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8 August 2000
Agenda for 2000 Summer Teacher's Institute Media inquiries should be directed to the Office of Communications:Phone: 202.429.3828 E-mail: outreach@usip.org |
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A Lesson in Peace Teachers
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-- How might a group of American high school social studies teachers help prevent future conflict in the Balkans? A select group of teachers from around the nation has gathered in the nation's capital to examine how to broaden student interest in foreign affairs. They are being equipped with the tools to help prepare students in high schools across America to develop analytical skills about peacemaking and international conflict resolution. For one week each summer, a group of 25-30 high school social studies teachers take time off from their busy summer vacations to gather in Washington D.C. and examine the dynamics of international conflict management in the post-Cold War era. Sponsored annually by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers allows teachers from across the country to step out of their classrooms and discuss strategies of how to encourage students to take an active interest in foreign affairs and conflict resolution. Throughout the week the teachers are attending a series of seminars designed to better enhance both their substantive expertise and teaching skills in complicated subjects such as international peace, security and conflict management. Summer Institute participants discuss current issues in international peace studies with leading foreign policy experts from a variety of public, private and non-governmental organizations such as the International Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Held over the week of August 7th, activities for this year's participants will also include a teaching exercise on the role of Jerusalem in the Middle East peace process and a foreign policy simulation examining current conflict in Rwanda. In one of the week's highlights, the teachers at the end of the week will participate in a special roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill on the growing importance of global studies in American education. Facilitated by the Council for Basic Education's Karen Collias, the colloquy will examine the challenges and importance of teaching foreign affairs issues at the high school level. ![]() Principal Aaron J. Trummer from Mahopac, New York illustrates a point during the roundtable on Capitol Hill. Now in its ninth year, the Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers is part of the Institute's Education Program. This program conducts seminars and meetings throughout the year on conflict resolution, mediation, and negotiation to both educators and foreign policy makers. Finalists chosen to attend the Summer Institute are selected through a rigorous application process including a peer review by teachers who have attended previous Institutes. Applications for the 2001 Summer Institute are scheduled to be available this September.
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2000 Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers Participants Mr. Sufian Abu-Rmaileh Mr. Craig Blanchard Mr. John Brierley Ms. Michele Carlson Ms. Jenne Harlin Ms. Elizabeth T. Harris Mr. Theisen Healey Mr. Gary A. Hoog Mr. Robert A. Jeffrey Ms. Adrea Lawrence Ms. Virginia Lindemann Ms. Bernadette May Ms. Jan McDonald Ms. Angela Miller Brother Ernest Miller, FSC Ms. Deborah Parizek Ms. Phylllis R. Parker Mr. Gerald T. Peden Mr. Jeremy Ritzer Mr. David G. Rudd Ms. Renee Serrao Ms. Mary Harriet Talbut Ms. Rebecca Taylor Ms. Karen Waples Ms. Jennifer Wolfe Observer
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