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ORIAS EVENTS
1. European Union: A Teachers’ Institute at U. C. Berkeley – April 4
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/EUhome.htm
Two spaces left.
2. Russia And Her Neighbors • Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies' Annual Teachers' Conference - April 25, 2009
Contact: Libby Coyne at ISEEES elizabeth.coyneberkeley.edu or (510) 643-5844
3. Visible Power: Art In National Life
2009 ORIAS Summer Teacher's World History Institute
July 27-31, 2009
Art production for public display has been a component of every historical era. The institute will explore unique evidence art supplies for teaching world history themes such as: Identity; Order and Systems; Peace and Conflict; Migration and Encounters; Chronologies/Change and Continuity.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/summer2009/Summer2009Home.htm
OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS ON CAMPUS
*Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the EU and US
Conference/Symposium | April 2 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | International House,
Event Contact: Noga Wizansky nwizansk@berkeley.edu, 510-643-4558-4
*Film Series: Women’s Cinema from Tangiers to Tehran
March 1, 2009 - April 29, 2009 at the Pacific Film Archive
A celebration of women filmmakers from North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the diaspora in Europe, this series represents a remarkable geographic, cultural, and stylistic range. In documentaries, features, and experimental works, the directors depict urban attitudes and rural traditions, the dream of escape and the isolation of exile, and the comforts and entrapments of family.
PFA Theater: 2575 Bancroft Way @ Bowditch, Berkeley
Info: 510.642.1412 Advance Tickets: 510.642.5249
Please refer to the PFA website for program details and updates. http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/womens_cinema_
tangiers_tehran
SCIENCE CONNECTIONS
History teachers can find exciting ways to think out of the box by collaborating with their colleagues in science departments and integrate science perspectives into the world history curriculum through global topics like population growth, climate change, environmental law, and energy politics.
· The law schools at UC Berkeley and UCLA have launched a new blog, Legal Planet, which provides insight and analysis on climate change, energy, and environmental law and policy. This collaborative blog draws upon the individual research strengths and vast expertise of the law schools' think tanks and legal scholars.
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/
· Conference: Sustainable Professional Development for Global Systems Science in the 21st Century - July 13-15, 2009.
You are invited to attend the Global Systems Science (GSS) conference which will be held 2009 July 13-15 (3 days) at Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
This conference will combine elements of the Global System Science curriculum materials and the new GSS partner: the Global Science textbook authored by John Christensen and published by Kendall/Hunt. We'll share best techniques for using GSS and Global Science materials with high school classes as well as techniques for both in-person and remote-meeting professional development. The materials feature reading and investigations that can form an Earth Science course, Environmental Science course, Integrated Science course, or constitute valuable supplements to traditional Physics, Biology, and Chemistry courses. Preliminary agenda is on the GSS conference page:
http://lhs.berkeley.edu/gss/uptodate/con/
OFF CAMPUS Summer Travel:
· Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia
2009 Peace And Reconciliation Tour Of China - June 30 to July 15, 2009
The Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia (Global Alliance) is again pleased to announce, for the third year, that social science, history, and humanities teachers and educators are invited to apply for this opportunity to take part in a 16-day intensive summer study tour of China. The purpose of the study tour is to enhance knowledge and understanding of the cultural and historical background of China during the Asia-Pacific War from 1931-1945.
o For full details on fees, funding, and application see http://www.global-alliance.net
o Application deadline postmarked April 10, 2009.
Contact: Pete Stanek pete.stanek@global-alliance.net.
· Uganda - Teaching Global Issues: July 11 - 24, 2009
Do you teach about Global Issues? Have you dreamed of visiting Africa but wanted a more authentic experience than looking at it through the window of an air-conditioned bus? Do you want to connect, one-on-one, with people who are actively working to lift themselves out of poverty and ask them what their lives are like? Would you like to go on safari and then be able to talk to the locals about what the the park and wildlife conservation mean to them? Do you want to see what "Global Issues" look like in the lives of Ugandans?
For information on costs, itinerary, and program visit Conservation Concepts.
http://conservationconcepts.net/default.aspx
Michele Delattre
Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS)
University of California Berkeley
2223 Fulton Street Rm 338 (MC2324)
Berkeley CA 94720-2324
510-643-0868
http://orias.berkeley.edu
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
César E. Chávez Day Classroom Resources
From: Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>
Resources to Commemorate
César E. Chávez Day
March 31, 2009
California has established an official state holiday to honor Latino labor leader César E. Chávez, born on March 31, 1927. César Chávez Day is intended to promote service to the communities of California in honor of Chavez's life and work. It will be celebrated on March 31, or the appropriate Monday or Friday following or preceding that date.
Resources include:
VIVA LA CAUSA
The Story of César E. Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice
A Documentary Film and Teachers Guide about the Delano Strike and Grape Boycott
led by César E. Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
FREE to Schools from
Teaching Tolerance
A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
To order, go to:
www.teachingtolerance.org/lacausa
César E. Chávez Service Programs
http://yscal.org/cm/Programs/Chavez/Main.html
Cesar Chavez Service Programs encompass two major components, afterschool Service Clubs and Legacy Projects in honor of Cesar Chavez Day.
Cesar E. Chavez was an ordinary man with an extraordinary legacy of great accomplishment and service to humanity. While he is best known for his lifelong effort to found and lead the first enduring farm workers’ union in U.S. history, the significance and impact of his life transcends any one cause or struggle. He forged a legacy of service, conviction and principled leadership that serves as a beacon for all.
Youth Service California’s Cesar E. Chavez Service Programs encompass two major components, both funded by CaliforniaVolunteers. The first is the Cesar E. Chavez Service Clubs, which take place afterschool in Title I middle schools throughout the state. Through the Service Clubs, middle school students learn not only about the life and values of this hero, but they also learn how to apply his values to their own life. Students become local leaders, and use their own voice to identify real community needs and plan service with their communities that meaningfully address those needs.
The second component is the Legacy Projects in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. Legacy Projects are playgrounds and skate parks that are constructed in high-need communities throughout the state each year to give students a safe and constructive place to play and be active.
César E. Chávez Foundation
Chavez Day 2009: Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/
This year’s theme, “Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!” reminds us that our actions can bring HOPE and positive CHANGE to our communities. We have seen the power of people organizing across this country in recent months to bring change to the White House and we must continue that call to action so we can bring change to our communities. Join us as we celebrate Chavez Season 2009, a Season of Service and commitment because, “we don’t need perfect political systems, we need perfect participation.” Cesar E. Chavez
César E. Chávez
California Department of Education Resources
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Intro.aspx
Model Curriculum
Information provided on these Web pages is a standards-based model curriculum on the life and work of César E. Chávez. The curriculum is provided for grades Kindergarten through 12, with biographies, pictures, and other resources provided to help teachers prepare lessons for this state holiday.
Resources for the Public
Information provided on these Web pages are resources for the general public interested in the life and work of César E. Chávez. Included are many pictures and documents scanned from the Walter Reuther Library archives at Wayne State University along with numerous other pictures and documents.
Research Center
The site contains many original scanned documents and pictures from the Walter Reuther Library archives at Wayne State University and Fred Ross Collection. This is the first time they have been made available outside of the archives. There is also an audio clip and transcripts from 50 interviews of people who knew and worked with César E. Chávez. In addition there are photos from Victor Aleman, Bob Fitch, El Malcriado, Cathy Murphy, Cris Sanchez, Elmar, Futirsoff, George Ballis, Glen Pearcy, Hank Gableem, J. Salazar, Manuel Echavaria, Sebastian, Jocelyn Sherman, and the UFW.
Resources to Commemorate
César E. Chávez Day
March 31, 2009
California has established an official state holiday to honor Latino labor leader César E. Chávez, born on March 31, 1927. César Chávez Day is intended to promote service to the communities of California in honor of Chavez's life and work. It will be celebrated on March 31, or the appropriate Monday or Friday following or preceding that date.
Resources include:
VIVA LA CAUSA
The Story of César E. Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice
A Documentary Film and Teachers Guide about the Delano Strike and Grape Boycott
led by César E. Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
FREE to Schools from
Teaching Tolerance
A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
To order, go to:
www.teachingtolerance.org/lacausa
César E. Chávez Service Programs
http://yscal.org/cm/Programs/Chavez/Main.html
Cesar Chavez Service Programs encompass two major components, afterschool Service Clubs and Legacy Projects in honor of Cesar Chavez Day.
Cesar E. Chavez was an ordinary man with an extraordinary legacy of great accomplishment and service to humanity. While he is best known for his lifelong effort to found and lead the first enduring farm workers’ union in U.S. history, the significance and impact of his life transcends any one cause or struggle. He forged a legacy of service, conviction and principled leadership that serves as a beacon for all.
Youth Service California’s Cesar E. Chavez Service Programs encompass two major components, both funded by CaliforniaVolunteers. The first is the Cesar E. Chavez Service Clubs, which take place afterschool in Title I middle schools throughout the state. Through the Service Clubs, middle school students learn not only about the life and values of this hero, but they also learn how to apply his values to their own life. Students become local leaders, and use their own voice to identify real community needs and plan service with their communities that meaningfully address those needs.
The second component is the Legacy Projects in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. Legacy Projects are playgrounds and skate parks that are constructed in high-need communities throughout the state each year to give students a safe and constructive place to play and be active.
César E. Chávez Foundation
Chavez Day 2009: Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/
This year’s theme, “Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!” reminds us that our actions can bring HOPE and positive CHANGE to our communities. We have seen the power of people organizing across this country in recent months to bring change to the White House and we must continue that call to action so we can bring change to our communities. Join us as we celebrate Chavez Season 2009, a Season of Service and commitment because, “we don’t need perfect political systems, we need perfect participation.” Cesar E. Chavez
César E. Chávez
California Department of Education Resources
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Intro.aspx
Model Curriculum
Information provided on these Web pages is a standards-based model curriculum on the life and work of César E. Chávez. The curriculum is provided for grades Kindergarten through 12, with biographies, pictures, and other resources provided to help teachers prepare lessons for this state holiday.
Resources for the Public
Information provided on these Web pages are resources for the general public interested in the life and work of César E. Chávez. Included are many pictures and documents scanned from the Walter Reuther Library archives at Wayne State University along with numerous other pictures and documents.
Research Center
The site contains many original scanned documents and pictures from the Walter Reuther Library archives at Wayne State University and Fred Ross Collection. This is the first time they have been made available outside of the archives. There is also an audio clip and transcripts from 50 interviews of people who knew and worked with César E. Chávez. In addition there are photos from Victor Aleman, Bob Fitch, El Malcriado, Cathy Murphy, Cris Sanchez, Elmar, Futirsoff, George Ballis, Glen Pearcy, Hank Gableem, J. Salazar, Manuel Echavaria, Sebastian, Jocelyn Sherman, and the UFW.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Humanities West: Cinematic Art and Reality Television in Modern India
From: Patricia Lundberg, Executive Director [patricia@humanitieswest.ccsend.com]
Dear Friend of Humanities West,
Have you seen Slum Dog Millionaire yet?
Trust me. It's great. Find out even more about Indian Cinema and upward mobility in India at Humanities West's India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity, Friday evening, February 27 and all-day Saturday February 28, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
The Saturday program features a lecture with film clips by Dilip Basu, Founding Director of the Satyajit Ray Film Archives at UC Santa Cruz on the cinema of Satyajit Ray and his cohorts in post-independent India.
Learn how popular cinema, both past and present, uses the modern cinematic medium to the fullest while following the traditional Indian dramaturgy in form and content. And Professor Raka Ray, Sarah Kailath Chair in Indian Studies, Chair of the Center for South Asia Studies, and Associate Professor of Sociology and South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California Berkeley not only moderates this program but lectures on Reality Television and the New India.
As American Idol again draws high television ratings in February, Professor Ray will discuss the Indian Idol phenomenon, in which the women and the rich men are voted off first in support of upward mobility for the poor Nepalese boy who eventually wins, and in a sense causes the upward mobility of his whole community, generating pride within the regionally underserved.
Get tickets now!
Visit our web site for more information:
HumanitiesWest.org
Visit City Box Office to buy tickets.
RELATED EVENTS
The Enigma of Arrival:
Modern India & Anglophone Literature
Lecture by Stanford University Professor
Saikat Majumdar and
A Conversation with Award-Winning Indian Novelist
Vikram Chandra
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
5:30pm Reception
6 pm Lecture
Mechanics' Institute
57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
Modern India and its people are increasingly associated with a narrative of achievement and prosperity in the realms of the economic and the cultural. State-of-the-art technology and award-winning literature are two of India's most dazzling ambassadors.
This lecture will briefly overview the field of modern Indian-English literature and raise some questions in the process: Is it possible today to see the phenomenon of Anglophone Indian literature as separate from the new image of rise and growth that currently engulfs this nation? What is gained, and what is lost when an art form gets so closely wedded to tropes of progress and achievement in the national and global public spheres?
Professor Majumdar will end his lecture in conversation with Vikram Chandra, author of Sacred Games and one of India's foremost novelists.
FREE to Members of Mechanics' Institute and Friends of Humanities West
$12 general public
To Reserve Tickets please call
415.393.0100
For more information:
Mechanics' Institute
___________________________
Preview of India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity
A Fireside Chat with George Hammond
February 24, 2009
7:00 pm
Orinda Library
26 Orinda Way
Orinda, CA 94563
(925) 254-2184
Free to the General Public.
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Visit our web site to:
> Download the "India Rising" brochure
> Download our newest and archived newsletters
> Suggested reading for "India Rising"
> If you are a contributor to Humanities West or a ticketholder to India Rising and would like a copy of our specially prepared India Reader, you may request your copy by writing to info@humanitieswest.org.
Patricia Lundberg, PhD, Executive Director
Humanities West, P O Box 546
San Francisco, CA 94104
info@humanitieswest.org
Dear Friend of Humanities West,
Have you seen Slum Dog Millionaire yet?
Trust me. It's great. Find out even more about Indian Cinema and upward mobility in India at Humanities West's India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity, Friday evening, February 27 and all-day Saturday February 28, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
The Saturday program features a lecture with film clips by Dilip Basu, Founding Director of the Satyajit Ray Film Archives at UC Santa Cruz on the cinema of Satyajit Ray and his cohorts in post-independent India.
Learn how popular cinema, both past and present, uses the modern cinematic medium to the fullest while following the traditional Indian dramaturgy in form and content. And Professor Raka Ray, Sarah Kailath Chair in Indian Studies, Chair of the Center for South Asia Studies, and Associate Professor of Sociology and South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California Berkeley not only moderates this program but lectures on Reality Television and the New India.
As American Idol again draws high television ratings in February, Professor Ray will discuss the Indian Idol phenomenon, in which the women and the rich men are voted off first in support of upward mobility for the poor Nepalese boy who eventually wins, and in a sense causes the upward mobility of his whole community, generating pride within the regionally underserved.
Get tickets now!
Visit our web site for more information:
HumanitiesWest.org
Visit City Box Office to buy tickets.
RELATED EVENTS
The Enigma of Arrival:
Modern India & Anglophone Literature
Lecture by Stanford University Professor
Saikat Majumdar and
A Conversation with Award-Winning Indian Novelist
Vikram Chandra
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
5:30pm Reception
6 pm Lecture
Mechanics' Institute
57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
Modern India and its people are increasingly associated with a narrative of achievement and prosperity in the realms of the economic and the cultural. State-of-the-art technology and award-winning literature are two of India's most dazzling ambassadors.
This lecture will briefly overview the field of modern Indian-English literature and raise some questions in the process: Is it possible today to see the phenomenon of Anglophone Indian literature as separate from the new image of rise and growth that currently engulfs this nation? What is gained, and what is lost when an art form gets so closely wedded to tropes of progress and achievement in the national and global public spheres?
Professor Majumdar will end his lecture in conversation with Vikram Chandra, author of Sacred Games and one of India's foremost novelists.
FREE to Members of Mechanics' Institute and Friends of Humanities West
$12 general public
To Reserve Tickets please call
415.393.0100
For more information:
Mechanics' Institute
___________________________
Preview of India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity
A Fireside Chat with George Hammond
February 24, 2009
7:00 pm
Orinda Library
26 Orinda Way
Orinda, CA 94563
(925) 254-2184
Free to the General Public.
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Visit our web site to:
> Download the "India Rising" brochure
> Download our newest and archived newsletters
> Suggested reading for "India Rising"
> If you are a contributor to Humanities West or a ticketholder to India Rising and would like a copy of our specially prepared India Reader, you may request your copy by writing to info@humanitieswest.org.
Patricia Lundberg, PhD, Executive Director
Humanities West, P O Box 546
San Francisco, CA 94104
info@humanitieswest.org
Black History Month Activities
From: John William Templeton [mailto:johnwtempleton@yahoo.com]
Infusing African-American heritage into the classroom environment as called for in the national and state H/SS frameworks requires more than talking about the inauguration. It is the local and regional content, connected often to the lives of individual students and their families, which builds the long-standing scholarly intensity that propels life-long learners.
In addition to the events upcoming during Black History Month, March 5 is also Black American Day in California schools.
JazzGenesis: San Francisco and the Birth of Jazz, ongoing exhibition in the Visitor Information Center of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau at Market and Fifth Streets adjacent to the Powell BART station. Weekday hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekends 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Soul of Technology: 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology exhibition, including the documentary Freedom Riders of the Cutting Edge, beginning Feb. 2, 2009 in the lobby of the Palo Alto City Hall at 5 p.m.
Lincoln and San Francisco, lecture in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Main Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8
The Black Rock: Blacks on Alcatraz, premiere of film and book by Kevin Epps about the 273 black inmates on Alcatraz, at Alcatraz National Historic Site, sponsored by Golden Gate National Recreational Area. Feb. 17.
Come to the Water: Sharing the Rich Black Experience in San Francisco (second edition) has updated listings of restaurants, historic sites, cultural facilities and personalities in the world's favorite tourist attraction. Visit JazzGenesis: San Francisco and the Birth of Jazz in the Visitor Information Center of the S.F. Convention & Visitors Bureau. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends. The center is adjacent to the Powell Street BART station at the intersection of Market and Cyril Magnin.
Infusing African-American heritage into the classroom environment as called for in the national and state H/SS frameworks requires more than talking about the inauguration. It is the local and regional content, connected often to the lives of individual students and their families, which builds the long-standing scholarly intensity that propels life-long learners.
In addition to the events upcoming during Black History Month, March 5 is also Black American Day in California schools.
JazzGenesis: San Francisco and the Birth of Jazz, ongoing exhibition in the Visitor Information Center of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau at Market and Fifth Streets adjacent to the Powell BART station. Weekday hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekends 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Soul of Technology: 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology exhibition, including the documentary Freedom Riders of the Cutting Edge, beginning Feb. 2, 2009 in the lobby of the Palo Alto City Hall at 5 p.m.
Lincoln and San Francisco, lecture in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Main Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8
The Black Rock: Blacks on Alcatraz, premiere of film and book by Kevin Epps about the 273 black inmates on Alcatraz, at Alcatraz National Historic Site, sponsored by Golden Gate National Recreational Area. Feb. 17.
Come to the Water: Sharing the Rich Black Experience in San Francisco (second edition) has updated listings of restaurants, historic sites, cultural facilities and personalities in the world's favorite tourist attraction. Visit JazzGenesis: San Francisco and the Birth of Jazz in the Visitor Information Center of the S.F. Convention & Visitors Bureau. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends. The center is adjacent to the Powell Street BART station at the intersection of Market and Cyril Magnin.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Facing History Event: "Divided We Fall"
From: Jack Weinstein [mailto:Jack_Weinstein@facing.org]
Greetings-- Please share!
I encourage you to attend the event described in the attachment below-- and equally important, I ask you to please encourage colleagues, students, and others to do so. If you are a teacher, you might consider offering some level of enticement to students who would attend and report back to your class about the film and discussion....many thanks.
Jack Weinstein
Yours to use and pass on:
RSVP's are much appreciated-- but there will be space for as many as attend.
Jack Weinstein
Director, Facing History and Ourselves
SF Bay Area
510-786-2500, ext. 223
website: www.facinghistory.org
24301 Southland Dr. Suite 318
Hayward, CA 94545
Divided We Fall event flyer.doc
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Greetings-- Please share!
I encourage you to attend the event described in the attachment below-- and equally important, I ask you to please encourage colleagues, students, and others to do so. If you are a teacher, you might consider offering some level of enticement to students who would attend and report back to your class about the film and discussion....many thanks.
Jack Weinstein
Yours to use and pass on:
RSVP's are much appreciated-- but there will be space for as many as attend.
Jack Weinstein
Director, Facing History and Ourselves
SF Bay Area
510-786-2500, ext. 223
website: www.facinghistory.org
24301 Southland Dr. Suite 318
Hayward, CA 94545
Divided We Fall event flyer.doc
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