These four lessons are equivalent short assignments for each of the four topics that were presented during the final NCTA East Asia workshop on Saturday, October 3. Completion of each of the four topics should take you between one hour and one hour and fifteen minutes per topic.

If you have questions or technical difficulties with these assignments, please contact Peggy Creswell.There are short writing exercises for each assignment. Please send these to Peggy as well, and she will get them to me for assessment.

Although you have until January 4 to complete this online workshop, it would be a great favor to our program if you can finish these assignments and your other components (if applicable) as soon as you can. This way we can pay your final stipend, send you documentation of professional development, and add you to our list of alumni who are eligible for future East Asia-related programs.

1: Japan's Geography: Cultural Landscapes, Parts 1 and 2

2: Two Classic Genres of Japanese Literature

3: Garden Design as Art in China

4: Japan’s Schools