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Fall 2026 - In-person Workshop

Korea's Gayageum:��Teaching Cultural and Musical Adaptation. September 26, 2026, 8am-12pm. Join award-winning gayageum artist Eunsun Jung, percussionist Seojin Kim, and Dr. Stephanie Choi (University of Ģ��Ӱ�� Boulder, College of Music) to engage with the sounds and techniques of past and present gayageum performance and enrich your understanding of Korean music, culture, and history for your classroom instruction. Details and application.

Fall 2026 - Online Courses

Dancing in Shackles:��Reading The Wall Dancers. September 14 - October 25, 2026. Reading The Wall Dancers by Yi-Ling Liu together over six weeks, participants will move beyond the familiar shorthand of “the Great Firewall” to a much more complicated exploration of China’s online and technology ecosystems focused on some of the human stories behind it, challenging us to think carefully, with our students, about where our picture of the country comes from. The seminar is asynchronous, with weekly readings and discussion forums, plus one required live webinar with course instructor Lauren Collins on October 6 at 7:30 pm ET on AI and censorship using DeepSeek. Details and application.��

Relaunch: Japan in the 1950s. September 16 - November 11, 2026. This online course will explore the 1950s as a “bridge” decade, linking Japan’s early 20th-century past to its future through 4 thematic modules. Each module takes a key 1950s event, exploring the international and domestic stories unfolding from that event and features a live webinar with a leading scholar of postwar Japan. Details and application.

Film in the Classroom: Korea - Political Conflicts on Screen. September 30 - November 17, 2026. In this series, Korean art and literary culture scholars will share three South Korean films set during 1700s Joseon court politics, the Korean War (1950-1953), and the Gwangju Uprising of May 1980, as well as offer perspectives on their cinematographic techniques. Teachers will consider the cultural, historical, and social contexts in which the films are situated and how Korean filmmakers are exploring, voicing, and memorializing their past. Details and application.

Teaching Chinese and American History through Worthy: The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce. October 1-28, 2026. Read the story of Joseph Pierce, born in Canton, China, in 1842. Sold as a child, he arrived in Connecticut in the 1850s and later enlisted to fight in the American Civil War. In this course, you will explore the Canton trade through MIT’s Visualizing Cultures resource, examine the conditions in China that prompted migration to the United States, and learn about the challenges Chinese migrants faced upon arrival. You will also discover the little-known history of Chinese soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The course includes two mandatory webinars: October 14 webinar with Professor Madeline Hsu on the push-pull factors that led many Chinese to emigrate to America in the 19th century, and October 27 webinar with Andrea Wang, the author of Worthy. Details and application.

Fall 2026 - Webinars

Museum as Crime Scene: Contested Histories, East Asian Art, and Interventions. September 15, 2026, 7pm ET. Join Melanie King for a discussion of objects in museum collections that have been acquired through looting or purchase during times of distress or war. Using sites and objects from East Asia as a case study, we will discuss objects held by museums outside of their original context and trace how they came to reside in a museum. By examining objects with contested histories we will ask questions of these objects and institutions while also generating ideas for interventions for students to engage. Details and registration.

Wild Greens, Beautiful Girl with Author Erica Lee Schlaikjer. October 13, 2026, 7pm ET. Join author Erica Lee Schlaikjer as she discusses her book Wild Greens, Beautiful Girl, published in 2024. On the eastern plains of Taiwan, a young girl and her mother pick wild greens before a rainstorm drenches them and their garden. When she goes to pull at the roots of a spiky, stalky weed, she learns that the plant is not what it seems. A lyrical story that shows young readers how to appreciate the bounty of nature and the beauty of identity. Chinese and Pinyin translations are included in the pages, and backmatter features additional information on the indigenous Amis people of Taiwan. An Own Voices, Own Stories award winner and Junior Library Guild Selection. Details and registration.

East to America: Chinese experiences of Manifest Destiny. October 14, 2026, 7pm ET. Through the experiences of Joseph Pierce (1842-1916), a Chinese immigrant who fought in the Civil War, this webinar with Madeline Hsu explores how and why Chinese migration to California increased and became systematic as US westward expansion led to the rapid economic development of its Pacific coast. Topics include the decline of the Qing Empire, the coerced integration of China into Western-dominated political and economic systems following the Opium Wars, and the economic prospects drawing Chinese to migrate to America. Participants will explore migration patterns and systems, Chinese experiences of the US's developing western frontier, and the racialized development of immigration regulations aimed at quelling their quests for fortunes and opportunities. Details and registration.

Worthy: The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce with author Andrea Wang. October 27, 2026, 7pm ET. Join award-winning author Andrea Wang as she discusses her meticulously researched book Worthy: The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce, published in 2025. Born in Canton, China, Joseph Pierce's was sold as a child. He embarked on a months-long voyage to Connecticut, where he was raised by a ship captain and his family in the 1850s. Despite facing discrimination and racism, Joseph was determined to prove his worth. He enlisted in the Union Army, fighting bravely in key battles such as Gettysburg, Antietam, and Appomattox, and ultimately became an American citizen and a true American hero. Details and application.

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Resources from TEA

TEA's NCTA Video Project. TEA's NCTA "Short Takes" is a collection of 40 video lectures designed for use by classroom teachers as professional background or classroom use. Each video focuses on a timely topic or “best practice” presented by an NCTA consulting scholar, seminar leader, teacher alum, or author.

• Take a “quick course” on a current topic you can integrate into your teaching.
• Choose a video to show in class.
• See how NCTA alumni are using new resources successfully.
• Hear what authors have to say about using their new books in the classroom.

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