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Gary Mukai with Principal and Chair of the Board of Directors Akiko Takagi standing in front of busts of her great-grandparents, Suguru Takagi and Kimi Takagi, founder of Takagi Girls’ High School

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Yokohama Eiri Girls’ High School

Liyi Ye, Advisor to Stanford e-China, piloting a plane over Stanford and the Bay Area

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Bridging Cultures: A Forward-Looking Conversation with Liyi Ye

Mayor Norihiko Fukuda and Maiko Tamagawa Bacha at the opening ceremony for Stanford e-Kawasaki, September 30, 2023

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Reflections on Stanford e-Kawasaki

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Free discussion guide: "Civil and Human Rights: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy"

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NEW TEACHER'S GUIDE: "Fanning the Flames: Examining Japanese Propaganda from the Meiji Era (1868–1912) to the Pacific War (1941–45)"

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NEW DISCUSSION GUIDE: "Korea Gone Global: K-Pop and Technologies of Soft Power"

Curriculum Spotlight: The Far West

In the documentary film, "The Far West: The Hidden History," photographer and 2017 CatchLight Global Fellow Tomas van Houtryve confronts America’s collective amnesia and reveals the hidden legacy of the Far West.

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"Divided Memories" in the classroom

Spotlight: Comparing History Textbooks from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States

SPICE develops curriculum units on a variety of global topics and themes. In this video, high school teacher Saya McKenna uses our "Divided Memories" curriculum unit in her senior history class. Watch her students critically examine perspective, bias, and historical narrative by comparing history textbook excerpts from five different societies.

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Uncovering North Korea

North Korea remains one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented countries in the United States. American students largely remain uneducated about North Korea, lacking the proper context with which to understand and interpret today's current events. This curriculum unit seeks to fill this gap and strives to bring more accurate information and objectivity to the study of North Korea in U.S. high schools and beyond.

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A Whisper to a Roar

The documentary film "A Whisper to a Roar" tells the heroic stories of courageous democracy activists in five countries around the world—Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe—who risk everything to bring freedom to their people. The film's companion teacher’s guide provides materials that supplement the information and issues explored in the documentary, filmed by award-winning filmmaker, Ben Moses.

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Divided Memories: Comparing History Textbooks

This unit asks students to examine prevalent history textbooks from five Pacific Rim societies and compare their coverage of sensitive historical episodes in the 20th century. As students analyze, compare, and contrast different history textbooks, they are forced to confront some large questions of history—including the possible bias of their own historical knowledge—and encouraged to become more critical consumers of information.

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Curriculum Spotlight: The Far West

Spotlight: Comparing History Textbooks from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Uncovering North Korea

A Whisper to a Roar

Divided Memories: Comparing History Textbooks

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