Global Horizons
Fall 2001 Workshops
285 Hills House South, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA 01003
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For REGISTRATION: payment for all or any workshop is due three weeks prior
to the scheduled workshop date. Registration is on a first-come, first-served
basis. We expect all workshops to fill quickly. Enrollment is limited. For
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Workshop Fee |
Amount Paid |
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Storytelling in the Classroom; Enhancing Curriculum and Cultural Appreciation |
Saturday, September 15th 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
$25.00 |
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Bringing a Human Rights Lens to Multicultural Education -- Linkages and Entry Points |
Saturday, September 22nd, 8:30 a. m. – 3:30 p. m. |
$25.00 |
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African Art As Transformation |
Saturday, October 6th, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm. |
$15.00 |
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Using Archeology: across the curriculum in K-12 classrooms |
Saturday, October 20th, 8:30 a. m. - 3:00p m |
$10.00 |
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Geography in the classroom |
Saturday, November 17th, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm |
$25.00 |
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Storytelling in the Classroom: Enhancing Curriculum and Cultural Appreciation (10 PDPs)
Presenter: Elisa Pearmain, M.Ed
DATE: Saturday, September 15th, 8:30– 3:00
COST: $25.00
Development of strong language arts skills is basic to literacy, a joy of learning, emotional intelligence and appreciation of difference. Storytelling helps children to associate listening with pleasure, builds an appreciation for expressive language, and allows us to feel more human and more empathetic as we walk in the shoes of another.
In this fun, participatory workshop participants will develop their own natural storytelling strengths and style, using personal stories, and folk sources from many cultures. They will gain new skills and confidence for using this accessible art form to enhance classroom culture, any area of the curriculum, appreciation for diversity, and language arts development.
Storytelling will be looked at in light of the Massachusetts Statewide Curriculum Standards and Multiple Intelligence theory. Curriculum integration and approaches to exposing children to stories from many cultures will be described. Teachers will explore grade level appropriate activities for turning their students into storytellers and story makers. No prior storytelling experience necessary. Participants work in small groups. No memorization!
About the Presenter: Elisa Pearmain, M.Ed is a professional storyteller and award-winning author of Doorways to the Soul: Fifty-two Wisdom Tales from around the world (Pilgrim Press 1998). Elisa has been training teachers to use storytelling in their classrooms since 1990 through Lesley University Master’s Program. Elisa worked as Storyteller in Residence in the Boston Public Schools for ten years and performs for thousands of children in schools and libraries each year.
Bringing a Human Rights Lens to Multicultural Education - Linkages and Entry Points (10 PDPs)
Presenters: Mary Lugton and Phoebe McKinney
DATE: Saturday September 22nd 8:30– 3:00
COST: $25.00
This day-long interactive workshop is designed for high school and middle school educators who are currently engaged in some form of multicultural education. Building on their prior knowledge and experience, participants will co-construct an understanding of human rights and human rights education and explore linkages between human rights and multicultural education. Participants will explore possibilities for incorporating human rights into their multicultural classrooms and have an opportunity to develop multicultural human rights education lesson plans/activities.
About the Presenters: Mary D. Lugton is an attorney with training in International and Human Rights law. Phoebe McKinney is an international labor rights and human rights activist. They both hold Master’s Degrees in Education. Mary and Phoebe have designed and facilitated human rights education workshops for K-12 educators, graduate students, and high school students. They also served as facilitators for a 3-week intensive intermediate training for international human rights activists and advocates sponsored by the Canadian Human Rights Foundation. Recently, Mary and Phoebe designed a pilot multicultural human rights education training curriculum for K-12 Social Studies teachers and designed and conducted a workshop for NYC teachers on multicultural education and human rights for Amnesty International’s Human Rights Education Conference, “Speak Truth to Power.” In addition to their workshops, Mary and Phoebe have developed a number of innovative teaching aids, including a series of games that foster critical reflection on human rights issues.
Presenter: Annette B. Chittenden
DATE: October 6th, 8:30 – 3:00
This workshop provides opportunities to teach culture through symbolism in art.
Hands on experience in mask making and other symbolic forms will allow the student
to examine values and reflect on who they are and express their ideas through
simple sculptural techniques. Students will transform simple shoe/oatmeal/cereal
boxes and cardboard tubes into artful expressions. These projects are applicable
to all grade levels across the curriculum. Handouts will provide inspiration
and information on symbols and their meanings. Assessment sheets will be included
to help students assimilate and interpret information learned. Bring an oatmeal
box - any size, or shoebox to get started! All over materials provided.
About the Presenter: Annette B. Chittenden has been an Art teacher with the New Haven Public School System for 28 years – teaching 5 – 8 graders. She began a personal quest for knowledge about African Art as a beginning teacher and has continued learning and collecting resources to the present. She traveled to Ghana in 1994 through a Fulbright/Hays grant with the African Studies Department at Yale University, visiting schools, cultural sights, and ceremonies. Her respect and passion for African Art continues to grow.
Presenter: Claire C. Carlson, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Archaeology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
DATE: Saturday, October 20th, 8:30 – 3:00
COST: $10.00
This workshop will introduce teachers to using archaeology in their K-12 classrooms. Archaeology as a science and mode of inquiry will be explored using hands-on exercises and demonstrations. The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks will be addressed. We will also explore how to use objects and artifacts to supplement existing lessons or units. Workshop participants will receive copies of lesson plans and unit ideas.
About the Presenter: Claire Carlson is an archaeologist and educator. A certified middle and high school history/social sciences teacher, Claire has worked with several local school teachers to incorporate archaeology into their classrooms. Her doctoral work focuses on bridging the gaps between local schools, university scholars, and museum educators by designing and implementing curricula focused on regional history and archaeology. Claire is also the Public Education Network Coordinator for Massachusetts for the Society for American Archaeology.
Integrating Geography into the Classroom Curriculum (10 PDPs)
Presenter: Marshall Levy
DATE: November 17th, 8:30 – 3:00
COST: $25.00
This workshop will explore creative "hands-on" classroom activities that will enhance the teaching of geography through the use of the five themes in math social studies, science, and literature. The sharing of ideas and handouts, allows teachers in grades 1-6 excellent resources to reinforce geography skills and content across their curriculum.
About the Presenter: Marshall Levy is a 4th grade teacher at the Winn Brook School in Belmont, MA. He is a 1989 graduate of the National Geographic Society Summer Institute in Washington, D.C. and was asked to return as a staff member for the 1991 and 1992 National Geographic Summer Institutes. Marshall has been a presenter at numerous regional and national geographic and social studies conventions for school districts throughout the state and at Clark University, Salem State College, Framingham State College, and Wheelock College. He has had several NEH Fellowships, attended summer institutes at the Five College Center of East Asian Studies, SSEC Japan Leadership Institute at the University of Colorado and the University of Washington. Marshall has received Excellence in Teaching awards from MCSS, Bay State Skills Corporation and from the National Council of Geography Education.
GLOBAL EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Global Horizons was pleased to nominate Janet Barrett, a second grade teacher from Hadley Elementary School, as our Global Educator of the Year. Janet's enthusiasm and excitement about global education is unflagging. It was clear to us through the curriculum planning guides she returned after each workshop that she was able to successfully implement all that she learned through her participation. It was also clear that her students enjoyed the lessons Janet planned as a result of her participation in the workshops.
Global Horizons and Fulbright-Hays
Global Horizons is very excited to be a part of a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad proposal. Earlier this year a project entitled Globalizing Knowledge: Bridging Southeast Asia and Asian-America in the K-12 Classroom was developed by The Five College/Public School Partnership in cooperation with the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts. The proposal was approved and now a select group of area K-12 bi-lingual education and social studies teachers has travelled to Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam for five weeks this past summer. Global Horizons role in this project was to provide teachers with orientation sessions that helped them prepare for gathering primary and secondary source materials that they can incorporate into their curricula upon their return. We also hope to work with these teachers to create workshop sessions in which they can share their experience and curricula with the wider K-12 teacher community. Look for workshops next spring with a focus on Asia presented by some of the participants of this very exciting study abroad opportunity.