New Local Fall Course Offerings for teachers:
Whaling, Japanese Culture, and the Whitfield / Manjiro Story
Saturdays – Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 23, Dec. 14 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 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. Each participant will put together an artifact box to
take back to the classroom. 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) 642-2158; Ayako Rooney, Japanese
language teacher and cultural advisor; Gerry Rooney, President and CEO; (508) 8585303
*Project for graduate credit is due 6 weeks after the last class as well as the $150
payable to Cambridge College (optional)
Checks for the initial 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 Sept. 14th.
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Enclosed $250 payable to : WMFS (by Sept. 14th)
11 Cherry St. Fairhaven, MA 02719