China

In 2007, Facing History and Ourselves began to investigate how we might expand our international reach to China in response to interest from teachers and scholars within our network. The resulting project pro­motes a deeper cross-cultural understanding of history both by working with teachers in the U.S. and other countries outside of China to better understand and teach about China, and working with teachers in China to explore Facing History themes in their classrooms and encourage deeper reflection from their students.

Facing History works closely with 12 schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzen and Hong Kong, and has developed several university and NGO partnerships. Since the project began, over 1,300 educators from across the globe have participated in China Project activities. For educators in the U.S. and other countries beyond China, we have created study guides for Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution and the PBS Documentary Becoming American: The Chinese Experience. Facing History is developing a new resource that will explore the history and legacy of the Nanjing Massacre

Highlights

• Facing History program staff members have visited China over the past several years to conduct teacher training sessions for over 250 educators.

• Over 25 educators from China have travelled to Brookline, MA in-depth seminars since 2008. In July, 2012, 4 educators will come from Shanghai and Nanjing to join educators in New England to explore how history is shaped by hatred, indifference, and denial as well as by caring, compassion, and responsibility.

• Since 2007, over 1,000 educators from across the country have attended China Project workshops or presentations that use Teaching Red Scarf Girl or Becoming American:The Chinese Experience.

• In January 2011, over 375 educators from around the world participated in the first China Project online workshop, Red Scarf Girl: Using Memoir to Teach History. Ji-li Jiang, author of Red Scarf Girl, was a featured speaker at a live webinar during the workshop. The workshop will be converted to a self-paced online workshop to help us reach a virtually unlimited number of educators.

Participating Schools in China and Hong Kong

• Beijing:
  High School affiliated with Beijing Normal University
  Tsinghua International School
  Western Academy of Beijing
  
  
• Nanjing:
  High School affiliated with Nanjing Normal University
  Nanjing Foreign Language School
  
  
• Shanghai:
  Fudan International School
  High School affiliated with Fudan University
  Shanghai American School
  Shixi High School
  YKPao
  
  
• Shenzhen:
  Shekou International School
  
  
• Hong Kong:
  Chinese International School