printed resourcesDistribute printed resources
Activity: Activity: Decoding Decoding Chinese Chinese
CharacterCharacterss
Extension Extension Activity: Activity: Writing Writing
and and TranslatiTranslating Mini-ng Mini-storiesstories
Create a mini-story. Write three sentences using these oracle characters and new ones you invent. You will later trade stories with another group and attempt to translate their mini-story.
Online Online ResourcesResourceshttp://spice.stanfohttp://spice.stanfo
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Resource: Resource: Propaganda Propaganda PostersPosters
Resource: Resource: RestauranRestaurant Menut Menu
Online Online Resources Resources
http://spice.stanforhttp://spice.stanford.edud.edu
SPICE resources SPICE resources available:available:
oror
+ CD-ROM and DVDs
April 15, 2011National Chinese Language Conference
Rylan SekiguchiSPICE, Stanford University
http://spice.stanford.edu
China ResourcesChina Resources