Asian Studies: China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam

Mary Connor, a teacher of Asian Studies and United States history, has published in Education About Asia, Social Education and the Social Studies Review. During the past eight years she has presented sessions at the National Council for Social Studies and the California Council for Social Studies conferences. She has also participated in teacher workshops for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the University of the Pacific and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. She was a recipient of the Keizai Koho Fellowship to Japan (1997), two Korea Society Fellowships (2000 and 2004) and received the Organization of American Historians Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Pre-Collegiate Award(2005). Her book, The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook, was published by ABC-CLIO in 2002. The following information includes her course outline, published articles and lesson plans.

Handouts based on this workshop (most are in pdf format):

1. Course Outline for Asian Studies: China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
2. Education in Korea
3. Korean Children's Books: Grades K-3
4. Anthology for Korean Literature: Grades 6-9
5. Korean Literature: Grades 9-12
6. Korean Folk Art
7. Korea and Confucianism
8. The Chinese Cricket Culture
9. Common Chinese and Japanese Expressions
10. Chunhyang
11. Famous Koreans: Four Additional Portraits
12. In the Absence of Sun: A Korean-American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family
13. Curriculum Materials for Teaching About Korea
14. Masked Drama Dance
15. Korean Resources
16. Famous Koreans: Six Portraits
17. The Crossing: One Family's Daring Rescue
18. China Web sites
19. Japan Web sites
20. Korea Web sites
21. Asian Studies Resources

Articles by Mary E. Connor:

• Asian Culture in the Classroom (From Education About Asia)
• Feng Shui: An Ancient Chinese Tradition (From Social Studies Review)
• Teaching with Contemporary Feature Films from East Asia (From Social Studies Review)