This two-day workshop for New York-area teachers will focus on the recent earthquake in Haiti, and the responses that it has garnered in the United States and internationally. The goal of this workshop is to address both the necessity and challenges of bringing conversations about the earthquake in Haiti and other international crises into our schools and classrooms. Please click the below link to "read more" about this event and find out how to register.

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1:00pm – Lecture: El Quechua y las Lenguas del Perú: Una Perspectiva Histórica (in Spanish)
Presenter: Gustavo Solís Fonseca (Doctor in Linguistics & Expert in Amerindian Languages, Director of the Center for Research in Applied Linguistics at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú)
2:30pm – Workshop: Incorporating Quechua/Kichwa into K-12 Classrooms (in English)
Facilitator: Nellie Mulkay (Director, NYS SBETAC Metro Center for Urban Education)
Open to the public, registration required.
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Through the CLACS Teacher Residency Program, which began in October of 2010, select K-12 teachers have worked closely with NYU faculty members, NYU Bobst Library resources, and CLACS K-12 outreach staff to research topics relevant to Latin America. Supported by experts, residents performed research and developed curricular materials for use in their classrooms. The culminating event of the Teacher Residency Program will be this one-day conference during which Residents will present materials to an audience of their peers. The day will consist of workshops presented by both NYU professors and CLACS teacher residents on different topics relating to the Cold War in Latin America. Prof. Greg Grandin will be the keynote speaker.
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How can teachers bring global themes into the classroom? In this two-part workshop series, teachers will share activities and discuss topics that will include what ELLs bring to the study of global themes, the challenges of incorporating global themes in the classroom, and ways to meet the needs of ELLs through global issues. The focus of gender equality will be explored through issues related to maternal health, nutrition, education, and child labor and marriage. Participants will receive free classroom resources and copies of books by best-selling authors.
Registration is free and required.
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How can teachers bring global themes into the classroom? In this two-part workshop series, teachers will share activities and discuss topics that will include what ELLs bring to the study of global themes, the challenges of incorporating global themes in the classroom, and ways to meet the needs of ELLs through global issues. The focus of gender equality will be explored through issues related to maternal health, nutrition, education, and child labor and marriage. Participants will receive free classroom resources and copies of books by best-selling authors.
Registration is free and required.
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This Summer Institute for K-12 educators will explore the theme of Colonial Latin America to understand the ways in which the colonial period contributed to Latin American identities and to explore underlying power dynamics that prevail today. The institute will consist of a weeklong workshop and an optional weeklong trip to the Dominican Republic.
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CLACS will be hosting two film screenings and discussions as part of the Indocumentales/Undocumentaries: US-Mexico Itinerant Film Series in December 2011. The workshop will begin with an exploration of the resources available to educators about US-Mexico topics collected by CLACS, and followed by a film screening of Farmingville. Following the screening, educators will discuss the issues addressed in the film with other educator colleagues and facilitators from what moves you? This unique workshop will open a space for educators to discuss pertinent current events and ways that film can contribute to classroom teaching of Mexico-US relations.
This event is free, but registration is required. RSVP by emailing Jen Lewis at jal15 [at] nyu [dot] edu
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CLACS will be hosting two film screenings and discussions as part of the Indocumentales/Undocumentaries: US-Mexico Itinerant Film Series in December 2011. The workshop will begin with an exploration of the resources available to educators about US-Mexico topics collected by CLACS, and followed by a film screening of Which Way Home. Following the screening, educators will discuss the issues addressed in the film with other educator colleagues and facilitators from what moves you? This unique workshop will open a space for educators to discuss pertinent current events and ways that film can contribute to classroom teaching of Mexico-US relations.
This event is free, but registration is required. RSVP by emailing Jen Lewis at jal15 [at] nyu [dot] edu
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Through the CLACS Teacher Residency Program, select K-12 teachers have worked closely with NYU faculty members, NYU Bobst Library resources, and CLACS K-12 outreach staff to research topics relevant to Latin America. Supported by experts, residents performed research and developed curricular materials for use in their classrooms. The culminating event of the Teacher Residency Program will be this one-day conference during which Residents will present materials to an audience of their peers. The day will consist of workshops presented by both professors and CLACS teacher residents on different topics relating to Migration History in Latin America. Prof. Jose Moya will be the keynote speaker.
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This K-12 educators' workshop will feature a lecture and book presentation by David Hayes Bautista. His book, El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition, was recently published by University of California Press. The event will also feature a teacher workshop about educational materials prepared by Elizabeth Frankel-Rivera and Marisa Cadena Belski. Certificate of completion noting 2 hours of PD credit will be provided to all attendees. **Five copies of this book will be given out by lottery to participants at this event.**
Free; RSVP required: email jal15 [at] nyu [dot] edu
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