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ASIA COMMUNITY EVENTS AT NCSS 2009

Friday, November 13

12:30-1:30 pm - Asia Community Showcase
3rd Level of Georgia World Congress Center
Members will share information about the Asia Community. Resource materials from Asia-related professional development organizations and resource centers will be available. Learn about Asia-related professional development opportunities and resources.

Saturday, November 14

7:00-8:00 am - Asia Community Breakfast and Business Meeting
Maple A Room in the Omni Hotel. Advance ticket purchase required.
The breakfast is time to get to know other educators who are interested in learning and teaching about Asia. Current Asia Community members and prospective members will discuss the new website for the Community and will develop ideas for the Community-sponsored session and other events for NCSS in 2010. Attendees are invited to bring flyers, samples of curriculum materials, and/or copies of lesson ideas for the resource table. Elections will be held.

9:15-10:15am - Environmental Issues in Asia
Georgia World Congress Center Room 404
Kevin Lawrence, China Institute; Catherine Ishida, Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado; and Qiong Jiang, East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University
The session will highlight the impact the Himalayan glacial melt is having on watershed systems in China, India and Bangladesh and the human responses to dwindling water resources across the continent. [Sponsored by the NCSS Asia Community]

11:45am-12:45pm - Teaching about Asia: Curriculum Demonstrations and Discussions
Oak Room in the Omni Hotel South.
Sandra Switzer, The Lovett School, Atlanta, Georgia; Caryn White Stedman, CREC Metropolitan Learning Center, Bloomfield, Connecticut
This session features master teachers who will share curriculum on teaching about Asia through world religions and minorities in China. Attendees will learn about Asia-related professional development opportunities and resources.

Attendees at any of the above activities are invited to bring flyers, samples of curriculum materials, and/or copies of lesson ideas for the resource table.

If you are interested in the Asia Community and would like more information, but are not able to attend the sessions, please register with the Asia Community on the NCSS website: http://communities.ncss.org/. Select “Join” on the line for “Asia.” Or feel free to contact either of the co-chairs: Catherine Ishida (Catherine.Ishida@Colorado.edu) or Qiong Jiang (jiang3@indiana.edu).