[Scott Craig]

I agree completely! Professor Miyake gave some awesome suggestions for incorporating this into our curriculum. One of the skills I have to teach my students is the ability to look at the voice and audience of a written document. This activity would be a great practice for them to seek out various nuances to see the writer's perspective.

[Scott Craig]

I think your connection of the two is really great. I would like to do some kind of activity where my students compare the two and look at the various views on women. It would be a great activity to help my students get ready for the AP World exam.

[Scott Craig]

The homework assignment to read, highlight, and come up with headings is a very effective and interesting way to get students to read and learn the material they are reading. I know I learned a lot doing the assignment. This is an activity I am definitely going to use in teaching my classes with various documents they need to read. 

The article itself was very interesting and I was intrigued by some of the customs they practice - especially after the birth of a baby girl. It's interesting that they started teaching women just three days after they were born.

[Scott Craig]

The video about the book is extremely interesting. It is interesting to hear the tactics the government did to shut down the protests. This would be a good video for my students to watch (at least part of it due to time) and compare with the women's rights' movements in both the fight for the right to vote, as well as the women's rights' movement in the 1960's to the present. 

 

[Scott Craig]

I absolutely loved the lecture. There was so much information. I have watched Crazy Rich Asians a few times, I never fully appreciated the cultural nuiances of family and generations. After this lecture I am going to watch the movie again and look for the roles of the matriarch, family over self, etc. It is so interesting to see how culture can influence so much of a person's thinking, outlook, etc.

[Scott Craig]

I'm looking forward to another fun and informative seminar. I'm glad you won't have to deal with LA traffic. I'm curious to see how it will be getting there in the morning!

[Scott Craig]

My name is Scott Craig. I teach history at Sylmar High School. This will be my third seminar with USC U.S.-China Institute.  The previous seminars that I've taken have been absolutely fabulous and I learned so much. I'm really looking forward to this seminar.

[Scott Craig]

This is one of the things I constantly point out to my students is that they need to question the source and look for bias and agenda. I really love Stanford's History Education Group's "Reading Like a Historian" resources. They have so many activities and lessons that help students ask the very questions you did about various sources of information. It really is a great way to get students to see that history doesn't have just one answer.

[Scott Craig]

It's horrifying to see the amount of genocide that has been committed throughout the history of the world. What's even more horrifying is to see the genocide that is going on today! For all the developments and evolving humans have done, there's still way too much cruelty and inhumanity in the world.

[Scott Craig]

Thank you Linda. I use Stanford's Reading Like a Historian a lot! It really is a great resource. I love that they bring in different perspectives because all voices and viewpoints need to be heard. 

[Scott Craig]

Your post points out the tremendous role that Buddhism has had in the shaping of Japan. This has made me think about ways religion has shaped other countries. I would like to put together an assignment where my students take a country/civilization and trace the role religion had in the formation of that country/civilization. It's interesting to see just how much church and state have been tied together in almost every society.

[Scott Craig]

Final Essay

 

I have thoroughly enjoyed the course, East Asia: Origins to 1800. I took Chinese history in college years ago and have since attended a few seminars on East Asia. The information I learned in this course was not only a good review of the information I learned previously, but expanded my knowledge of East Asia tremendously. It has really sparked a thirst for further study. I loved that the lecturers not only taught the information but gave suggestions and ideas on how to incorporate it into the classes I teach.

Next year I will be teaching an AP World History course. The new format for AP World History requires that the majority of the information taught be on areas not part of Western civilization. This puts a greater focus on Asia in the course and since I needed to know more about Asia before I can teach it to my students, this class couldn’t have come at a better time.

There are many different ways I will use the information I learned in this course in teaching my students. One activity I want to do with my students is the “Schools of Thought” activity we did in the course. This is where the students will specialize in one of the schools of thought (Legalism, Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and then have a debate/discussion about various issues and how they should be handled. I would also like to do an activity where my students study the rise and fall of the various dynasties in China, Japan, and Korea. I would like them to look at what conditions allowed the dynasty to gain power, how they maintained the power, and what events led to the fall of the dynasty. This could lead into a discussion of the rise and fall of civilizations. I’d also like to do an activity where the students look at the transmission of culture and ideas. How ideas spread from China to Korea and Japan. How Buddhism spread from India to China, Japan, and Korea and how it changed and adapted to each culture. These are just a few of the ideas I have right now, but I’m sure I will use much more of the information in the classes I teach.

I would highly recommend this course for all teachers. I have learned so much and enjoyed it so much that I am spreading the word to all the teachers in my school.

 

[Scott Craig]

I really enjoyed seeing the pictures and video inside the forbidden city. It was interesting to see how they incorporated religious beliefs in their architecture. I was also fascinated by the symbolism with the numbers and would actually like to do more research on that. The lecture inspired me to search out other videos on YouTube about the forbidden city. I would like to come up with some lessons for my AP World class next year about the forbidden city.

[Scott Craig]

I actually found the exerpt somewhat comforting because it proves once again that human nature is human nature regardless of time or culture. I do see how it can also be depressing though, because we all have those students/classes that try our patience and get on our last nerve. Another reason it was somewhat depressing is that teachers have been underpaid for over 500 years....will that ever change?

[Scott Craig]

I was curious about this show after the comments that were made in the session. Your review has made me really want to check it out. I was happy to find out it is on Amazon Prime, so I will be watching episode 1 tonight. I've been looking for a good drama to binge..thank you.

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