Over the past 27 years, the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. has been dedicated and committed to supporting the education of international affairs in Washington, D.C. area students as well as middle and high school educators. This program is a key resource for teachers committed to providing their students with a global education. The Institute gathers educators from across the country for a week long seminar on international affairs and the role of the U.S. in the world.

With cooperation from the National Council for the Social Studies, The World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. would like to promote our Summer Institute on your website on the Professional Development page.

The following text is how we would like to describe our program on your website: The World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. is hosting its annual Summer Institute on International Affairs for High School Educators on The U.S. and the World. Topics will include The New Asia, Globalization and the Economy, Religion and Foreign Policy, Future Conflicts, U.S. Foreign Policy Directions, and more topics to be later announced.

The conference features access to international experts, exciting and interactive seminars, lesson plan sessions, on-site sessions at the U.S. Department of State, the World Bank, Foreign Embassies, and others (with optional Graduate School Credit through Projects in Education and the Catholic University of America), a national network of teachers and free materials for the classroom.

Please visit https://www.worldaffairsdc.org/upcoming-events-more.php?evtno=291&eid=45 for more information on the program and to register.

For further questions, please contact Amanda Stamp at astamp@worldaffairsdc.org or 202-293-1051.

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Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program now in its 16th year. Developed and sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about Congress. The Center will join with the new Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service in conducting the workshop.

Congress in the Classroom is designed for high school or middle school teachers who teach U.S. history, government, civics, political science, or social studies. Forty teachers will be selected in 2008 to take part in the program. Selection will be determined by The Center. Individuals will be notified of their acceptance status by April 30, 2008.

In addition to sessions dealing with Congress, the 2008 program will pay special attention to the upcoming congressional and presidential elections. The workshop consists of two types of sessions: those that focus on recent research and scholarship about Congress or elections (and don't always have an immediate application in the classroom) and those geared to specific ways to teach students about Congress or elections.

The workshop will be held Monday, July 21 - Thursday, July 24, at the Hotel Pere Marquette -- http://www.hotelperemarquette.com/ -- Peoria, Illinois.

The program is certified by the Illinois State Board of Education for up to 22 Continuing Education Units. The program also is endorsed by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Participants are responsible for (1) a non-refundable $135 registration fee (required to confirm acceptance after notice of selection) and (2) transportation to and from Peoria, Illinois. Many school districts will pay all or a portion of these costs.

The Center pays for three nights lodging at the headquarters hotel (providing a single room for each participant), workshop materials, local transportation, all but three meals, and presenter honoraria and expenses. The Center spends between $25,000 and $30,000 to host the program each year.

Take a look at The Dirksen Center Web site http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_programs_CongressClassroom.htm to see what participants say about the program. * Registration * If you are interested in registering for the Congress in the Classroom® 2008 workshop, you can complete an online registration form found at: http://www.dirksencenter.org/programs_CiCapplication.htm.

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To apply complete the Institute Application and email it to Katie McCormick at kmccormi@uncc.edu.
The Application Deadline has been extended to March 28, 2008.
Accepted applicants with be notified by April 11, 2008.

Teachers accepted to the program will each receive a $200 stipend with successful completion of the summer institute. In addition, up to 4.5 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) can be earned for participation. 15 applicants will be accepted into the program.

UNC Charlotte Atkins Library‚s New South Voices Summer Institute is a 2 week primary resources/oral history digitization institute for Middle and High School social studies teachers designed to provide teachers with the background and digitization training needed to develop web based curriculum materials for use in their classrooms. Teachers will learn about multicultural digital content resources, engage in dialogue with historians, participate in field-based explorations, and expand their technology skills.

Week 1 will familiarize teachers with the history of the Charlotte's African-American community, with oral history and primary resources at UNC Charlotte, by providing training in the retrieval and use of these materials in the classroom. Additionally, professors from UNC Charlotte's History and Africana Studies Departments will provide contextual historical information through interactive lectures. Teachers will also participate in a bus tour of the former Brooklyn community in Uptown Charlotte and the Biddleville Community, two prominent African-American neighborhoods in Charlotte. The bus tour will be conducted by the Charlotte Cultural Heritage Partnership and former residents of Brooklyn community.

Week 2 will focus on hands-on technology training in scanning and digital audio, creating basic web pages, and provide an opportunity for teachers to work hands-on with material and produce online curriculum resources in accordance with North Carolina curriculum guidelines and their own classroom needs. These guides will be hosted on the New South Voices Oral History Website.

Participating teachers will be asked to complete 2 follow-up surveys, once as part of their evaluation of the Summer Institute to discover how they feel their participation may effect their use of such materials in the classroom, and once in June 2009 to discover how their use of these materials may have changed during the school year based on their participation in the Summer Institute.

This institute is made possible by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the NC Department of Cultural Resources and 10% in matching funds from UNC Charlotte.

Please contact Katie McCormick at kmccormi@uncc.edu or (704) 687-6288 if you have any questions.

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