GLOBAL ASIA: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
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ABOUT THE “GLOBAL ASIA: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW” SERIES
“Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” is a collaborative project between the Newspapers In Education program of The Seattle
Times and the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Asia and Global Studies outreach centers. The
project consists of a four-article series, a teaching guide and a pre-series workshop for secondary teachers. Designed with high school
readers in mind, each article in the online newspaper series focuses on the changing face of empires, colonialism and modern conditions
of countries in Asia.
The four-part Asia series begins with an overview of premodern empires of Asia, followed by articles focusing on the early modern empires,
colonialism and imperialism, and Asia’s reemergence as a vibrant economic region. This teaching guide provides a lesson plan for each article
and activities to do with students before, during and after reading the featured weekly article. Together, the articles and accompanying
lessons take students on an exploration of Asia’s global impact throughout the centuries, asking them to look at the issues from multiple
perspectives and to explore the opportunities and challenges this region has grappled with for the past millennia. This series includes
postseries activities. If you feel that your students need more rigorous and/or additional activities than the ones suggested in the first four
lessons, see Lesson Five for a variety of activities to choose from. The points of view represented in the articles and guide materials represent
a sampling of perspectives on these issues.
AUTHOR OF THE TEACHING GUIDE
The author of the teaching guide for “Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” series is Tese Wintz Neighbor, who received a Master
of Arts in China Regional Studies from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. For the past 13
years, she has worked as the senior director of professional development for the Seattle World Affairs Council and has also taught intensive
Asia seminars for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, regionally based at the University of Washington’s East Asia Resource
Center. Neighbor is the author of numerous curricula on Asia, including “Journey Down the Yangtze: From Dragon’s Tail to Dragon’s Head”
(East Asia Resource Center, 1998), “Teacher’s Guide to Treasures From a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan” (Seattle Asian
Art Museum, 2001), “Understanding the World of Political Cartoons” (Newspapers In Education, 2003), “China Matters” (World Affairs
Council, 2008), “Global Health: Asia in the 21st Century” (Newspapers In Education, 2009), “Exploring Asia: Human Rights” (co-author,
Newspapers In Education, 2011), “Exploring Asia: Islam in Asia” (Newspapers In Education, 2012), “Exploring Asia: Political Change in the
21st Century” (Newspapers In Education, 2013) and “Exploring Asia: Asian Cities — Growth and Change” (Newspapers In Education, 2014).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” series was created by six outreach centers in the Henry M. Jackson School of International
Studies, University of Washington: the East Asia Center; the East Asia Resource Center; the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and
Central Asian Studies; the Center for Global Studies; the South Asia Center; and the Southeast Asia Center. The articles were written by
Dr. Anand Yang, Golub Professor of International Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lesson One
“Premodern Empires of Asia”
Lesson Two
“Early Modern Empires of Asia”
Lesson Three
“Colonialism and Imperialism in Asia”
Lesson Four
“China/Asia Rules the World?”
Lesson Five
Concluding Activity
