Teachers Workshop - Teaching and Learning about the African Experience
The Outreach Council of the African Studies Association, the University of California, Berkeley, Office of Resources for International and Area Studies and the Bay Area Global Education Project presents an outreach workshop for K-12 educators and librarians.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Fee: $40
(0.3 miles from the conference hotel; directions)
Register at: http://csmp.ucop.edu/ASATeacherRegistration
Program / Flier (in Word, in PDF)
Topics:
Mapping Africa - Jamie McGowan
West African Kingdoms - Barbara Brown
The Sunjiata Epic - David Conrad
Yoruba Culture - Lisa Bruemmer
Darfur / Sudan / African Diversity - Ali Dinar
Islam / Women / Sports - Martha Saavedra
Justice in South Africa / Rwanda - Milton Reynolds
Globalization and Africa - Judith Stevenson
AP World History and Africa - Ken Curtis
Film Screenings:
Black Gold (on coffee production, Ethiopia)
Physics Teachers in Zambia.
The ASA Children's Africana Book Awards for Younger and Older Readers will be presented during the Workshop.
Contact: Michele DelattreEmail address: orias at berkeley dot edu
or
Amy Benedicty
Email address: schools at wacsf dot org
or amybenedicty at sbcglobal dot net