Workshop Calendar

Date Type Event Location
7.7.2009
through
7.10.2009 		Workshops

Summer Institute 2009: Living in a Nuclear Age - Facing the Challenges

This Choices Summer Institute will give participating teachers an opportunity to deepen their understanding on this topic and prepare approaches to integrating this topic into their teaching. Information and an application are available online. 		Providence, RI
7.10.2009 Workshops

Conference Workshop: Teaching about Environmental Issues

The workshop, presented as part of the Asia Society's Forum for Policymakers and Practitioners, will draw on resources in Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy
Leader: Evelyn Williams		 Washington, DC
7.14.2009 Workshops

Workshop on Russia

The workshop, presented as part of a conference for teachers at Yale Univerity, will draw on several topics including Russia's Transformation: Challenges for U.S. Policy
Leader: Mollie Hackett		 New Haven, CT
8.3.2009 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Nebraska Capitol Forum

Nebraska Introductory Workshop

A one-day professional development workshop introduces participating teachers to the Choices approach. Extensive classroom resources are provided. Teachers use the resources in their classroom prior to the next planning meeting.
Meeting Place: Strategic Air 		Ashland, NE
9.16.2009 Workshops

District Workshop

Introductory workshop for a cohort of 12 teacher leaders in the Jefferson County Public Schools
Leaders: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff, and Meghan Covington, JCPS		 Louisville, KY
9.23.2009
through
9.24.2009 		Workshops

Conference Workshop: Kentucky Council for the Social Studies

Conference workshop on teaching about genocide. This workshop will use Confronting Genocide: Never Again?
Leaders: Meghann Covington and Matt Anderson, Jefferson County Public Schools		 Bowling Green, KY
10.1.2009 Workshops

Conference Workshops (2): Oklahoma Council for the Social Studies

Two workshops - Slave Trade and Slavery in the North
Leader: Mert Martens, Choices Teaching Fellow		 Oklahoma City, OK
10.1.2009 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Maryland Capitol Forum

Maryland Capitol Forum - Baltimore City Program

This afternoon professional development workshop introduces participating teachers to the Choices approach. Extensive classroom resources are provided. Teachers use the resources in their classroom prior to the next planning meeting. This is preparation for a Baltimore City Capitol Forum		 Baltimore City, MD
10.5.2009 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Rhode Island Capitol Forum

Rhode Island Introductory Workshop

A one-day professional development workshop introduces participating teachers to the Choices approach. Extensive classroom resources are provided. Teachers use the resources in their classroom prior to the next planning meeting.		 Providence, RI
10.14.2009 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Indiana Capitol Forum

Indiana Introductory Workshop

A one-day professional development workshop introduces participating teachers to the Choices approach. Extensive classroom resources are provided. Teachers use the resources in their classroom prior to the next planning meeting.
Place: Indiana Humanities Council
 Indianapolis, IN
10.22.2009 Workshops

Teaching Institute - Iran

One-day institute at Brown
Leader: Mollie Hacket, Choices Program
Speaker: Shiva Balaghi, Cogut Fellow		 Providence, RI
10.26.2009 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Illinois Capitol Forum

Illinois Introductory Workshop

A one-day professional development workshop introduces participating teachers to the Choices approach. Extensive classroom resources are provided. Teachers use the resources in their classroom prior to the next planning meeting.		 Springfield, IL
10.29.2009 Workshops

Conference Workshop: NH Council for the Social Studies

Students as Policy-makers: Globalization and America’s Trade Policy
Leader, Lucy Mueller, Choices Teaching Fellow		 Manchester, NH
10.31.2009 Workshops

Conference Workshop: Texas Council for the Social Studies

Students as Policy Makers: Considering Foreign Policy Dilemmas
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Dallas, TX
11.6.2009 Workshops

Conference Workshop: Coalition of Essential Schools

Responding to Humanitarian Crisis: Deliberating on a UN Response to Zimbabwe
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 New Orleans
11.12.2009 Workshops

NSSSA Conference Workshop: Integrating Foreign Policy into Your U.S. History Curriculum

This workshop will engage curriculum leaders in exploration of a range of resources.
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Atlanta, GA
11.14.2009 Workshops

NCSS Conference Workshop: Living in a Nuclear Age

This conference workshop will focus on Iran and use the Choices unit, The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Atlanta, GA
12.1.2009 Workshops

TAH Workshop: The Age of Imperialism

One-day workshop for participants in EastCONN TAH program
Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff
Robin Maguire, Hope HS Teacher (RI)		 Hampton, CT
12.12.2009 Workshops

Conference Workshop - Westchester Council for the Social Studies

The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons
Leader: Steve Seltz, Choices Teaching Fellow		 White Plains, NY
1.11.2010 Workshops
Capitol Forum
 Rhode Island Capitol Forum

Rhode Island Pre-Forum Planning Meeting

A one-day meeting during which teachers review the Forum agenda and make final plans for the Capitol Forum. Teachers continue to use the curricular resources and facilitate specific lessons in their classrooms prior to the Forum day. 		Providence, RI
1.25.2010 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Indiana Capitol Forum

Indiana Pre-Forum Planning Meeting

A one-day meeting during which teachers review the Forum agenda and make final plans for the Capitol Forum. Teachers continue to use the curricular resources and facilitate specific lessons in their classrooms prior to the Forum day. This meeting will take place at the Indiana Humanities Council.		 Indianapolis, IN
1.29.2010 Workshops

Illinois State Univ: Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide

Conference for high school history-social sciences teachers and university students
Presenter: Kelly Keogh, Choices Teaching Fellow
Normal, IL		 Normal, IL
2.1.2010 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Nebraska Capitol Forum

Nebraska Pre-Forum Planning Meeting

A one-day meeting during which teachers review the Forum agenda and make final plans for the Capitol Forum. Teachers continue to use the curricular resources and facilitate specific lessons in their classrooms prior to the Forum day. 		Lincoln, NE
2.1.2010 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Illinois Capitol Forum

Illinois Pre-Forum Planning Meeting

Teachers meet for a full day meeting at Starved Rock State Park to review the Capitol Forum agenda and make final plans.		 Starved Rock Lodge, IL
2.17.2010 Workshops

District workshop - Riverside, CA

District Workshop - Riverside Unified School District
The U.S. Role in a Changing World will be used during this workshop.
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Riverside, CA
3.6.2010 Workshops

Conference Workshop: California Council for the Social Studies

Workshop Title - The French Revolution: A Transformation of Government and Society
Leader: Micki Ward
Choices Teaching Fellow, Riverside, CA		 Pasadena, CA
3.21.2010 Workshops

NERC Conference Presentation; Virtual JFK (film)

A presentation by the film maker and scholars involved with Virtual JFK (documentary film). Lesson plans are available from the Choices Program.
Presenters
Peter Almond (producer), Jim Blight (scholar), janet Lang (scholar), Koji Matsutani (filmmaker), David Welch (scholar)		 Sturbridge, MA
4.15.2010 Workshops

Stamford Public Schools - District Workshop

Introductory Workshop (half day)
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Stamford, CT
4.27.2010 Workshops

Teaching Institute: The Haitian Revolution

A Choices half-day institute at Brown University's Watson Institute
Keynote: Prof. Anthony Bogues, Brown University
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices staff		 Providence, RI
6.20.2010
through
6.26.2010 		Workshops

Summer Institute - TAH Riverside School District

This 6-day summer institute, focused on the slave trade and slavery in New England, will take place at Brown University for teachers from Riverside School District, CA.
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Providence, RI
7.6.2010
through
7.9.2010 		Workshops

Choices Summer Leadership Institute

The 2010 summer leadership institute will focus on human rights. Applications will be available in early February 2010.
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff
 Providence, RI
7.28.2010
through
7.29.2010 		Workshops

District Workshop

2-day workshop with Jefferson County Public Schools teachers
Leader: Mollie Hackett, Choices Staff		 Louisville, KY
8.2.2010 Capitol Forum
Workshops
 Nebraska Capitol Forum

Nebraska Introductory Workshop

A one-day professional development workshop introduces participating teachers to the Choices approach. Extensive classroom resources are provided. Teachers use the resources in their classroom prior to the next planning meeting.		 TBD (NE)
8.10.2010 Workshops

Cuba City Public Schools - District Workshop

Introductory workshop (full day)
Leader: Kelly Keogh, Choices Teaching Fellow		 Cuba City, WI