Civic Dilemmas: Religion, Migration, and Belonging in a Globalized World

Description

How do societies integrate newcomers? In this workshop, participants will engage with stories of Muslim immigration to Europe and make connections to debates about difference in our own community. Among the many topics they will examine is the role of religion in public life.

Sponsoring Organization
Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
Three and a half hours

Educators in a Jewish Setting: Holocaust and Human Behavior Online Seminar

Description

Teaching the Holocaust in the Context of Jewish History, Ethics, and Identity is a course that offers participants the opportunity to explore the connection between Jewish history and identity and the moral questions inherent in everyday life. Daily sessions will explore the Holocaust as a lesson not only in racism and antisemitism but also in courage, caring and compassion. Participants will learn multidisciplinary pedagogical approaches for teaching a course on the Holocaust that is grounded in a study of Jewish ethics and values. In our seminars Facing History examines the Holocaust in a variety of disciplines including history, literature, and the arts. FH also integrates traditional and modern Jewish texts into its signature scope and sequence. Using Facing History’s principal resource book, Holocaust and Human Behavior, and The Jews of Poland, as well as video, primary sources, and presentations by survivors and leading scholars of the Holocaust, participants will experience a rigorous encounter with this powerful history. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the rich and vibrant culture created by the Jews of Eastern Europe before the war, the dilemmas of ghetto life, the scope of Jewish resistance and the way history shapes Jewish identity today. Following this Seminar, participants receive complete access to Facing History's Educator Resources, including downloadable unit plans, lessons, and online conversations. In addition, participants are invited to borrow videos, dvds, and books from Facing History's lending library. Finally, each participant is assigned a Facing History Program Associate, who is available to provide ongoing support services.

Sponsoring Organization
Facing History and Ourselves
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$50
Duration
Nine weeks
End Date

Parkin Archaeological State Park Teacher Workshop

Description

Parkin State Park interpreters are continually developing new and exciting educational programs for groups who visit Parkin Archeological State Park and nearby Village Creek State Park. Teachers spend the day exploring these two sites by participating in educational programs and activities and earn 6 in-service credit hours. Each teacher will receive information packets on the resources available for teacher and classrooms.

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Parkin Archaeological State Park
Phone number
1 870-755-2500
Target Audience
PK-12
Start Date
Cost
TBA
Course Credit
Participants earn 6 in-service credit hours.
Duration
One day

Educator's Day 2008: A Day with Mary Jemison

Description

What was life like on the Pennsylvania frontier? How were captives adopted into the Seneca Nation? Who was Mary Jemison? What was life like for her? What does it mean to be a Seneca? G. Peter Jemison, the rest of the staff of Ganondagan State Historic Site, the Friends of Ganondagan Education Committee and some special guests will present a look at Mary Jemison and the Senecas.

The workshop will cover life in a Scotch-Irish household on the Pennsylvania frontier; the influence of the French and Indian War and the process of captivity, adoption, and identity formation; life in a longhouse; Seneca genealogy; and a visit with Mary Jemison (as portrayed by Gretchen Sepik). Participants will receive a folder of information, a ticket for a return visit to the site, and a 10% discount coupon for use at Ganondagan's Gift Shop (where resources on the Haudenosaunee and Mary Jemison will be available for purchase) for the day of the event. They will also meet the staff and receive information about booking a group visit to Ganondagan.

Contact name
Fowler, Gail
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Ganondagon State Historic Site
Phone number
1 585-352-6112
Target Audience
All grades
Start Date
Cost
$75
Duration
One day

Great Lakes Maritime Education Workshop

Description

Participants will step back in time to a simpler life on uninhabited St. Helena Island. Participants will be immersed in the life and times of Great Lakes lighthouse keepers, including history, culture, and songs. Educators and youth leaders will sleep in the lighthouse bedrooms, cook with each other in the summer kitchen, and keep watch on the lantern deck as lighthouse families did 100 years ago. Activity classes, all based on the Michigan State Standards, offer the participant a means to integrate real world Great Lakes concepts into their classrooms. Some examples of these activities include topographical mapping, lens/prism and sound technology, use of primary reference materials, storytelling, journal entry, and decision making, to name just a few.

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
Phone number
1 231-436-5580
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$275
Course Credit
For additional fees, Central Michigan University will offer 2 graduate credit hours and the Eastern UP ISD will offer 2.7 SB-CEUs.
Duration
Five days
End Date

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lure of the West

Description

The third in this series of workshops featuring different areas of the permanent collection focuses on images of the West. Depictions of pioneers, Native Americans, and western scenes are used to enhance your curriculum. Landscapes, history paintings, and portraiture are featured.

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
None
Duration
Three hours

Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Living History Encampment

Description

This popular living history event will provide participants the unique opportunity to learn about 1840s life by living it! You will be immersed in the role of trader, trapper-hunter, laborer, blacksmith, carpenter, Dragoon soldier, Army Topographical Engineer or domestic cook. You will gain a much deeper understanding of the realities of fur trade era life in the American West.

Participants will be provided study materials and lectures on history, living history, and interpretive skills. Living historians will teach and direct participants in use of 19th century work techniques and social skills. Lectures will take place through the first day with an overnight on the Santa Fe Trail that evening. On Friday, those who are to work for Bent, St. Vrain and Company will travel to the fort and sign on with the company. From that moment on, you are living a 19th century life 24 hours a day. The Army and trappers will spend most of their time working out of their camps along the Arkansas River.

Contact name
Greg Holt
Sponsoring Organization
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Phone number
1 719-383-5023
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$200
Course Credit
The program meets continuing education requirements for credit; two hours graduate level credit will be available and college tuition fees apply.
Duration
Four days
End Date

Project Archaeology Professional Development Workshop: Investigating a Plains Tipi

Description

Project Archaeology is a comprehensive archaeology and heritage education program for everyone interested in learning or teaching about our nation’s rich cultural legacy and protecting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Project Archaeology includes publications, professional development for educators, networking opportunities, and continuing support for participants. Using an innovative hands-on approach to history, Project Archaeology teaches scientific inquiry, citizenship, personal ethics and character, and cultural understanding. Teacher Workshops are offered to educators who want to use Project Archaeology materials in their classroom.

Contact name
Crystal Alegria
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Project Archaeology
Phone number
1 406-994-6925
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Course Credit
2 graduate credits
Duration
Four days
End Date

Project Archaeology Professional Development Workshops: Investigating a Ute Rock Shelter

Description

Project Archaeology is a comprehensive archaeology and heritage education program for everyone interested in learning or teaching about our nation’s rich cultural legacy and protecting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Project Archaeology includes publications, professional development for educators, networking opportunities, and continuing support for participants. Using an innovative hands-on approach to history, Project Archaeology teaches scientific inquiry, citizenship, personal ethics and character, and cultural understanding. Teacher Workshops are offered to educators who want to use Project Archaeology materials in their classroom.

Contact name
Mary Derbish
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Project Archaeology
Phone number
1 720-254-4493
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Duration
Two days
End Date

Project Archaeology Professional Development Workshops: Investigating a Pawnee Earthlodge

Description

Project Archaeology is a comprehensive archaeology and heritage education program for everyone interested in learning or teaching about our nation’s rich cultural legacy and protecting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Project Archaeology includes publications, professional development for educators, networking opportunities, and continuing support for participants. Using an innovative hands-on approach to history, Project Archaeology teaches scientific inquiry, citizenship, personal ethics and character, and cultural understanding. Teacher Workshops are offered to educators who want to use Project Archaeology materials in their classroom.

Contact name
Tanya Kress
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Project Archaeology
Phone number
1 800-886-5261
Target Audience
Upper elementary through secondary
Start Date
Duration
Two days
End Date