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17 July 2001
Phone: 202.429.3828 E-mail: outreach@usip.org |
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Linking Local & Global Teachers
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-- On July 31st, a select group of teachers from around the nation will gather in Washington DC as part of this year's Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers. Sponsored annually by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Summer Institute allows a group of 25-30 high school social studies teachers for one week each summer to travel to the nation's capital to examine the dynamics of international conflict management in the post-Cold War era. Chosen from a pool of applicants who teach in high schools across America, the Summer Institute is carefully designed by the Institute's Education Program to enhance both the teachers' substantive expertise and teaching skills in complicated subjects such as international peace, security and conflict management. Held over the week of July 31st, the teachers will participate in a series of special seminars and teaching exercises designed to allow the teachers to step out of their classrooms and collectively discuss strategies of how to encourage students to take an active interest in foreign affairs and conflict resolution. Included during their stay in Washington are several roundtable discussion sessions on current issues in international peace studies. Led by leading foreign policy experts from a variety of public, private and non-governmental organizations, speakers at previous Summer Institutes have included representatives from the International Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Other activities scheduled for this year's participants will include a foreign affairs teaching exercise and a foreign policy simulation examining a current international conflict. As one of this year's highlights, the teachers during the week will participate in a series of hands-on curriculum development workshops. Facilitated by Summer Institute Program Manager Jeff Helsing, the workshops will allow the teachers to pool their experiences and develop model curriculums that could be used in their high schools to expose students to issues such as the problems of landmines or the impact of international conflicts on life here in the U.S. Now in its tenth year, the Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers is part of the Institute's Education Program which offers programs 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 vigorous application process including a peer review of applications conducted by teachers who have attended previous Institutes. Applications for the 2002 Summer Institute are scheduled to be available this September.
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2001 Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers Participants
Lisa Adeli Julie Allen Lisa Marie Buoncuore Chistopher Cameron Ben Danielson Brian Fenderson Troy Hamilton Peter Hegelbach Ann Jordan David Kaplan Rita Krusell Julie Lazzari Domenic Martelli Michael Mulvey Sarah Olson Christopher Parisi Lindy Poling Kevin Pumphrey Nancy Robberson Laurie Schmitt Richard Schubart Dan Spelce Jan Van Arsdell Deborah Wilchek James Woods Lauren J. Wukitch
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