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» SPICE and USC U.S.-China Institute to present "China in the Humanities" seminar
SPICE in partnership with the U.S.-China Institute will be conducting a pre-conference on China during the 2012 ECIS Teacher Conference in Nice, France on November 22, 2012. Read more »

» 2012 Reischauer Scholars Honored at Stanford University
SPICE honored three top students of the 2012 Reischauer Scholars Program (RSP)Brooke Nowakowski (San Antonio, TX), Seunghwa Madeleine Han (San Ramon, CA), and Emily Waltman (Tenafly, NJ)at the RSP Japan Day event at Stanford University on August 10, 2012. Read more »

» American teachers get lesson in Korean studies at Stanford
Despite Korea's growing economic clout and important role in international security, little is taught about it in American schools. Educators from both countries are trying to change that. Read more »

» Ninth Year of SPICE's Reischauer Scholars Program in Full Swing

» Legacy of Executive Order 9066

» SPICE Releases 2012 Catalog

SPICE is a program of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), an interdisciplinary center at Stanford University that conducts research on key international issues related to security, political economy, the environment, and health policy. SPICE curriculum publications serve as a bridge between FSI and K-14 schools.

Featured Curriculum Units

An Interpretive History of Japan
Full Unit

An Interpretive History of Japan is a web-based curriculum unit that includes six lectures by Professor Emeritus Daniel Okimoto from Stanford University and six corresponding lesson plans. This program is brought to you by the manaba team of Asahinet Japan, Inc. and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE).

For Secondary - Community College students

Electronic download - $10.00
includes Streaming Video and PDF of Lesson Plans

China in Transition: Economic Development, Migration, and Education
Full Unit

China in Transition introduces students to modern China as a case study of economic development. What are the characteristics of the development process, and why does it occur? How is development experienced by the people who live through it, and how are their lives impacted? Students examine these questions and others as they investigate the roles that migration, urbanization, wealth, poverty, and education play in a country in transition. +PDF+

For Secondary students

Softcover - $59.95
includes Image CD-Rom and DVD of 4 short films

Chinese American Voices: Teaching with Primary Sources
Full Unit

This unit offers a teachers guide to "Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present," a collection of primary source documents left by Chinese Americans themselves. By critically analyzing the primary sources in "Chinese American Voices," students gain a window into the rich and diverse textures, characters, and personalities that constitute the Chinese-American experience. +PDF+

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $69.95
includes Book: Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present

Nuclear Tipping Point: A Teacher's Guide
Full Unit

This is a teacher's guide to the documentary film, "Nuclear Tipping Point," which is a conversation with four men intimately involved in American diplomacy and national security over the last four decades. +PDF+

For Secondary - Community College students

Softcover - $9.95
includes Complimentary DVD: Nuclear Tipping Point; courtesy Nuclear Threat Initiative

» SPICE Catalog