Teacher Training

Teaching Indigenous History as World History

Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 09:00 to 14:30
Event Location: 
Virtual - Register Online!

A professional development workshop for educators offered by the Alliance for Learning in World History (ALWH). This virtual event will be held on June 12 from 9:00 am- 2:30 pm. All accepted participants will receive a $200 stipend. To apply, please submit a resume, sample assignment or syllabus, and application statement below.
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Bonita Lawrence (York University) "Writing Diasporic Indigenous Identities: Connections, Disjunctions And Disavowels"
Dr. Kyle Mays (UCLA) "Building Anti-Colonial And Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Thoughts On Our Freedom"

Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS)

Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 17:00 to 20:00
Event Location: 
Zoom

This reading group for educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place virtually on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). Books and 3 Act 48 credit hours are provided.
Registration is closed.

Tracing Cultural Exchanges in World History through Primary Sources: Beyond what WE got from THEM

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 16:30 to 20:00
Event Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

In this workshop, participants will gain access to resources on teaching about cultural interactions as a topic of study. Using examples from the arts, technology and trade, we will explore primary sources that illustrate how to teach about these interactions through documents, objects, and artworks that represent modes of interaction. They will explore the story of classical knowledge and its transfer to Europe, as well as material culture such as foods and fabrics that moved across the eras to become global consumer products.

Exploring the Asian Diaspora

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 17:00 to 20:00
Event Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

K-16 educators are invited to join the Asian Studies Center for this free presentation and curriculum workshop on Thanhha Lai's "Inside Out & Back Again." Lai's award-winning book of poems chronicles the Vietnam War through the eyes of 10 year-old Ha, whose family flees Saigon for the promise of a better life in the United States. The hardships endured by Ha and her family during the war fade into the past as they struggle to adjust to a new way of life in America—one that is often at odds with the promise of their new country. Act 48 hours available.