Professional Development Workshop for Teachers: “Utopian Communities”
Saturday, April 30, 2016 / 9am - 5pm (lunch provided)
Illini Union General Lounge (Room 210), University of Illinois
Saturday, April 30, 2016 / 9am - 5pm (lunch provided)
Illini Union General Lounge (Room 210), University of Illinois
A professional development workshop for history and social science teachers (especially middle-school and high-school) bringing together university historians and pre-college educators to discuss classroom strategies and materials, and how to incorporate international thinking about utopia and its practices into the school curriculum. Last year’s workshop focused on “revolutions” as utopian visions and practices (see http://globalutopias.weebly.com/teachers-workshop-2015.html). This year, we focus on visions and practices of community as sites for creating alternatives to the present and for the future—across the world and the United States.
Presenters (professors in the department of history):
-Teresa Barnes (African History)
-Deirdre Ruscitti Harshman (Russian History)
-Katherine Oberdeck (US History)
-John Randolph (Russian History and coordinator of “the Source Lab” project)
-Dorothee Schneider (US History)
-Mark Steinberg (History)
-Celestina Savonious-Wroth (History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library)
Organized by the Center for Historical Interpretation, Department of History, UIUC. With additional support from the Center for Global Studies.
Format: Five one-hour hands-on workshops for K-12 teachers on teaching with primary documents (texts, visual, music, etc.) in the US and world history curricula. Documents to be distributed in advance. Other teaching materials may be available at the workshop. There will be a final general session to share experiences in the classroom. Details of the topics, and registration for the workshop, will be announced in early March.
PDH credits available: six contact hours.
We are offering Teacher Grants ($200) for teachers that are accepted to attend (unfortunately these grants are not available for current UIUC students or employees of the university).
More details and registration information will be available in March 2016. For additional information, contact Mark Steinberg ([email protected]) – Professor of History and Chair of the CHI steering committee.
Presenters (professors in the department of history):
-Teresa Barnes (African History)
-Deirdre Ruscitti Harshman (Russian History)
-Katherine Oberdeck (US History)
-John Randolph (Russian History and coordinator of “the Source Lab” project)
-Dorothee Schneider (US History)
-Mark Steinberg (History)
-Celestina Savonious-Wroth (History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library)
Organized by the Center for Historical Interpretation, Department of History, UIUC. With additional support from the Center for Global Studies.
Format: Five one-hour hands-on workshops for K-12 teachers on teaching with primary documents (texts, visual, music, etc.) in the US and world history curricula. Documents to be distributed in advance. Other teaching materials may be available at the workshop. There will be a final general session to share experiences in the classroom. Details of the topics, and registration for the workshop, will be announced in early March.
PDH credits available: six contact hours.
We are offering Teacher Grants ($200) for teachers that are accepted to attend (unfortunately these grants are not available for current UIUC students or employees of the university).
More details and registration information will be available in March 2016. For additional information, contact Mark Steinberg ([email protected]) – Professor of History and Chair of the CHI steering committee.