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Excite Your Students about History and Reading

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Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies

aprescott@fivecolleges.edu

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    • The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)
    • Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) - one of seven national coordinating sites
    • Funded by the Freeman Foundation
    • 28th year of K-12 professional development programs on China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
    • Seminars, workshops, webinars, curriculum and more; in-person and virtual
    • fivecolleges.edu/fcceas; nctasia.org

NCTA

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Freeman book awards

Honoring East And Southeast Asian Titles for Children and Young Adults

Children’s, YA Middle, YA High,

Graphic Novels

www.nctasia.org/awards

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small groups

What are the themes of the book?

How could you use those themes to incorporate the book into your teaching?

What additional information do you need to teach the book?

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Picture Book

Connecticut History

US History--Civil War

Maritime History

China

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Worthy: The Brave and capable life of joseph pierce

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the house before falling into the sea

Picture Book

Korean War

Refugees

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Japan

Post-war Constitution

Women’s Rights

NO Steps Behind

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Picture Book

Japan

Tsunami

Grief and Resilience

The Phone booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden

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sarang saves the school

Picture Book

Korea

Education

Intergenerational

Rural Life

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Picture Book

Korea

War

Nature

When spring comes to the DMZ

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YA Graphic Novel

Taiwan

Biography

Human Rights

White Terror

The Boy From Clearwater

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YA Graphic Novel

Korea

War

Family

Women

The Waiting

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YA Middle

Japan

War

Hiroshima

Family

Death, Grief

Soul Lanterns

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YA High School

Korea

18th Century Joseon

Mystery

Perseverance

The Red Palace

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