K-12 Education Outreach
Workshops
CEAS offers multiple opportunities each year for educators to learn more about how to incorporate East Asian content into their classrooms. With the support of our Title VI Department of Education National Resource Center grant for 2018-2022 and the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia, we are able to offer these workshops at no cost to educators. Learn more about our workshops below!
East Asia in Your Classroom
Connect with CEAS to bring East Asia to your students! We currently offer virtual and in-person options to provide you with resources and expertise to bring East Asian culture and history to life in your classroom.
Interactive Resources
Lesson Plans
CEAS offers free lesson plans for your K-12 classroom. Explore our plans to find ways to incorporate East Asian content into your art, science, history, and language arts classes! Each lesson plan includes state and national standards as well as links to all necessary resources. Let us know if there are other topics you would like to see included in our offerings!
Traveling World Language Fair (TWLF)
The World Language Fair is designed to inspire students to 'think globally' through mini-critical language sessions taught by KU experts. The KU Area Studies accomplishes this by traveling to a K-12 school and presenting in-person. Past collaborations have been with Topeka West High School, Wichita Schools, and more!
This fair consists usually of four, 20-30-minute introductory language sessions, one language from each KU Area Studies Center. The students rotate through each session and then join in an auditorium at the end to finish by learning about opportunities available to them at KU.
Students will leave this fair knowing that fluency in more than one language and an understanding of cultural contexts will prepare them to become global citizens. If you would like to have this event at your school, contact the CEAS Outreach Coordinator!
Let's Learn Korean language packet given to students at Topeka West. (2024)
CEAS Outreach Coordinator teaches Korean language to students at Topeka West. (2024)