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TRAVEL DETAILSVisit BeadforLife in Uganda and meet people who will inspire you in ways you never expected.February 28 – March 13, 2009
$2,600, airfare not included
Visit the BeadforLife village
Go on safari at Murchison Falls National Park
Explore issues of wildlife conservation, HIV/AIDS, and poverty eradication
Engage with people in their homes and schools
This trip is a full-immersion experience. Come prepared to see the world differently.
For more information:
www.conservationconcepts.netFrom Trevor Getz at SF State University: Teacher-to-teacher experience in South Africa July 2009eduWeavers invites educators from across the United States to join us in a carefully crafted journey of service, teaching, learning, and partnership in South Africa during the summer of 2009.
Bringing together an alliance of both US and South African governments and independent organizations, this journey will serve the needs, interests, and goals of educators from both countries. Participants will both teach and learn through participatory discussions and presentations with South African teachers, lectures from leading South African scholars and leaders in the field of education, and interactions with their peers in home and school settings.
Dates: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 – Saturday, August 1, 2009
Fee: $3,000 USD (not including airfare)
Deposit: $300 USD (non-refundable, due by February 15, 2009)
A comprehensive 10-day/11-night journey will include multiple opportunities for professional and cultural learning and interacting. All travel arrangements, conference requirements, and meals listed below will be organized by eduWeavers and will be included in the cost of the trip. All accommodations will be of a high standard. The journey weaves together a variety of settings - the rural communities/villages of Maputaland and central KwaZulu-Natal, the urban townships of Cape Town, UNESCO natural heritage sites, and the Cape winelands.
For information -
http://www.eduweavers.org/pdfs/summer09.pdf.
ON-LINE RESOURCES DETAILS The Obama Administration and The Challenge of China – USC US-China Institute(I’ve retitled this documentary from “Election ’08 and the Challenge of China” to indicate that it is still a relevant classroom tool.)
I often hear from university faculty that freshman are prepared with facts but not with analytical skills to respond to what they read and develop their own questions, opinions, and solutions. This set of short videos produced at USC is a good quick resource for practicing the process of inquiry by engaging in current issues. Developed during the 2008 election most of the eight segments are still relevant. Each segment quickly (in about five minutes) sets out the most pressing issues the next U.S. administration faces in relations with China – providing pros and cons and leaving the road ahead open for discussion. If you were an advisor to the next administration what would you tell President Obama?
The online documentary has eight segments – Parts 1-5 are the relevant ones for the classroom.
Part 1: The Big Picture
Part 2: Tensions over Trade
Part 3: Human Rights
Part 4: Taiwan and China’ Military Buildup
Part 5: China’s Growing International Clout
The documentary is available at the USC U.S.-China Institute (USCI) website (
http://china.usc.edu) and at the Institute’s YouTube channel (
http://www.youtube.com/USChinaInstitute). I also have a copy of the DVD in the ORIAS lending library.
For teachers not able to attend History Through Literature: Collected Tales meetings this year, but still interested in the topic see ORIAS resource pages for:o
Jataka Taleshttp://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htmo Animated maps for studying globalization through the spread of
Empire (from Mapping Globalization project at Princeton University and University of Washington).
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Route of Alexander the Great’s conquest
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Alexander_the_Greato
Invasion of the Goths
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Invasion_of_the_Gothso
Byzantine Empire
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Byzantine_Empire·
Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon)– if you ever need a little reassurance for all the work you do internationalizing curriculum watch this. Guaranteed to make you happy!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080722.htmlAT ORIASHistory Through Literature Working Group – Collected Stories
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/2009HistoryLiteratureHome.htm Jataka TalesSaturday, January 10, 2009Guest speaker: Padmanabh S. Jaini, Prof emeritus, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies/Center for Buddhist Studies, UCB
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
Globalizing World History Study Group
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/globalizers.htm Next meeting December 17th at the World Affairs Council HeadquartersBook: BANANAS: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World, by Peter Chapman.
ORIAS Working Group at Humanities West – Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads April 17-18, 2009 at Humanities West (Applications and working group information coming in January, but program information is available on
Humanites West site.)
The European Union • A special one-day teachers’ institute • Spring, 2009 Date TBAAfter centuries of devastating wars, in 1958 Western Europe launched an unprecedented experiment in peaceful cooperation. Under the motto “United in Diversity,” the result was ultimately known as the European Union (EU). A case study of this evolving federation supports the teaching of post-nationalism, migration, definitions of democracy, international law, human rights and national identities in the wake of the Cold War. This spring ORIAS and the Institute of European Studies is offering a special one-day educators’ institute on the history and current developments in the European Union.
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
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