2001 Summer Institute for
Secondary School Social Studies Teachers

LINKING LOCAL & GLOBAL
INTERNATIONAL PEACE, SECURITY,
AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

On July 30th, the Institute welcomed its tenth incoming "class" of participants in its annual Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers. Organized by the Institute's Education Program, the week-long summer institute for high school teachers is designed to develop a greater understanding of peace and conflict issues as well as help the participants enhance their teaching skills and strategies and expand their classroom curricula.

The week-long program draws upon practitioners, scholars and educators to work with the teachers in examining questions of war and peace, sources of international and intra-national conflict and approaches to peacemaking such as preventive diplomacy, mediation, and reconciliation efforts by governmental and non-governmental actors. The program emphasizes case studies, new teaching concepts, higher order thinking and shared curriculum exercises and resources.

The 2001 Class of the Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers

Participants in this year's Summer Institute include teachers from across the U.S. -- including teachers from private, public, and charter schools.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...

Applications for the Secondary School Summer Teacher Institute and the Institute's National Peace Essay along with additional resources for educators (such a curriculum building material) can be found at the Education Program.

 

The Institute's Education Program works to increase the understanding of faculty and students, in the United States and abroad, about international conflict and its resolution and help in building the capabilities of future practitioners to make peace.