Summer K-12 Workshop
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"Outside Looking In:
Citizenship in the New Europe"
Sponsored by the UW-Madison's
Center for European Studies
and Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
June 18-23, 2006
- Teachers will earn one graduate credit at the UW-Madison
- Tuition is covered by a US Department of Education Grant
- Housing is available on a limited basis for those traveling from outside the area
- Total workshop fees are only $55
(this includes a $30 workshop fee and $25 administrative fee to the UW)
Download the registration form here [pdf format]
This workshop, intended for teachers of grades 7-12, will focus on issues of inclusion and exclusion in the New Europe. Who is a citizen? What does it mean to be European when the boundaries of Europe are expanding? Who is a minority? What types of discrimination occur and to whom? How have identities been realigned and redefined in the region?
Workshop Addresses PI-34 Teacher Standards 1,4,7, and 10
Sessions will be conducted by faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as other national experts. Participants will have the opportunity to attend curriculum-building sessions as well as information sessions on resources available through the UW Library system and other collections. Throughout the week the participants will develop a lesson plan to be used in their classroom based on knowledge gained during this course, at the conclusion of the workshop lessons will be presented and shared with the group.
Topics include:
*Sex Trafficking
*Cultural Minority Groups
*Ethnic Conflict
*Borders and boundaries
*Gender Discrimination
* Religion in Europe
*Language Minorities
* Racism
* Youth Issues
* Poverty
*Teaching about the former Yugoslavia through comic books
Questions? Want details or registration information? Contact:
Lara Kain
Outreach Coordinator
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
and Center for European Studies
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1397
Tel: (608) 265-6298
Fax: (608) 890-0267
outreach@creeca.wisc.edu
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