Professional Development Opportunities for Educators
Northeast Cultural Coop offers high quality professional development programs that allow educators to continually refine their skills and develop new methods of introducing topics to their students. Formats for programs are lectures, workshops, seminars and hands-on activities.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Ancient Middle East: Egypt, Persia and Mesopotamia
Two Locations:
in-person at SERESC, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH or via tele-conference at North Country Education Services, 300 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH
Tools and ideas for developing content, curriculum and using available resources. A workshop for teachers and other interested individuals. This workshop is organized for NCC in cooperation with Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies. $50.00 Registration Fee.
Pre-registration is required. Print a registration form.
Select Saturdays February-April 2008
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
East Asia Then and Now:
A seminar on China, Japan, and Korea for grades 4+
Location: Plymouth State College of Graduate Studies- CONCORD Location, 2 Pillsbury St., Concord
Sponsored by the Five College Center for East Asian Studies, the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, hosted by Northeast Cultural Coop at Plymouth State University's Concord location.
This seminar will provide teachers wit both the content and resources needed to implement the study of East Asia in new and existing courses of study. State frameworks will be addressed. Seminar is free. Rolling admission. Please submit application by December 15 to assure yourself a place. Space is limited to only 20 participants. Pre-registration required.
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10/16/2007 - Tuesday - 7:00 pm
The Joy Luck Club and Traditional Chinese Religion with Professor Todd Lewis
Location: Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St.
This best-selling book opens up several worlds. Most prominent are the challenges Chinese immigrants and their children face in America trying to maintain themselves in a socio-cultural world starkly different from turbulent 20th century China. Another world that Amy Tan's book reveals centers on the religious world views of tradition-minded Chinese like her mother and her peers. Our evening discussion will use "The Joy Luck Club" as a prism to consider the overlapping traditions of Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and indigenous folk religion that endure in China.
10/17/2007 - Wednesday - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Enduring Legacy of Ancient China
Location: Southeast Regional Education Service Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford
A professional development program for educators and others to include the topics: Early China with Bob Murowchick, Director of the newly-established International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History; Geography: Big Maps with Wanli Hu, a native of Xi'an China, and received his PhD from UMASS in Sino-American Relations, and Anne Mills-Norrie, a retired grade 4 teacher. Afternoon breakout session topics: Impact of Confucius; Art and Poetry; and Inventions and Inovations. Pre-registration required. $50.00 Fee if registered on or before September 19 $75.00 after September 19. Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch and handouts.
10/17/2007 - Wednesday - 6:00 pm
FROM EMPIRE TO ENTREPRENEUR: CHINA EMERGES War and Destiny in Republican China: 1911-1949
Location: Southeastern Regional Education Service Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford
The end of monarchy in China led to a new activism and revolutionary movement. In this session we will explore the emergence of the warlords, industrial development in early 20th century China, The May Fourth Incident, the rise of the women's movement and reunification under the Nationalists. Author Lu Xun will be discussed.
This session led by Weili Ye, PhD.
Registration Fee $35 ($150 for all 5 parts)
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10/25/2007 - Thursday - 7:30 pm
Issues in U.S.-China Relations: A talk with Shiping Zheng
Location: Bedford Public Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road
Shiping Zheng, Ph.D. Yale, native of Shanghai, is Associate Professor of International Studies and Chair of the International Studies Department at Bentley College near Boston.
10/30/2007 - Tuesday - 6:00 pm
FROM EMPIRE TO ENTREPRENEUR: CHINA EMERGES Mao Zedong: Hero or Villain: 1949-1976
Location: Southeastern Regional Service Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford
Mao is now seen as both a hero and a villain and discussion of the many movements from the Mao era will help us decide where we think he falls. In this session we will look at the rise of the communist party: its ideology and control, the Korean War, and Mao's various social models including the Hundred Flowers Campaign, The Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
This session will be led by Shiping Zheng, PhD.
Registration Fee $35 ($150 for all 5 parts)
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11/01/2007 - Thursday
Bus Trip to Peabody Essex Museum
Travel by motorcoach from Amherst, NH to Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. We will visit the Yin Yu Tang House and the exhibit Perfect Imbalance, Exploring Chinese Aesthetics, have lunch, then have time to explore other exhibits at the museum before returning home. PRE-REGISTRATION required by October 20th. CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO PRINT REGISTRATION FORM.
11/06/2007 - Tuesday - 6:00 pm
FROM EMPIRE TO ENTREPRENEUR: CHINA EMERGES Deng Xiaoping: The Last True Emperor and the Cat with Nine Lives 1976-1997
Location: Southeastern Regional Service Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford
We will take a look at this charismatic leader who helped open China to the west after the death of Mao Zedong and how the communist party changed after Mao. Social and cultural changes will be explored as well as gender roles and political changes in attitude.
This session will be led by Shiping Zheng, PhD.
Registration Fee $35 ($150 for all 5 parts)
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11/13/2007 - Tuesday - 6:00 pm
FROM EMPIRE TO ENTREPRENEUR: CHINA EMERGES China Today: Communist Competitor or Strategic Partner
Location: Southeastern Regional Service Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford
How is China coping with rapid change, the environment, the coming Olympic Games and globalization with the whole world watching? Discussion of contemporary events will help us pull all the pieces of this China series together in a final session with Professor John Watt, PhD.
Registration Fee $35 ($150 for all 5 parts)
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12/08/2007 - Saturday - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
From Silk to Oil: Cultural Connections Along The Silk Road
Location: Plymouth State University - CONCORD Location, 2 Pillsbury St., Concord
This workshop is based on the global studies curriculum developed by The China Institute beginning in the second century BCE and ending in the contemporary period. All teachers will receive a copy of the curriculum guide. Workshop offered in partnership with The China Institute, NYC. $35.00 Registration Fee. Pre-registration required.