NCTA - University of Mississippi Chapter

07/30/2020

More great resources on the Mississippi Delta Chinese community

Our primary goal is to collect objects, photographs and any other memorabilia which would help tell the story of Chinese legacy in the Mississippi Delta.

06/30/2020

Register here for a public webinar on the Mississippi Delta Chinese, on Wednesday July 29th. Looks fascinating!

https://www.thedeltachinese.com/
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1609298402653518861

Since the 1900s, the Mississippi Delta has been home to a large number of Chinese Americans. Many Chinese immigrants moved to the Delta in search of better economic opportunities and opened up family-run grocery stores that mainly targeted black communities in these regions. At its peak, there were....

05/20/2020

Mississippi Teachers: please see the following announcement!

University of Alabama at Birmingham Online Summer Seminar
Connecting Students to East Asia with Images, Maps and Texts

July 6-17, 2020

University of Alabama at Birmingham Online

Seminar offered to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina Teachers

Monday - Friday

8 am - 11 am CDT / 9 am - 12 pm EDT (M - F)

To apply: please complete our online application in the attached link.

This 30-hour summer seminar will explore the role of texts and images in shaping our understanding of histories and cultures in East Asia. We will examine primary sources from China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam and investigate what they represent and how they are represented. Gain new insights into your subject, explore teaching resources, and write lesson plans you can use.

Certificate of Completion (36 hours) will be given to all teachers who complete the course requirements.

LEARN from experts on Asian history, culture, art, etc.

EXPLORE resources about China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam for your lessons and classes

PREPARE lesson plans for your classes.

Earn Benefits:

$200 stipend upon completion of seminar requirements

$200 worth of teaching materials

36 hours of continuing education credit will be offered for Alabama teachers.

Free textbook

Eligibility to participate in NCTA study tours to East Asia



Course Structure

Course Meeting Dates (online): July 6-17, 2020
Course Schedule (online): Monday - Friday (8 am - 11 am CDT / 9 am - 12 pm EDT)
Orientation meeting (online): Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 pm CDT/ 7:30 pm EDT
Follow-up (online): Thursday, October 1 (mid-autumn festival) 6:30 pm CDT/ 7:30 pm EDT


To apply: please complete our online application in the attached link.

Registration opened until seminar is filled.

University of Alabama at Birmingham Online Summer Seminar Connecting Students to East Asia with Images, Maps and Texts July 6-17, 2020 University of Alabama at Birmingham Online Seminar offered to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina Teachers Monday - Friday 8 am -....

07/22/2019

Recommended Books – Southeast Asia wp_wpbooklist_jre_southeastasia 9781620142288 1 A Song For Cambodia1 9780061730955 2 Never Fall Down: A Novel1 9781492286738 3 The Years of Zero: Coming of Age Under the Khmer Rouge1 9781451657715 4 In the Shadow of the Banyan: A Novel1 9789749575871 5 Lao Folkta...

07/17/2019

China expert Sara Schneewind explores Ming maritime expeditions, exchanges East to West in history, and confronting the practice of foot binding in three videos. Her engaging presentations are perfect for the classroom or to increase your understanding of these subjects. Background articles, primary...

07/17/2019

Recommended Books – Grades 3-5 – Korea wp_wpbooklist_jre_grades3to5korea 9780449221389 1 I Am the Clay1 9780618809172 2 Echoes of the White Giraffe1 9780064433976 3 The Korean Cinderella (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))1 9781590788264 4 My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea1 97808...

07/09/2019

Recommended Books – Grades 9-12 – Japan wp_wpbooklist_jre_highschooljapan 9781568364179 1 Black Rain (Japan's Modern Writers)1 9784805308844 2 The Wild Geese1 9781933330433 3 The Cape: and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto (Stone Bridge Fiction)1 9780060086251 4 Commodore Perry in the Land ...

05/24/2019

https://theconversation.com/amp/the-history-of-chinas-muslims-and-whats-behind-their-persecution-117365 =https://t.co/v6mNt8Atv0

Muslims came to China in the 13th century and played an influential role. Tensions have escalated since 9/11, and the global community is largely silent.

04/30/2019

An inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection at the British Library. Oracle bones were animal bones, usually ox shoulder bones or the underside of turtle shells, used for divination rituals in ancient China. Dating to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – 1050 BC), they bea...

04/30/2019

Comprehensive Unit45 pagesGrade Level: Middle School – High SchoolIncludes curriculum unit + 42 images on CD-ROM Edwin O. Reischauer theorized that Japan's ability to move easily into the modern world is due to the fact that Japan had a feudal period similar to Western feudalism. This theory is st...

04/29/2019

https://chinachannel.org/2019/04/29/imagining-empresses/

Tobie Meyer-Fong reviews the exhibit Empresses of China’s Forbidden City An older woman with a strong nose, auspicious ears, finely arched brows and a tight, subtle smile looks out from the cover of the exhibition catalog of Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644-1912. She wears a richly embr...