Workshop on Choices Civil Rights Unit - Freedom Now: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
Registration Deadline: Friday, January 18
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Saturday, January 26, 2019
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Registration fee: $50
Check payable to University of Pittsburgh
Mail payment to:
Global Studies Center, Attn: Maja Konitzer
University of Pittsburgh
4100 Posvar Hall
230 S. Bouquet St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Participants will be introduced to the Choices Program's Civil Rights unit, will explore historical and current debates about human rights and approach to teaching about these topics. The workshop participants will seek to respond to questions such as: What are the basic rights and freedoms that every human being deserves? How should we protect these rights and freedoms?
The workshop is open to educators teaching humanities, geography, history, government, current issues, civics, and other social studies in grades 7-12. Each participant will receive one curriculum unit, lunch, Act 48 credit, and parking.
For additional information, contact Maja Konitzer at majab@pitt.edu.
Workshop on Human Rights and Genocide - Confronting Genocide: Never Again?
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 15
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Saturday, March 2, 2019
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Participants will be introduced to the Choices Program's Human Rights and Genocide unit and will seek to understand the causes of genocide and why it persists and how people have grappled with many questions in response to genocide throughout history and today.
The workshop is open to educators teaching humanities, geography, history, government, current issues, civics, and other social studies in grades 7-12. Each participant will receive two curriculum units, lunch, Act 48 credit, and parking.
Registration fee: $50
Check payable to University of Pittsburgh
Mail payment to:
Global Studies Center, Attn: Maja Konitzer
University of Pittsburgh
4100 Posvar Hall
230 S. Bouquet St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
For additional information, contact Maja Konitzer at majab@pitt.edu.