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Special Conferences,
Workshops, and Programs Details
2008 International Summer Institute
for Secondary and Post-Secondary
Educators:
Multiple Perspectives in Teaching
World History
Sunday, June 22 – Friday, June 27,
2008
University of
Illinois at Urbana – Champaign
Organized jointly by the area
studies centers, other international
studies programs and the Department
of History at the
University of Illinois, this
intensive institute will address
more effective ways of incorporating
non-Western histories as well as
Western history in teaching World
History. Case studies covered and
presentations include Africa, East
Asia,
European Union,
Latin America, Eastern Europe
&
Russia, Middle East & South
Asia .
While all K-16 teachers are
welcome, the curriculum materials
are geared mainly towards high
school and community college
education. The institute is aimed
at history, social studies/social
science educators, but all
interested educators are welcome to
attend and contribute.
Keynote Address: "Reverberations:
Eventfulness in World History" by
Professor Antoinette Burton, Chair
of the History Department,
University of Illinois
Tentative Daily Themes: Pre-Modern
Global Encounters, Empire and
Colonialism, Cultures,
Science/Economics/ Trade,
War/Conflict/ Terrorism
Credit: Participating teachers will
receive: 30 CPDUs for IL teachers;
3.0 U of
Illinois CEUs (30 contact
hours) for non-IL teachers. UI
graduate credit may be available.
Cost: The registration fee is $100.
Housing and some of the meals are
covered.
Housing: Housing will be provided at
the Hendrick House, a private dorm
on campus, from June 22-28, 2008.
Deadline: Deadline for early
applications and travel grants is
April 18, 2008. Late Registration is
open until May 15, 2008.
To Register
For more information see:
http://www.i2i. uiuc.edu/
2008_institute or contact:
Lynda Park, Russian, East European,
and Eurasian Center ,
217-333-6022 or
lypark@uiuc. edu
;
Jamie McGowan, Center for African
Studies,
217-244-3648 or
jmcgowan@uiuc. edu
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Teaching about
Asia summer residential seminar
The
East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at Indiana University will hold a
National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) summer residential
seminar in Bloomington , IN from July 21-26, 2008. In addition to course
materials, EASC will provide housing and parking, as well as all meals
during the seminar at no cost.
Generously funded by the Freeman Foundation, the NCTA seminar is a
no-cost professional development program for teachers of grades 6-12 in
world history, world cultures, and world geography. We also consider
educators in the arts, literature, and East Asian languages on a
case-by-case basis. This one week/30-hour seminar provides a broad
overview of the history and cultures of China , Japan , and Korea and
gives teachers the opportunity to discuss classroom applications and
resources. Those who successfully complete the seminar will receive a
$500 personal stipend and a $300 resource-buying grant for their school.
They will also be eligible to apply for a very low-cost summer NCTA
study tour to East Asia . Graduate credit from Indiana University is
available for purchase for those who are interested. More details are
available online at:
http://www.indiana. edu/~easc/ taa_seminar/ .
The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators
June 22 – 24, 2008
The Education Division of the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum is pleased to announce the 2008 Arthur and Rochelle
Belfer National Conference for Educators. The conference is funded by a
grant from the Belfer Foundation. Middle and high school educators
with five or less years’ experience teaching about the Holocaust are
invited to apply to attend this conference. (Educators with five or more
years’ experience teaching about the Holocaust may apply to the Museum
Teacher Fellowship Program; an online application is available at the
URL listed below.)
In Belfer Conference sessions designed specifically for
middle and high school teachers, Museum educators and scholars share
rationales, strategies, and approaches for presenting the complex
subject of the Holocaust to students. Participants hear survivor
testimony and have extensive time to view the Museum’s Permanent
Exhibition, Remember the Children: Daniel’s
Story, and other special exhibitions and to
use the interactive computers in the Wexner Learning Center. Seminar
sessions emphasize planning and implementing units of study for
Holocaust education in middle and high schools. Teachers who
complete the program receive a set of educational materials and a
voucher worth $100 to purchase Holocaust-related resources in the Museum
Shop.
To apply, please complete the online application at
ushmm.org/education/foreducators/ and fax a letter of recommendation
from your supervisor to Nicole Hanna at 202.314.7888.
Applications are due no later than June 6, 2008.
While there is no charge for the conference,
participants are responsible for their own transportation and
accommodations. For more information, contact Peter J. Fredlake,
Coordinator, Museum Teacher Fellowship Program, at 202.314.0352 or
pfredlake@ushmm.org.
The
National Endowment for the Humanities Institute
Thomas Jefferson: Personality, Character and Public Life will
take place from July 13 to August 8, 2008, with the first three weeks in
residence at
Boston University and the fourth week at
Monticello. Activities will include talks by leading Jefferson
scholars, such as Peter Onuf, Jan Lewis and Joyce Appleby, and field
trips to the Massachusetts Historical Society and
Adams National Historical Park. Stipends for selected teachers
will be $3,000.View application information and instructions at
http://www.thomasjeffersonpersonalitycharacterandpubliclife.org/.
Travel Abroad with GEEO
Are you an educator looking to travel abroad during the summer? Would
you like to earn graduate school credit and professional development
credit while seeing the world? GEEO is a 501c3 non-profit organization
that has been created to help and encourage educators to travel abroad
in order to bring their experiences back into the classroom and create a
more outward-looking next generation of Americans. In the summer
of 2008, GEEO will be leading trips to Peru (June 26th-July 8th) and
India (August 1st-20th). Just to be clear, OUR TRIPS ARE FOR EDUCATORS,
NOT STUDENTS. Detailed information about each trip, including
itineraries, travel dates, and more can be found at our website
www.geeo.org under Our Travel Programs.
While our trips are not
offered for free, GEEO helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost
of the trips, which are already deeply discounted so as to be affordable
to teachers. Teachers are welcome to bring up to two adult companions,
such as a spouse or friend, who will also receive the special teacher
pricing.
If you are interested in
traveling with GEEO in the summer of 2008, please contact us right away.
Our trips are filling up quickly! In addition to our website, we can be
reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST.
Please go to our website,
www.geeo.org, for even more information about our organization.
Indiana University’s 13th Annual
International Studies Summer Institute
For Grade 7-12
Teachers
July 13-26, 2008
Empower your students in an increasingly global
community.
The Center for the Study of Global Change at
Indiana University Bloomington once again
hosts a two-week residential summer institute for
middle and high school teachers. Teachers from
around the world join IU professors and other
internationally prominent speakers to explore
diverse topics such as global environmental change,
global food security, international trade,
populations at risk, and conflict resolution through
simulations, panels, interactive communication
technologies, and cultural events.
Teachers will receive
certification for Professional Growth Points and may
elect to earn 1.0 to 3.0 graduate credits through
the School of Education at in-state tuition rates.
Participants are accepted on a first come, first
served basis. The first twenty teachers accepted
will be offered scholarships of $800 each.
For more information, visit the International
Studies Summer Institute website:
http://www.indiana.edu/~global/institute.htm
or email
issi@indiana.edu.
Eisenhower Academy
The 11th annual
Eisenhower Academy, a summer institute for teachers,
will be held July 6 - 11, 2008 at Gettysburg College
and Eisenhower National Historic Site in Gettysburg,
PA. Sponsored by the National Park Service,
Gettysburg College, and Mount St. Mary's University,
the Academy presents an in-depth perspective of
Dwight D. Eisenhower as president and world leader,
and introduces effective strategies for teaching the
Cold War era in the classroom.
Lectures and discussion cover civil rights, the Cold
War, 1950's economics, popular culture, and new
scholarship on the Eisenhower Presidency. Field
trips include a visit to the Eisenhowers' home and a
walk through Eisenhower’s Gettysburg.
Total cost, including field trips, special evening
events, banquets, lodging and all meals is $685 for
single occupancy. Cost for day students is $380.
Professional education credits and graduate credits
are available. For more information contact
Eisenhower Academy, 250 Eisenhower Farm Lane,
Gettysburg, PA 17325; 717-338-9114 Ext. 10 (phone);
john_joyce@nps.gov (e-mail); or
http://www.nps.gov/eise.
Teacher to Ranger to Teacher
(TRT) Program
National parks enrich the lives of many in this nation. They provide
access to the powerful ideas,
values, and meanings associated
with the remarkable cultural,
natural, and recreational
heritage of the United States .
The National Park Service (NPS)
strives to provide opportunities
for all Americans to connect to
their national heritage through
the national parks. However,
these opportunities are lacking
for some - often due to a
variety of social and economic
factors.
The Teacher to Ranger to
Teacher (TRT) Program offers a
solution, by linking National
Park units with teachers from
low income school districts.
Under this program, selected
teachers spend the summer
working as park rangers, often
living in the park. They perform
various duties depending on
their interests and the needs of
the park, including developing
and presenting interpretive
programs for the general public,
staffing the visitor center
desk, developing
curriculum-based materials for
the park, or taking on special
projects.
Then, during the school
year, these teacher-rangers
bring the parks into the
classroom by developing and
presenting curriculum-based
lesson plans that draw on their
summer's experience. In April,
during National Park Week,
teacher-rangers wear their NPS
uniforms to school, discuss
their summer as a park ranger,
and engage students and other
teachers in activities that
relate to America 's national
parks.
For additional information
about the Teacher Ranger program
go to
http://www.nps.gov/wupa/forteachers/trt.htm.
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