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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This course description is directed towards teachers in the Fairhaven / New Bedford area, but is available to teachers from other districts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Whitfield/Manjiro Friendship Society offers a three credit graduate course to Fairhaven / New Bedford area teachers each semester during the school year and the summer months entitled: Whaling, Japanese Culture, and the Whitfield / Manjiro Story. Participants have the option of obtaining 37.5 professional development points or paying the Cambridge College fee for graduate credit. Participants engage in hands-on activities based on the math, science, social studies, and language arts Massachusetts Pre-K-12 frameworks. Activities include: learning 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 activities related to whaling; a tour of Captain Whitfield’s house, the Whaling Museum and the Manjiro Trail. Each participant receives 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; and 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 are available for purchase the first day of class. Participants also receive reproductions of primary source documents including Capt. Whitfield’s log, Manjiro’s whale sketches and early English lessons. Teachers create kamishibai story cards and various lesson plans that they will take back to their classrooms to spread the Whitfield/ Manjiro story as well as Japanese culture. The class is limited to 10 participants and is held at 11 Cherry St. Fairhaven, MA, the site of the Whitfield Manjiro Friendship Museum. The team of instructors include: Debra H. Almeida, Ed.D.; Ayako Rooney, cultural advisor; and Gerald Rooney, Executive Director of the WMFS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The WMFS has conducted two sessions of this course. The third will start on March 15 (already full). A fourth is planned for this coming summer. Now we will be able to include info on the return of the Morgan. More info can be viewed at our web site: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.Whitfield-Manjiro.org">www.Whitfield-Manjiro.org</a> or by calling Gerry at 508-995-1219.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert C. Rocha, Jr.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Science Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New Bedford Whaling Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>18 Johnny Cake Hill<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New Bedford, MA 02740<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(508) 717-6849<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>rrocha@whalingmuseum.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><p>This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify us immediately by telephone and (i) destroy this message if a facsimile or (ii) delete this message immediately if this is an electronic communication. Thank you</p></div></body></html>