New Local Spring Course Offering for teachers:
Whaling, Japanese Culture, and the Whitfield / Manjiro Story
Saturdays – March 15, March 29, April 12, May 3, 2014 8:30-4:00
30 PDP’s $250 (or 3 credits / 67 ½ PDP’s Cambridge College, additional cost is $150,
participants create a project for this credit*) Participants will engage in hands-on
activities based on the math, science, social studies, and language arts
Massachusetts Pre-K-12 frameworks. Activities include: the history of Captain
Whitfield and John Manjiro with regard to Fairhaven’s whaling days; Japanese
culture including language, art, music, cuisine; ELA, science, geography and math
related to whaling; a tour of Captain Whitfield’s house, the Whaling Museum and the
Manjiro Trail. Each participant will receive 4 complimentary books: K is for Kabuki:
A Japanese Alphabet by Gloria Whelan; Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus;
Shipwrecked, The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhada Blumberg; Essential
Japanese Grammar by Everett Bleiler. Recommended readings: Manjiro: The Boy
Who Risked His Life for Two Countries by Emily Arnold McCully; and Drifting Toward
the Southeast by John Manjiro which is available for purchase the first day of class.
Participants will also receive reproductions of primary source documents. Teachers
will create Japanese cuisine for their lunch each day in lieu of bringing their lunch.
Class is limited to 10 participants and will be held at 11 Cherry St. Fairhaven, MA,
the site of the Whitfield Manjiro Friendship Museum.
Instructors: Debra H. Almeida, EdD tel. (508) 997-7923; Ayako Rooney, Japanese
language teacher and cultural advisor; Gerry Rooney, President and CEO; (508) 8585303
*Project for graduate credit is due 4 weeks after the last class.
Checks for the initial non-refundable fee of $250 are payable to “WMFS” and can be
mailed or dropped off to:
WMFS, 11 Cherry St., Fairhaven, MA 02719
Registration closes for the course March 1st. Summer dates will be available for
those on a waiting list.
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Enclosed is $250 to:
WMFS Teachers’ Course 11 Cherry St. Fairhaven, MA 02719