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Spring 2002
Please note that we will be updating this section periodically. If you have any questions regarding information not listed here, feel free to contact us. Distinguished Visitors & Special Events Professional Development for Teachers Spirituality and Sacrificial Sport: Inside the Mayan Ballgame, Friday, February 22, 2002 and Saturday, February 23, 2002 The Mesoamerican Ballgame is indisputably one of the most compelling aspects of pre-Columbian life. Complete with a rubber ball, elaborate masonry courts, and uniforms, this game was the world’s first team sport and certainly the Maya’s most sacred pastime. Audubon Zoo, Tulane’s Latin American Resource Center and the New Orleans Museum of Art team up to add texture to NOMA’s unique exhibit and prepare educators to bring this aspect of Mayan culture to life into the classroom. This two day workshop will allow educators to enter the mythical and spiritual world of the Mayan creation story, explore the land and resources of Mesoamerica, and view the art and artifacts which depict the rules of the game. The $10 registration fee includes breakfast and lunch on Friday, breakfast on Saturday, and a range of curricular materials for classroom use. Friday, February 22,
2002: Tulane University, 8:30am to 12:30pm Friday, February 22, 2002:
Audubon Zoo, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Saturday, February 23, 2002:
NOMA, 9:30am to 12:00pm Contact us for more information. Register Now Latin
America in the Classroom: Thematic
Units for Use in Spanish/Social Studies Classes This summer institute
is designed to give participants both a deep understanding of selected
Latin American historical/cultural themes, as well as strategies for
incorporating this information into thematic units for their classrooms.
The institute includes a history/culture course, demonstrations
of model lessons using children's literature, exploration of materials
from Title VI National Resource Centers on Latin America, and strategies
for writing standards-based thematic units.
Most content sessions will be conducted in Spanish.
Participants will work in small groups to create thematic units
applicable to specific K-12 levels.
Held at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, this institute is
a collaboration among the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center
at Iowa State University and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, and the Stone Center
for Latin American Studies at Tulane University. Presenters will include:
Thematic topics to be
covered in the institute include pre-Columbian Mexico, the African
Diaspora in the Caribbean, and the modern Maya in the Yucatan peninsula.
Children’s books integrated into the sessions include:
El Encuentro (The Enounter) by Jane Yolen, La peineta colorada (The Red Comb) by Fernando Pico and María
Antonia Ordoñez and Mayeros: A
Yucatec Maya Family by George Ancona.
The last book will be integrated into a special session using a
new web resource being developed by the Stone Center at Tulane and the
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Special
activities during the institute include: showings of films and
documentaries, a visit with a storyteller, and an optional
post-institute curriculum writing session (for an extra fee). The Institute will
take place at the Edith S. Hefter Conference Center located on beautiful
Lake Michigan a short walking distance from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s main campus.
Housing will be provided for in the school’s dormitories for
those who are traveling from a distance. The total cost of the
institute is $100 per person, which includes housing, institute
registration, breakfasts during the institute, materials – including
copies of both La peineta colorada
and El encuentro, and special
activities. Participants
will be responsible for costs associated with transportation to
Milwaukee, lunch and dinner during the institute, and local
transportation while in Milwaukee.
A $50 Registration Fee will be required upon acceptance into the
program. The institute is open to K-12 Spanish or Social Studies teachers, university methods professors, and district curriculum supervisors. Most sessions will be presented mostly in Spanish, therefore some Spanish language skills are recommended. All applicants are asked to submit the attached application form, a one-page résumé, a statement of interest, and two letters of recommendation. Potential applicants are asked to read over the application form carefully. The deadline for applying is April 30, 2002. Apply Now. Please feel free to
contact the Institute organizers if you have any questions regarding the
institute including content or application procedures: Mari Haas,
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