Book Study: China in the 21st Century at Marvin Ridge HS

Book Study:
China in the 21st Century
Open to UCPS K-12 teachers and staff - 1 CEU
The course is designed to provide basic information needed to understand China as we incorporate global issues into our classrooms and take part in travel and partnerships. The book will be provided through a grant from the Asia Society and Confucius Classrooms. The book is 192 pages in length and is engaging & easy to read.  The course will be offered during the month of February. Marie Brickman, assistant principal at MRHS, coordinates this study and will share her personal observations as a participant in two educational delegations to China in 2010.
1. Introduction: Historical Legacies - Feb 01, 2011 3:30 PM to 04:30
2. Historical Legacies: Part II - Feb 08, 2011 3:30 PM to 04:30
3. Part III: China, the Present & the Future Feb 15, 2011 3:30 PM to 04:30
4. Make-up Face to Face Session Feb 22, 2011 3:30 PM to 04:30
Location: Marvin Ridge High Room: Media Center
The CEU is based on attendance, book reflections and a project that will benefit your educational need: a lesson plan, a future trip, etc.

To sign-up – Go to the
UCPS Professional Development Registration Manager http://pdc.ucps.k12.nc.us/

Product Description: Amazon
The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise.
Focusing his answers through the historical legacies--Western and Japanese imperialism, the Mao era, and the massacre near Tiananmen Square--that largely define China's present-day trajectory, Wasserstrom introduces readers to the Chinese Communist Party, the building boom in Shanghai, and the environmental fall-out of rapid Chinese industrialization. He also explains unique aspects of Chinese culture such as the one-child policy, and provides insight into how Chinese view Americans.
Wasserstrom reveals that China today shares many traits with other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century. Finally, he provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the future vis-à-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.

  Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 16, 2010) ISBN-10: 0195394127