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the freeman seminar TEACHING ABOUT EAST ASIA JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT EIGHT Compare the role of Confucianism in Chinese, Korean and / or Japanese civilization and consider teaching strategies you might use to bring home the similarities and differences you find most important for students to understand and appreciate as a means of differentiating between the cultures of these East Asian nations. You might consider general distinctions or those specifically tied to social, economic or political institutions and organizational patterns.

This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela for the use of teachers enrolled in the Freeman Seminar at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, between January and April 2002; please contact him by email with any comments at l.makela@csuohio.edu.

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