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Episode 17: 2022 Teacher of the Year with William Morejón

…also started from all the traveling that I was talking about earlier. I was supposed to go to Japan. I’m still hoping to make that a reality soon. I still read a lot of language books, Japanese, and I took actually a few courses at the community college. I’m trying not to lose it because…

session: Japanese: Happy New Year!

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Leslie Birkland Language Japanese II Grades 9-11 School Lake Washington High School, Kirkland, Washington Lesson Date January 10 Class Size 32 Schedule 55 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students learn about the products and practices of the Japanese New Year’s celebration. First, half of the class participates in…

session: Japanese: Daily Routines

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Margaret Dyer Language Japanese Grades 5 School Clarendon Elementary School, San Francisco, California Lesson Date May 16 Class Size 26 Schedule 45 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students practice vocabulary related to daily routines in Japan and in the U.S. First, Ms. Dyer uses Total Physical Response and…

session: Japanese: Promoting Attractions of Japan

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Yo Azama 2012 ACTFL Teacher of the Year Language Japanese III-IV Grades 10-12 School North Salinas High School, Salinas, California Lesson Date May 14 Class Size 16 Schedule Block schedule, 100 minutes every day for one semester Video Summary In this lesson, students learn about the regions and tourist destinations…

section: Class Context

…standards-based Japanese lessons and Japanese is woven into the instruction of other subjects for all students. To extend their Japanese cultural and language learning, native and heritage Japanese students also meet once a week in a heritage language class taught by a native Japanese speaker. Lesson Design Ms. Dyer refers to the Standards and the…

section: Class Context

…week), why so many forms of to give, who eats first at a Japanese party, Japanese addresses and dates Self-Introduction Actions describing a state/condition Culture: Part-time jobs in Japan, first names, kanji for birthday, swimming in Japan, proverbs School Rules Verbs of wearing; Asking, granting, and denying permission; Statement of purpose; Negative questions Culture: Japanese…

section: Session Author and Literary Works: Lawson Fusao Inada

…see a Japanese guy. I called him up, and it was Lawson Inada. I said, ‘You’re a Japanese poet? We want to meet you.’ We all met at a party with Alex Haley, Richard Brautigan, Ishmael Reed, and we talked about how, before we knew we were going to be writers, we were first going…

section: Art: Chi Kan Jo (Wisdom, Impression, Sentiment)

…at traditional Japanese styles and techniques. These two conflicting trends led to the emergence of yōga, Japanese oil on canvas painting in the Western style, and nihonga, or Japanese-style painting. Like a number of other practitioners of yōga, Seiki Kuroda received his artistic training in Europe, where he studied with French painter Raphael Collin. From…

section: Art: Suijin Shrine and Massaki on Sumida River from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

» Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Suijin Shrine and Massaki on Sumida River from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Artist / Origin: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Region: East Asia Date: Edo Period, 1856 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Woodblock print Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 13 3/8 in. (34…

section: Art: Namban (“Southern Barbarians” in Japan)

…from Japan in 1614, and by 1639, the Dutch had assumed control of European trade there. The presence of European merchants and missionaries impacted the arts of Japan in several ways. In some cases, European iconography was combined with Japanese production techniques. In others, items associated with Christian worship were decorated in Japanese styles. With…

section: Art: The Fitting

…For over two hundred years, Japan had held firm to an isolationist policy that restricted trade with the outside world, thus limiting familiarity with Japanese culture in the West. In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry led a fleet of ships to Edo Bay demanding that the Japanese open up their doors to diplomatic relations and…

section: Compare: What Makes a Work of Art Appealing to a Foreign Audience?

…ideas were traded between East and West. The very Japanese prints that so fascinated viewers in France, England, and the U.S. were themselves influenced to varying degrees by Western aesthetics. Questions to Consider Mary Cassatt was heavily influenced by Japanese prints like the one seen above. What elements does Cassatt borrow from the Japanese aesthetic…

section: Art: Miss ko2 (Project ko2)

» Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) Miss ko2 (Project ko2) Artist / Origin: Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) Region: East Asia Date: 1997 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Oil, acrylic, fiberglass, and iron Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 100 in. (254 cm.), W: 46 in. (117 cm.), D: 36 in. (91.5 am.) Credit: ©…

section: Art: Utatane soshi emaki (A Wakeful Sleep)

» Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1434–1525) Utatane soshi emaki (A Wakeful Sleep) Artist / Origin: Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1434–1525) Region: East Asia Date: Late 15th–early 16th century Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Ink, color, and gold on paper Medium: Painting Location: National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Credit: National Museum of Japanese…

video: World War II

section: Class Context

…the project and makes it more real,” says Mr. Azama. Students learned in their Japanese I class how to use this program and how to type using Japanese characters. At the end of this project, students invited other classes to the premiere of their videos. Key Teaching Strategies Process Approach to Writing: The teacher attends…

section: Art: Poems with Floral Decoration

» Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656) Poems with Floral Decoration Artist / Origin: Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656) Region: East Asia Date: Edo period, 1652 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Handscroll; ink and color on gold-decorated paper Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books Dimensions: H: 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.), W: 25 ft….

section: Art: Chûbon no zu (Picture of the Middle Class)

» Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753–1806) Chûbon no zu (Picture of the Middle Class) Artist / Origin: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753–1806) Region: East Asia Date: Edo period, ca. 1794–95 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Oban woodcut Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 14 1/5 in. (36.3 cm.), W: 10 in. (25.3 cm.) Location:…

section: Art: The Earth Spider Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu

» Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861) The Earth Spider Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu Artist / Origin Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861) Region: East Asia Date: 1843 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Woodblock print Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 13 3/5 in. (34.6 cm.), W: 28 3/5 in. (72.7…

section: Art: The Four Sleepers

» Mokuan Reien (Japanese, d. 1345) The Four Sleepers Artist / Origin: Mokuan Reien (Japanese, d. 1345) Region: East Asia Date: 14th century Period: 1000 CE – 1400 CE Material: Ink on paper Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 27 ½ in. (70 cm.), W: 14 in. (36 cm.) The Chinese school of Buddhism known as Chan…

section: Art: Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi Yoru no Kei) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

» Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi Yoru no Kei) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) Artist / Origin: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Region: East Asia Date: 1856 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Color woodblock print Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 13…

section: Compare: How Do We Represent Dreams in Art?

…and gold on paper Medium: Painting Location: National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Credit: National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture, Japan How do we represent dreams in art? Both of these works feature a woman asleep and presumably dreaming. The nature of the dreams and the presentation of the women are exceedingly…

section: Art: Fa’a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman, Triptych 1

» Shigeyuki Kihara (Japanese-Samoan, b. 1975) Fa’a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman, Triptych 1 Artist / Origin: Shigeyuki Kihara (Japanese-Samoan, b. 1975) Region: Oceania Date: 2004–2005 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Chromogenic print on “Fujicolor Professional Paper” Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.), W: 31…

section: The Tale of Genji – Getting Started

The Poetic Loves of a Shining Prince A thousand years ago, a Japanese woman began writing a story that was not quite fiction, not quite non-fiction, telling the story of the world of the Japanese imperial court but creating its own world, too—the world of Genji. The Tale of Genji is the story of the…

section: Interview with Jeremy B. C. Jackson

…are gone. Interviewer: How do you know that ninety percent of large fish populations are gone? JEREMY: The person who wrote that paper used data from the Japanese fishing industry and the fishing industry gave them the data. It’s called long-line fishing – these enormous ships go out in the ocean and trail lines with…

video: The Fifties

video: Converging Cultures

Throughout history, economic needs, material desires, and political ambitions have brought people from different cultures and communities into contact, sometimes across great distances. Whether clashes or cooperative endeavors, these convergences have brought about the exchange of knowledge and ideas. In the visual arts, they have led to creative juxtapositions, hybrid styles, innovative forms, and the…

video: The Tale of Genji

The shining Genji, a man of wealth and power, devotes himself to love―at the risk of losing everything. Enter the court of medieval Japan, and follow Genji’s attempts to find perfect love and a beautiful life in the midst of the back-biting, scheming, and deceit of the powerful people around him. All Video on Demand…

section: Becoming Visible – Activities

section: Art: Kuya-Shonin (Saint Kuya)

…Japanese sculptor Kosho, St. Kuya displays a strikingly realistic style that is believed to have originated with the artist’s father, Unkei, and is characteristic of early Kamakura sculpture. In its original state, the naturalism of the carved figure would have been enhanced by paint and inset crystal eyes. Although the specificity of this sculpture’s features…

section: Teaching Strategies: Lesson Study

When the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was conducted in 1996, more than 60 percent of American math and science teachers who participated in the study reported that they never had the opportunity to observe or be observed by another colleague. In contrast, Japanese teachers observe colleagues in classrooms all the time. Derived…

section: Lesson Plans

…their own political beliefs. Her lesson teaches students how poetic language can create emotional and rational arguments. Session 8: Critical Pedagogy: Lawson Fusao Inada Sandra Childs uses critical pedagogy to help students understand the victimization of Japanese Americans during World War II, the focus of Lawson Fusao Inada’s collection of poems Legends From Camp. Students…

U.S. Immigration: Legal v. Illegal (Part 2)

…modern immigration to the U.S. All this clamor can hide the fact that this is really the first time in U.S. history that there has been a problem called “illegal immigration.” Yes, Chinese immigration was halted by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and the “Gentlemen’s Agreement” of 1907 allowed the U.S. to stop Japanese…

section: Compare: When It Comes to the Art of Writing, How Important Is Legibility?

Poems with Floral Decoration Artist / Origin: Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656) Region: East Asia Date: Edo period, 1652 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Handscroll; ink and color on gold-decorated paper Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books Dimensions: H: 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.), W: 25 ft. (765.6 cm.) Location: Freer Gallery of…

section: Compare: Can an Urban Landscape Be Experienced Through Representation?

Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi Yoru no Kei) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) Artist / Origin: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Region: East Asia Date: 1856 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Color woodblock print Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 13 ¼ in. (33.8 cm.), W: 8…

video: Writing

Images and words are symbols that both denote actual things, like people, objects, and places, and connote more abstract ideas, feelings, concepts, and theories. Given this shared function, it makes sense that the boundaries between words and images often overlap and that the two are so frequently juxtaposed. Since the dawn of civilization the relationship…

section: Rhythms In Poetry – Activities

timeline: The Tale of Genji – Map & Timeline

…something new. The old capital of Heian is where Murasaki Shikibu lived and set her novel, The Tale of Genji, a testament to an ideal society and ideal way of life that was mostly imaginary, but distinctly Japanese. This timeline shows both the history of the society of The Tale of Genji and its history…

section: Lesson Plans

…approach to immerse students in Asian American culture as they study Russell Leong’s poem “Aerogrammes.” During a class trip to Chinatown in Los Angeles, Leong shares his poetry and guides students as they have a Tai Chi lesson, eat in a Chinese restaurant, and work in groups to create Japanese renga poems describing their experience….

workshop: Teaching Strategy Workbook

…these poems and for your students. Step One: Choose a poem from one of these two writers. See the accordions below. “Grandmother” by Paula Gunn Allen “In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers” by Dwight Okita Step Two: Choose a strategy. Use the links in the…

section: Video Organizer Chart

All lessons are appropriate for K–12 teachers of any foreign language.

section: Art: Realm of Hungry Ghosts (from The Six Realms of Rebirth)

…now housed at Shōju Raigō-ji Temple, Shiga. The hungry ghost motif was common in the religious imagery of Japanese Buddhism, sometimes appearing in series dedicated to all six realms, as is this case here. The large size of the works in the British Museum would have made them accessible to many individuals at once. However,…

lesson: Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

…led him to become active in the ecological movement, and his own lifestyle, which included growing his own vegetables, cutting wood, and hunting, made him virtually independent from modern civilization. Snyder has published numerous books of poetry, as well as many translations of ancient and modern Japanese poetry. In 1975, he received the Pulitzer Prize….

section: Session Author and Literary Works: Russell Leong

…but it is also exciting and filled with potential. Leong’s work speaks in general about diaspora, but it also speaks specifically to the Chinese American and larger Asian experience. As he demonstrates to Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens’ class, studying Chinese American culture often brings students into contact with various Asian cultures: Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian…

program: Protest and Politics: 1968, Year of the Barricades

…became a significant player on the world stage. The 1930s saw the Japanese invasion of China, the rise of fascism in Europe, and the Nazi invasion of multiple sovereign European states, leading to the most global war in history, World War II, which also saw the first use of nuclear bombs, by the United States….

section: Class Context

…Program. The Glastonbury Foreign Language Program teaches Spanish in grades 1-12, French and Japanese in grades 6-12, and Russian in grades 7-12. Latin is offered in the high school. Lesson Design The teachers in the Glastonbury Foreign Language Department base their curriculum (see Resources) on the Standards. They also identify a theme to be the…

section: Class Context

…enrollment high school, a magnet school that offers a rigorous academic curriculum. The Northside World Language Department offers students a choice of seven languages: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Latin, and Spanish. Lesson Design Using the Standards as a guide, Dr. Fu designs her lessons to develop students’ ability to express themselves in Chinese. Each…

section: Compare: What Can Images of Foreigners Tell Us About the People That Make Them?

…own societies, and defining their relationships with people different from themselves. Sometimes this has resulted in costume books like those produced by Venetians in the Islamic world during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Other times, it has led to the depiction of foreigners in decorative arts or narrative scenes. In their art, both the Japanese…

section: Compare: What Makes Art an Effective Form of Social Commentary or Political Criticism?

…The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Credit: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rogers Fund. The Earth Spider Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu Artist / Origin Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861) Region: East Asia Date: 1843 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Woodblock print Medium: Prints, Drawings, and…

video: Classifying Living Things

Learning Goals During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you: Distinguish between plants, animals, and other life forms based on cell features Classify different life forms into broad biological groups Video Overview Japanese Maple leaves. Image courtesy Len Gittleman. Our Earth hosts an astonishing diversity of life forms. We…

section: Interview with Daniel Pauly

…‘80s on. Interviewer: And what did you learn about the Japanese industry? DANIEL: Again, we used the catch data that the countries sent to FAO and that FAO processes. The second step we did was replace this data in various countries by the data obtained directly from their countries. In other words, in most countries…

section: #507 Saipan (Marines carrying body)

“The heaviest load these Marines will carry – the body of a dead buddy. Marines also die in the fierce struggle against the Japanese. Note expressions of the Marines carrying the dead Leatherneck.”…

section: Controversial Public Policy Issues — Other Lessons

…drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 requires the analysis of the following questions: (1) Was the bomb militarily necessary? (factual); (2) What was meant by the term “surrender?” (definitional); and (3) Was it morally justifiable to kill Japanese civilians in order to save the lives of American soldiers? (moral). In the public issues…

section: Compare: Does Art Influence the Way We View the Natural World?

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on Sumida River from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Artist / Origin: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Region: East Asia Date: Edo Period, 1856 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Woodblock print Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.), W: 9 in. (22.8 cm)…

section: Class Context

…that includes federal government and military employees, as well as technology industry professionals. French, German, Japanese, and Spanish are also offered at the high school. Lesson Design Ms. Dabbieri uses the Standards to plan her Latin II-III lessons. She starts with the desired outcomes, then works backward to design individual activities. At the time of…

video: International Trade (International)

The U.S. auto industry lost a lot of mileage in 1973 with the rise of the more efficient Japanese imports. In the 1970s, the “trigger/price mechanism” was developed in order to differentiate between fair and unfair trade practices. Debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) included accusations that American jobs would suffer and…

section: Compare: How Can Art Represent That Which Is Unseeable?

…The Four Sleepers Artist / Origin: Mokuan Reien (Japanese, d. 1345) Region: East Asia Date: 14th century Period: 1000 CE – 1400 CE Material: Ink on paper Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 27 ½ in. (70 cm.), W: 14 in. (36 cm.) How can art represent that which is unseeable? Art has been used in many…

section: Art: Quotations from Chairman Mao

2» Xu Bing (Chinese, b. 1955) Quotations from Chairman Mao Artist / Origin: Xu Bing (Chinese, b. 1955) Region: East Asia Date: 2001 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Ink on paper, Japanese silk backing Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books Dimensions: Four scrolls, 116 x 27.2in (each) Credit: Courtesy Xu Bing Studio Xu…

section: Compare: What Can Art About Death Tell Us About Life?

…that would prompt their viewers to consider their values in this world and contemplate what might follow. Questions to Consider Both of these works offers the viewer a bleak vision. Bruegel’s image shows all of humanity succumbing to death with no sign of salvation in sight. The Japanese scroll depicts one of the six realms…

section: Art: American Marines Raising American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima

…number among the Japanese defenders of the island. This horrific reality, however, is far removed from Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph. The six U.S. servicemen in the image are seen with bowed heads, their bodies strained forward in the effort of raising the flag. Although their poses hint at activity, the men are endowed with a…

section: Class Context

…are English Language Learners. First languages include Spanish, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Somali, Mandarin, Urdu, Cambodian, Bengali, and Pashtu. BLA offers students an education that combines classical and contemporary curricula. All students study Latin starting in seventh grade and add a modern foreign language, including Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic, beginning in eighth grade. BLA…

section: Compare: What Becomes of the “colonial” Body in Post-colonial Art?

Fa’a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman, Triptych 1 Artist / Origin: Shigeyuki Kihara (Japanese-Samoan, b. 1975) Region: Oceania Date: 2004–2005 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Chromogenic print on “Fujicolor Professional Paper” Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.), W: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm) Location: The…

video: Portraits

Throughout history and across cultures, people have shown a fascination with faces, and in turn, with portrait representation. The depiction of an individual likeness is about identification, but more than that, it is a record of an interaction between an artist and a sitter, both of whom contribute to the portrait’s form and content. Far…

video: Collaborating With a Cultural Resource

Fourth-graders from Lusher Alternative Elementary School study the work of local artist Will Henry Stevens at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, teams with the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, an affiliate of the University of New Orleans, on a unit of study…

video: Dreams and Visions

Art, of course, is about seeing. But it is not always about representing the world as it exists, and sometimes it can allow us to see with more than our eyes. From Aboriginal artists who paint the unseen forces of the universe to Surrealists who looked into the recesses of the unconscious mind for inspiration,…

video: Series Overview

The human impulse to create art is universal. Art has been has been a way to communicate beliefs and express ideas about the human experience throughout all stages of civilization and in every region of the world. As cultural documents, works of art provide important insights into past and existing cultures, helping us to understand…

video: The Urban Experience

For thousands of years cities have been hubs of activity, centers of industry, and places from which new aesthetic trends originate, evolve, and spread. The creative visions of planners, painters, architects, and sculptors have shaped the development of cities around the world. In turn, the urban experience has inspired the creation of artwork depicting aspects…

video: Form: The Shape of Music

video: Critical Pedagogy: Abiodun Oyewole and Lawson Fusao Inada

section: The Tale of Genji – Connections

In the Images of World Literature slideshow, you saw images inspired by The Tale of Genji. Here at Connections, you can find varied interpretations, analyses, and performances of the story of the shining Genji….

video: A Vital Progressivism

section: Assignments + Projects

section: Additional Photograph Resources

Here you will find a list of links to common digitized photograph and photographic ephemera collections for both humanities and science-based topics, primarily from the United States. Local libraries and historical societies are also a great place to access photographs that connect to both local and national history. Local science museums may also have digitized…

section: Teaching Strategies

Cultural Artifacts Group Research Cultural Immersion Renga…

video: TR and Wilson

video: View & Analyze the Video

As you reflect on these questions, write down your responses or discuss them as a group. Before You Watch Respond to the following questions: How do you coordinate your curriculum with timely events, such as holidays, from the target culture? How have you incorporated current events into your teaching? Which events fit in with the…

video: Rhythm

timeline: The Redemptive Imagination – Timeline, 1876 – 1999

Revisit the events of 1876 – 1999…

timeline: TR and Wilson – Key Events

lesson: Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

[7119] Shoshan, Monkey Reaching for the Moon (c. 1910), courtesy of the print collection of Connecticut College, New London. Like T. S. Eliot, with whom he enjoyed a long friendship, Ezra Pound lived his early years in the United States but spent most of his life and career elsewhere. Born in Idaho, Pound spent his…

section: Teaching Strategies

Political Poems Performance and Publishing Roundtable Discussion Found Poems…

section: Authors and Literary Works

section: Journey to the West – Connections

In the Images of World Literature slideshow, you saw ancient images inspired by Journey to the West/Monkey. Here at Connections, you can find modern interpretations, analyses, and performances of the story….

video: Cosmology and Belief

In all cultures, people strive to understand their reason for being and their place in the universe. Art can be an instrument for not only recording spiritual beliefs, but also for creating myths, defining the realms of mortal and immortal, communing with ancestors, channeling forces of good, and repelling those of evil. All Video on…

section: Online Textbook

Online Text by Natalie Roe The videos and online textbook units can be used independently. When using both, it is possible to start with either one. Watching the video first, and then reading the unit from the online textbook is recommended. Each unit was written by a prominent physicist who describes the cutting edge advances…

video: Becoming Visible

Ethnic Writers and the Literary Mainstream, 1945-1969 This episode guides the viewer through the works and contexts of ethnic writers from 1945-1965. Starting with the works of Ralph Waldo Ellison, Philip Roth, and N. Scott Momaday, we explore the way writers from the margins took over the center of American culture….

video: Death

Death is one of the few experiences common to all people and all societies. But how different people have conceived of death and how those conceptions have shaped their behaviors and practices has varied over time and across cultures. Through art, people have expressed attitudes toward death that are in some respects universal, while in…

section: The Tale of Genji – Expert’s View

An excerpt from The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu Genji on his letter to his lover “He was not displeased that she should feel deeply enough, in the saddest of seasons, to contrive a secret note. So he had the messenger wait, and opened the cabinet, where he kept his Chinese paper. He chose…

workshop: Rooted in Culture

I think the fruits of exploring [the appropriate ways to interact with native speakers] helps to lead the individual not only to learn more about the target language and its culture, but, through comparisons and reflection and introspection, to discover more about one’s own language and one’s own culture. — Alvino Fantini, School for International…

workshop: Person to Person

Classroom interaction is simple. It is the talk that occurs in classrooms between teachers and students and among students. It’s also a very complex thing in that it is the primary medium by which learning occurs in classrooms, and that’s any kind of classroom, be it a history classroom or a math classroom or a…

workshop: Valuing Diversity in Learners

When learners come into the classroom, they don’t divest themselves of their cultural experiences or their linguistic background. They bring all of that with them to the classroom. So it’s incumbent upon the teacher to accommodate that wide array of learners. – Marjorie Hall Haley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, George Mason University Learning Goals How do…

session: Italian: U.S. and Italian Homes

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Marylee DiGennaro Language Italian II Grades 9 School North Haven High School, North Haven, Connecticut Lesson Date October 9 Class Size 11 Schedule Block schedule, 82 minutes every other day Video Summary In this lesson, students practice vocabulary relating to homes, furnishings, and directions. First, they compare typical U.S. and…

video: Timbre: The Color of Music

section: #245 Two Children of the Mochida Family, with Their Parents, Awaiting Evacuation Bus

timeline: World War II – Key Events

video: Texture

section: Session Author and Literary Works: Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed Author Bio Within the growing body of African American literature, Ishmael Reed is one of the most celebrated and well-known authors now living. He has served on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley since 1968, and has taught and lectured at many other academic institutions, including Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Washington University…

video: Research and Discovery: Edwidge Danticat, An Na, Laurence Yep, and more

In Clayton, Missouri, Kathryn Mitchell Pierce’s sixth-grade students read works that explore issues of historical and contemporary immigration. Pierce uses “text sets” of multicultural picture books, poetry, and nonfiction to introduce the students to a wide range of perspectives and to set the stage for their novel study. The Students choose, and then discuss in…

video: Sound, Music, and the Environment

video: Cultural Studies: N. Scott Momaday and Russell Leong

timeline: Becoming Visible – Timeline

section: Scientists

Content Developer Daniel P. Schrag Daniel Schrag is professor of Earth and planetary sciences and environmental engineering at Harvard University and the director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Schrag studies climate and climate change over the broadest range of Earth history. Schrag received a B.S. from Yale in 1988. He majored in…

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Leon Corzine

Leon Corzine Farmer; Director, National Corn Growers Association Corzine and his wife grow corn and soybeans on their family farm near Assumption, Ill. Corzine is past president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association. He currently serves on the National Corn Growers Association’s Relations Committee and as chairman of the Biotechnology Working Group….

section: Authors and Literary Works

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Ajit Varki, M.D.

Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center Professor of Medicine and Cellular Molecular Medicine and Director of the Glycobiology Research and Training Center at the University of California at San Diego. He studies the medical and evolutionary applications of glycobiology, the study of glycans, sugar chains that regulate many cellular functions….

section: Authors and Literary Works

video: Mathematical Modeling

Mathematical Modeling Mathematical models are useful tools for engineers who study the effects of traffic on a bridge, telephone companies that want to know the best price to charge for long distance service, and social scientists who wish to predict trends in population and disease….

video: View & Analyze the Video

Video Summary In “Person to Person,” Professor Joan Kelly Hall of Pennsylvania State University addresses the importance of the talk that occurs in the classroom. Professor Hall also joins a round-table discussion on strategies for encouraging effective classroom conversations, moderated by University of Pittsburgh professor Richard Donato, and including teachers John Pedini of Brookline, Massachusetts,…

section: Art: Shakyamuni Buddha

» Unknown artist, Nepal Shakyamuni Buddha Artist / Origin: Unknown artist, Nepal Region: South and Southeast Asia Date: 1200–1299 Period: 1000 CE – 1400 CE Material: Copper Medium: Sculpture Location: Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY Credit: Courtesy of the Rubin Museum of Art According to Buddhist belief, enlightenment is a state in which…

workshop: Delivering the Message

One of the most useful aspects of having a real audience in presentational communication is that the audience will provide gaps that students can investigate, understand, explore, and then write about or talk about. — Paul Kei Matsuda Assistant Professor of English University of New Hampshire Learning Goals How do you organize an effective written…

section: Teaching Strategies

lesson: Sui Sin Far (Edith Maud Eaton) (1865-1914)

[6169] Anonymous, Chinatown, New York City (1909), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USZ62-72475]. Writing around the turn of the twentieth century, Sui Sin Far, or Edith Maud Eaton, challenged entrenched social and political discrimination against Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans by publishing eloquent stories and articles about Chinese culture in North America. Her goal…

Ten Novels

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Capt. Daniel Carucci, M.D., PhD

Director, NMRC Malaria Program Dr. Carucci is the Director of the Malaria Program at the Naval Medical Research Center where he oversees Navy research efforts on malaria, focusing on vaccine development and novel approaches to protecting individuals from the disease. He is also the Department of Defense coordinator for the Malaria Genome Project, where he…

session: French: Family and Home

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Debra Terry Language French Grades 5 School Rebecca M. Johnson Elementary School, Springfield, Massachusetts Lesson Date January 15 Class Size 25 Schedule 45 minutes, three times per week Video Summary In this lesson, students learn and review vocabulary that refers to family members, rooms of the house, and activities in…

session: German: Holidays and Seasons

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Margita Haberlen Language German Grades 3 School Austin Elementary School, Dunwoody, Georgia Lesson Date March 28 Class Size 23 Schedule 30 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students review the months, seasons, and German holidays. They practice vocabulary and develop oral and written comprehension while singing songs, solving riddles,…

section: Commentary

video: Kinetics and Nuclear Chemistry – Rates of Reaction

From an instantaneous explosion to the slow rusting of iron, the rates at which different chemical reactions proceed can vary tremendously depending on several factors, including temperature and concentration. Sometimes, like with the rotting of food, chemists want to slow down reaction rates. But often, the goal is to speed them up—and one way to…

video: The Redemptive Imagination

session: Spanish: Creating Travel Advice

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Fran Pettigrew Language Spanish III Grades 11 School McLean High School, McLean, Virginia Lesson Date March 20 Class Size 30 Schedule Block schedule, 90+ minutes every other day Video Summary In this lesson, students learn to communicate about vacations. They work individually and in pairs to express their personal travel…

session: Spanish: Fruits of the Americas

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Carina Rodriguez Language Spanish Grades 4 School The Columbus Academy, Gahanna, Ohio Lesson Date November 11 Class Size 22 Schedule 40 minutes three times every six days Video Summary In this lesson, students learn vocabulary for fruits grown in Latin America. Using iMovie and PowerPoint technologies to illustrate the fruits,…

session: Chinese: Communicating About Sports

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Jie Gao Language Mandarin Chinese Grades 6 School Bigelow Middle School, Newton, Massachusetts Lesson Date February 4 Class Size 12 Schedule 50+ minutes, four times during a six-day schedule   Video Summary In this lesson, students talk about sports. While their classmates learn the names and characters for eight sports,…

video: Popol Vuh

This video introduces the Mayan creation story in all its grotesque humor, luminous beauty, and unique language. See the Mayan writing and drawing that originally brought this story to life, and follow its journey around the world. All Video on Demand files are protected by copyright law and are free for this streaming purpose only….

video: View & Analyze Video

As you reflect on these questions, write down your responses or discuss them as a group. Before You Watch Respond to the following questions: How do you integrate geography and history into your lessons? What kinds of technology might students learn to use in a foreign language class? How do you design activities that help…

lesson: H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886-1961)

[7105] New York Times Paris Bureau Collection, London Has Its Biggest Raid of the War (1941), courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Hilda Doolittle attended exclusive private schools in Philadelphia and was admitted to Bryn Mawr College. Her father was a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Lehigh University…

session: Arabic: How We Spend Our Free Time

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Katie Quackenbush Language Arabic I Grades 8 School Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts Lesson Date May 8 Class Size 14 Schedule 47 minutes daily   اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية Video Summary In this lesson, eighth graders in Katie Quackenbush’s Arabic I class continue a unit on hobbies and practice…

session: French: Comparing Communities

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Ghislaine Tulou Language French III Grades 9-12 School McLean High School, McLean, Virginia Lesson Date March 21 Class Size 26 Schedule 94 minutes every other day Video Summary In this lesson, students discuss community life at home and abroad and practice new grammatical structures. First, students share what they like…

session: French: Performing With Confidence

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Yvette Heno Language French IV-V, Advanced Placement Grades 10-12 School Westside High School, Houston, Texas Lesson Date April 10 Class Size 15 Schedule Block schedule, 90 minutes every other day Video Summary In this lesson, students participate in activities that improve their oral proficiency and prepare them for the AP…

session: Russian: Russian Cities, Russian Stories

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Jane Shuffelton Language Russian I and IV Grades 9-12 School Brighton High School, Rochester, New York Lesson Date March 6 Class Size 20 Schedule 45 minutes; modular schedule* In this lesson, Russian I and Russian IV students meet to discuss Russian geography and the origins of Russian city names. Working…

session: Spanish: Routes to Culture

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Pablo Muirhead Language SpanishII Grades 9-10 School Shorewood High School, Shorewood, Wisconsin Lesson Date November 14 Class Size 19 Schedule 49 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students explore some historical and cultural aspects of the African presence in Latin America. After a warm-up activity of charades, students participate…

lesson: Online Textbook

Online Text by David Kaplan The videos and online textbook units can be used independently. When using both, it is possible to start with either one. Watching the video first, and then reading the unit from the online textbook is recommended. Each unit was written by a prominent physicist who describes the cutting edge advances…

section: Journey to the West – Getting Started

There and Back The first thing to know about Monkey is that it is a version of a story called Journey to the West. Journey to the West was first published in 1592 with the Chinese title Hsi Yu Ki, (Records of the Western World); this was translated into English as Journey to the West….

timeline: Southern Renaissance – Timeline

This timeline places literary publications (in black) in their historical contexts (in red).

session: Arabic: Making Plans

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Belal Joundeya Language Arabic V/VI Grades 9-12 School Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon Lesson Date March 8 Class Size 20 Schedule 92 minutes, 2–3 times per week اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية Video Summary In this lesson, high school students in Belal Joundeya’s Arabic V/VI class engage in authentic conversations…

video: View & Analyze the Video

Video Summary In “Rooted in Culture,” Professor Alvino Fantini from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, discusses the importance of teaching culture and being sensitive to native cultures, perspectives, and behaviors when interacting with speakers of the target language. Professor Fantini also joins a round-table discussion on ways of integrating culture into a…

workshop: Subjects Matter

By creating content-based activities, you create a context in which there’s a reason to learn the language, there’s a reason to learn the grammar, there’s a reason to learn the vocabulary. And you’re not putting the students in the position of waiting until they know the language well enough to be able to talk about…

workshop: Engaging With Communities

Our goal is to prepare students to not only take what they have learned in the classroom and use it outside the classroom, but to take the love of that language and the interest in the culture that has happened in the classroom and take it into a community where they can continue learning it….

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Laurie Garret

Journalist, Newsday Garret is the author of the books The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance and Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. She is also a medical and science writer for Newsday, in New York City. For her work, she has been awarded The Peabody, The…

section: Online Textbook

Online Text by Peter Fisher The videos and online textbook units can be used independently. When using both, it is possible to start with either one. Watching the video first, and then reading the unit from the online textbook is recommended. Each unit was written by a prominent physicist who describes the cutting edge advances…

timeline: Modernist Portraits – Timeline

This timeline places literary publications (in black) in their historical contexts (in red).

unit: Earth’s Changing Climate

timeline: Migrant Struggle – Timeline

This timeline places literary publications (in black) in their historical contexts (in red).

video: Breathing Life Into Myths

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE School Mineral Springs Middle School Location Winston-Salem, NC Grade 8 Disciplines Visual Art, Language Arts Description Students create ceramic place settings based on literary characters. HELEN SCHELL, 6th-Grade Language Arts Teacher I’m trying to immerse the children in the idea that mythology and Greek culture permeate our day-to-day life. I chose…

video: Historical Change

Video Summary: In this lesson, David Kitts uses children’s literature and the local region’s agricultural heritage to introduce his first-grade class to the concept of historical change. Mr. Kitts begins with a timeline from a previous unit on the family. The timeline defines periods of time based on events that students can relate to, such…

timeline: Journey to the West – Map & Timeline

The travels of the real monk Xuanzang. © 2010 Map Resources, All rights reserved. The real, historical monk Hsuan Tsang actually walked on foot from China to India, and then throughout the Indian subcontinent. The distance, scholars believe, is like walking from Maine to California, only you’d have to cross an enormous desert and the…

video: The Epic of Gilgamesh

This video introduces the earliest work of literature—The Epic of Gilgamesh. Learn how this ancient story still inspires readers and artists today, and how its themes of power and leadership, and friendship still resonate. All Video on Demand files are protected by copyright law and are free for this streaming purpose only. Downloading, in whole…