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Course in Brief

Texts

Ebrey, Walthall and Palais, East Asia: A Cultural, Social and Political History, Second Edition, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2009.

Gratz, Samurai Shortstop, Penguin Group, 2006.

Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood, U. of California Press, 1998.

Whelan, Chu Ju’s House, HarperCollins, 2004.

Lessons 8
Writing
assignments

11
One writing assignment for each of eight lessons, two lesson plans, and an action plan (which will be 5-6 double-spaced pages in length) explaining how you will use what you learned in this class in your own work.  One lesson plan is to be submitted after Lesson Six and one after Lesson Eight. The action plan is to be submitted after Lesson Eight.

Maximum number of submissions per week 2
Do not submit the second writing assignment until the first one has been graded and returned to you.
Course grading
formula
8 writing assignments   25%
2 lesson plans 50%
1 action plan   25%
Media Requirements Some lessons include presentations that require RealPlayer. Free RealPlayer software is available at http://www.real.com. RealPlayer version 10 is required for Windows and Macintosh users.