Make-Up Assignments

[Crystal Hsia]

You should attend and actively participate in all seminar discussion sessions. You can only miss one session and still be eligible to receive credit for the course. You will need to make up the missed session by attending an online event (lecture/meeting/discussion panel, etc.) or visit a museum that focuses on issues related to East Asia and submiting a 150-200 word summary of what you learned, and post it here. The U.S.-China Institute offers at least one public event each month. 

• Attend an online event (lecture/meeting/discussion panel, etc.) that focuses on issues related to East Asia. The U.S.-China Institute offers at least one public event each month.
• Submit a 150-200 word summary of what you learned, and post it in the forum -
  • Museum visit ( If someone has already created a topic for the museum resource you wish to discuss, please simply reply to that post and add your comments there (instead of creating a new topic) - https://china.usc.edu/k12/forums/forums/museum-resources
  • Web source - https://china.usc.edu/k12/forums/forums/web-resources

 

[Brendon McGirr]

The National Museum of Asian art is a Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. It offers extensive exhibits of art from all parts of Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. It is a museum I probably would not have considered going without enrolling into this course, but I am glad I did.

 

The highlight of the museum is probably the Freer Gallery of Art. In this gallery there are many examples of art and artifacts from the Ming Dynasty in China, including some lovely examples of porcelain. In addition, there are examples of Japanese prints from the Showa era, which were quite beautiful in their unique style.

 

My biggest takeaway for something I could use in my classroom was the religious art and artifacts found in the museum. There are several examples of Buddhist and Taoist artwork in the museum that show great craftsmanship and the reverence people had for these religions. I would like to do a specific artifact study using their website with my students in the future, maybe doing a cross curricular assignment with our arts program.

 

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