About the Workshop Series
This workshop series aims to provide area studies content and pedagogy training to K-12 public school educators that aligns with the CA History-Social Science Framework. The workshop series gives teachers an opportunity to hear lectures from scholars, gain exposure to new curricular materials, and practice pedagogical skills for designing new lessons units to expand the study of world regions and civilizations in their classrooms.
The workshop series is funded by Title VI grant under the U.S. Department of Education and is a collaborative project between UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, and UCLA History-Geography Project, under the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.
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California History-Social Science Framework for K-12 Public Education
Primary Sources
Yijing’s Descriptions of Srivijaya (c. 671 to 695 CE)
The Talang Tuwo Inscription from Palembang, South Sumatra (684 CE)
Compiled by Professor Lance Nolde, CSU Channel Islands
Recommended Readings
Hall, Kenneth R. A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100-1500. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. (Chapter 4).
Lockard, Craig A. Southeast Asia in World History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. (Chapters 2 & 3).
Other Curriculum Materials
Art in Action: Textiles of Southeast Asia
Intersections: World Arts and Local Lives at the UCLA Fowler Museum