Music, Land, and Women’s Rights: Citizens Making Change in Brazil and the United States
Curriculum Training Workshop for Teachers (Middle and High School Level)
When: Saturday, January 12, 2008 from 8:30-4:00 p.m.
Where: Weaver Center, IOA, UCSD
This innovative workshop will present a curriculum relating Brazilian social movements and activists to issues of citizenship and activism in the U.S. It challenges students to grapple with pressing global issues while encouraging them to become active citizens at home.
Techniques will involve debates, discussions, role playing, and multimedia projects to engage students with Brazilian social movements and draw parallels to issues and organizations in students’ own schools and communities.
Workshop will be designed and presented by:
Jeffrey W. Rubin, Associate Professor of History, Boston University &
Emma Sokoloff-Rubin, Yale Undergraduate Student
Please note that the first 20 people to RSVP will attend the workshop for FREE!!!
RSVP required. To register please make your $20.00 check payable to UC Regents on or before and mail on or before December 7, 2007 to:
Music, Land & Women’s Workshop
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0528
La Jolla, CA 92093
Include your name, your school and subject/grade level you teach. Limited enrollment. Questions? Contact Ruth at rpadron@ucsd.edu or by phone at 858-534-6050.
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