Lesson Plans – East Asia

UN SDGs

• “American Cold War Environmentalism and Environmental Policy” Lesson Plan by Emily de Jong (2022)
• “The Story of Stinky Kimchi” Lesson Plan and The Story of Stinky Kimchi Attachment by Bo Young Jun (2022)
• “Women empowerment in Taiwan” Lesson Plan by Hsiang-Ling (Charlize) Wang (2022)

Social Justice Activism and Protests

• BLM Protests at Home and Abroad
  • Middle School, Government and Social Social Studies
  • Darlene Wright, Johnson Park Middle School
• Chinese 2 中文二 2021-2022 PBL 美国亚裔 Asian American
  • High School, Chinese
  • Hui-si (Sammi) Zhao, Dayton Regional STEM School

Agriculture

• Agriculture in Ancient Mesopotamia (2020)
  • Middle School, Social Studies/ELA
  • Kathy Ward, Siebert Elementary School
• Getting to Know about the Authentic Bamboo in China (2020)
  • High School, Chinese (Novice Low/ Mid/ High)
  • Qiuhui Li, Saint Ignatius High School
• Farmland usage in China vs. in the US (2020)
  • High School, Chinese (Novice Low/ Mid/ High; Intermediate Low/ Mid/ High; Chinese 3 — Intermediate Low – Mid)
  • Sammi Zhao
• Where does our food come from?  (2020)
  • High School, Mandarin Chinese (Novice High)
  • Xiaoli Doty, Columbus School for Girls
• Do you have a green thumb? 你擅长园艺吗？ (2020)
  • High School, Chinese (Low, first month learning Chinese)
  • Holly Branch, Reynoldsburg City Schools–ESTEM High School

Environmental Issues

• Giant Pandas and Their Habitat and Powerpoint (2019)
• Environmental Policy Lessons from China and Reading (2019)
• Water Pollution (2019)

Human Rights (North Korea)

• Learning About Human Rights Through the Case of North Korea (2017)
  • Middle school, geography/social studies
  • Ashley Dugan, Granville Intermediate School
• Cultures of the North Korean Songbun System (2017)
  • High school, Chinese (language and culture)
  • Hsaio Carey, Cincinnati Public Schools

General

Lesson Plans developed in partnership with OSU:

• • • National Consortium for Teaching about Asia Lesson Plan Bank:
      • Lesson Plans on China
      • Lesson Plans on Japan
      • Lesson Plans on Korea
      • Lesson Plans on East Asia

• • • Bringing Korea into the Classroom Lesson Plans (Lesson plans developed by 6th-12th grade teachers with support from the Korea Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant)
    • Journey along the Tōkaidō Lesson Plans (Lessons and resources about Japan’s National Road using primary source materials developed with support from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership)
    • Japan Discovery Box (Lessons and resources developed with support from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership)
    • Ohio Japan Project Lesson Plans (A set of lessons about Japan developed with support from the U.S.-Japan Foundation)
    • Ohio Delegation Group Lesson Plans (Lessons and resources developed by K-12 teachers from Japan during 3 month stay in Ohio)

Other Lesson Plans:

• • • Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) (Curriculum materials on world issues and world cultures)
    • Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) (Media, lesson plans, other resources)
    • National Geographic Society (Teaching resources including digital maps, lessons)
    • Primary Source Resource Guides (Lessons and resources using primary source materials)
    • Lessons about Japan