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Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center (PEHSC)
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| Monday June 22, 2009 | 8:00am–4:00pm at University of Pittsburgh |
| Tuesday June 23, 2009 | 8:00am departure for Johnstown |
| Wednesday June 24, 2009 | on the road to Gettysburg and Lancaster areas |
| Thursday June 25, 2009 | Harrisburg activities, returning around 10:00pm |
| Monday June 29, 2009 | 5:00pm-9:00pm at University of Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center’s (PEHSC) is pleased to provide teachers with a unique, intensive professional development summer institute this year thanks to special funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Join us to explore how ethnicity intersects with occupation to create communities. The answer to this interesting and complex question changes from place to place and over time. It is an important question in defining who we are as Pennsylvanians and residents of any local community. An excellent way for teachers and their students to grapple with this question is through exploring local cultures in the places that culture happens, in our communities. Another excellent way is through talking with residents whose daily lives embody the answers we seek. PEHSC’s teacher professional development course will guide teachers through the process of incorporating more experiential heritage education into their classrooms. In addition to the intersection of ethnicity and occupation, other thematic areas we will learn about include: immigration, community and family, local heritage and traditions, folklife education, Pennsylvania history, and ethnic group dynamics. For a list of institute goals and an outline of our itinerary, please click here for our brochure.
This institute can accommodate 20 upper elementary and middle school teachers who teach about their community, interviewing, local history, Pennsylvania history and heritage, and/or cultural arts and traditions. This summer institute has requested two (2) credits or sixty (60) Act 48 hours. The PDE grant funds underwrite all materials, admission fees, speakers and field activity expenses, the hotel, and yummy ethnic food meals. Registration fee of $250.00 covers our motorcoach.
If you have any questions about the workshop content, contact Ms. Linda Deafenbaugh, Program Coordinator, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center by phone at 412.648.7572; fax at 412.648.2199 or by email at pehsc@pitt.edu
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