For its fifth iteration of the “East Asia in the Upper Midwest” (EAUM) program, CEAS departed from its standard programming to pilot a new relationship with the World History Digital Education (WHDE) Foundation.
This partnership enabled four Wisconsin high school teachers to participate in a summer research tour of South Korea. The four joined 26 other teachers from the United States and New Zealand. Over the course of ten days, the group visited historic sites, discussed teaching strategies with Korean high school teachers, met with government officials, and witnessed South Korea’s post-war transformation.
CEAS Associate Director David Fields accompanied the teachers as their “scholar in residence,” giving “bus lectures,” answering teachers’ questions, and providing context for the sites they visited.
