Online Seminar for Teachers: Cultural Encounters: Japan’s Diverse Past and Present

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The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) National Coordinating Site at the University of Colorado is offering an online NCTA seminar beginning in September 2014, entitled Cultural Encounters: Japan’s Diverse Past and Present.

This online course for middle and high school teachers of world history examines episodes in Japan's international and intercultural relations from the Nara period to the present, with special attention to Japanese approaches and responses to cross-border movement of peoples, ideas, and materials. Content will address the World History Content Standards and AP World History Course Guidelines. This course is co-sponsored by NCTA and the J-OPP project. The course is open to 20 teachers nationwide and begins September 11, 2014.

For full details and application instructions, please see the course flier.