While much of the press portrays Islam as a monolithic tradition, James Carroll's talk, "Islam: Threat of Gift?," will explore the perception of Islam and its complex relationship with Judaism and Christianity. A response by Asma Afsaruddin, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame and Chairwoman of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, will follow.

This event presents a reading and discussion with Rick Hollander, editor of Every Day Lasts a Year: A Jewish Family's Correspondence from Poland. He will recount his family's poignant experiences before and during the Holocaust as revealed through letters found after his parents' deaths.

This two-day workshop will explore ways to teach the Holocaust through the lens of literature using fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short stories, diaries, and memoir.

This workshop will use Facing History's resource Stitching Truth: Women's Protest Art in Pinochet's Chile to examine the story of how women in Chile used arpilleras, brightly colored tapestries, to confront a dictatorship and restore democracy using nonviolent methods. This resource is part of Facing History's "Making History" series, about people and groups who chose to make a difference.

This workshops will explore the Facing History and Ourselves resource, Choices in Little Rock, about the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. This resource can be used to teach civics and enrich a study of history and literature. Scholarships are available for Boston Public School (BPS) eighth-grade social studies teachers, though the workshop is open to all educators. BPS educators must register with Facing History and at mylearningplan.com.

This is a two-day workshop for Boston Public Schools teachers who will be teaching the Civil Rights Movement in their 10th-grade U.S. History courses. The seminar will focus on three units: "The murder of Emmett Till," "Voting Rights: From Selma to Montgomery," and "Desegregation of Boston Schools." All BPS Teachers must also register with the Boston Public Schools at www.mylearningplan.com.

Hands-on lesson plans in art can enrich the teaching of history, mathematics, or language arts. Teachers can create a design for a new coin, a portrait relief, or a figure in the round, and then teach their own students how art plays a part in portraying history, building national pride, and celebrating our heritage. Through firsthand artistic process, teachers and students form a personal connection to concepts, people, and events in history. The workshop will begin with a discussion and an introduction to the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the sculpture process, with an emphasis on the design of coinage. Participants will then proceed to the studio area to begin work. There will be approximately 2 ½ hours of studio time, with an optional viewing of the film, "The Medal Maker: Master Sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser." The film details the complete process of medallic art and can be used in the classroom as a pre- or post-lesson to a class visit to Saint-Gaudens. The workshop will include small group discussions focused on integration of the sculpture process into your current curriculum and the state standards addressed by including sculpture in your lesson plans.