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Reading assignments for orientation:
1. Educating Hearts and Minds, pp 1-18
2. Japan: A Reinterpretation, chapters 1-3
3. Japan's High Schools, chapters 1-2 (chapter 3 on exams optional)
4. Okinawa: Cold War Island, Part II, Chapter 6: The 1995 Rape
Incident
5. Women of Okinawa: Part I (1) Junko Isa and(2) Mitsuko Inafuku;
Part III: (7) Mariko Higa and (9) Maiko Sunabe.
6. Also - Professor Robinson would like you to be thinking about any
preconceptions you might have of Japanese society and the Japanese educational
system.
7. Okinawa: History of an Island People, Chapter 7; Chapter 8
- Undefended Okinawa (pp 354-6), The Formosa Incident (pp 356-360),
Tokyo Proclaims Paramount Responsibility for the Ryukyu Kingdom (pp360-5);
Chapter 9 - Crisis at Shuri (pp381-4); Chap 10; Chap 11
Reading assignments for later:
1. Hiroshima. This book should be read by the time we arrive
in Hiroshima.
2. Black Rain. This book should be read by the time we arrive
in Hiroshima.
3. Hokkaido Highway Blues excerpts.
4. Okinawa: History of an Island People, chapters 2-4
Recommended but not required:
1. Ernie Pyle readings
2. SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) and US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty
readings
3. EASC Japan Box "Japanese Education" packet
4. explanation of kabuki plays we'll be attending
5. "In and around Yoshi-ima Inn"
Curriculum assignments:
1. Due at orientation: two paragraphs describing your professional goals
for the trip
2. Due in Chicago: template
(MS Word) with your information filled in
Other assignments:
1. Due May 15: cranes
2. Due upon your arrival in Okinawa: a cultural tidbit to share with
the group
Other books:
For now, please use Shadow Shoguns and your travel guide for
reference. If you have other good reading recommendations for the group,
encourage you to send an email to the group
email!