ENVISIONING ASIA IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM

Saturday, October 13, 2007
8:30am to 3:30pm

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Washington University

Co-sponsored by Washington University, the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs and the International Education Consortium/Cooperating School Districts

Registration is $30 which includes a continental breakfast and lunch.
For additional information, please email mcaa@artsci.wustl.edu
Space is limited.  Register by October 10, 2007.

Registration Form

To register,  complete the registration form and mail to:

Teachers Workshop
East Asian Studies
Washington University
One Brookings Drive Campus Box 1123
St. Louis, MO 63130
 

Washington University parking is free on Saturday.  Click here for a Museum map with parking information.

printable schedule

SCHEDULE

Each year the MCAA (Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs) hosts a one-day workshop for K-12 teachers in conjunction with its annual meeting.  This year we will host a daylong workshop for teachers to help learn strategies for using contemporary films and popular graphic and video media on Asia in the classroom.   The first half will focus on films and the ways contemporary commercial films such as “The Painted Veil” can be used in the classroom. The second half will consider the importance of graphic novels (comics) and animation in Korea and Japan.   

There will be a guided tour through the exhibit “Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames,” which will be on display in the Teaching Gallery of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum of Washington University in St. Louis.  This exhibit examines the changing social realities of Korean society from the 1950s to the 1990s through comic books.