Ellison Center Outreach: K-12

The Ellison Center maintains a collection of resources intended for K-12 educators below.

It also maintains a number of films (VHS/DVD) and online teaching materials that may be of additional interest. 

Civics

• Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf)) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Bosnia and Herzegovina, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and recipes.
• Bulgaria: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Bulgaria, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and recipes for Bulgarian food.
• Croatia: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Croatia,, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and recipes for Croatian food. 
• Czech Literature Portal -  Provides information on contemporary Czech literature.
• The Czech Republic: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on the Czech Republic, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and Czech recipes.
• Hungary: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Hungary, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and Hungarian recipes.
• Poland: The Land and its People: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Poland, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and Polish recipes.
• Romania: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Romania, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and Romanian recipes.
• The Slovak Republic: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Slovakia, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and Slovak recipes.
• Slovenia: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers (pdf) - Interdisciplinary curriculum guide on Slovenia, includes discussion of history, culture, economics, and politics, and Slovene recipes.

Economics and Energy

• Russia's Sakhalin Island: When Oil, Nature and Politics Collide - Lesson plan, includes discussion questions.
• Trying to See the Light: Georgia's Struggle Through Post-Soviet Transition - Lesson plan, includes discussion questions.

Geography

• The Culture and Cuisine of Eastern Europe - Includes information on culture and food in various Eastern European and Central Asian regions.
• Songs from Kyrgyzstan - Includes some facts about Kyrgyzstan and a small collection of Kyrgyz songs.
• Yurt Building for Everyone - Shows how to construct a small-scale model yurt, appropriately sized for classroom activities.

History

• Astronomy and the Cold War: How the United States Used the Moon to Target the Soviet Union - 9-12 lesson plan.
• Common People, Uncommon Strength (pdf) - History of the Russian common people, in three segments: 862-1696, 1600-1900, and 1917-1991.
• Irkutsk: From Past to Present - Information on the Siberian city of Irkutsk.
• The Mongols in World History - Examines the role of the Mongols in global history.
• Muslims in Central Asia (pdf) - A brief history of Central Asian Muslims with discussion questions.  Includes facts on each of the Central Asian former Soviet republics.
• National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library's Oral Histories Project - Searchable database of oral histories collected by the project.
• Preserving Kyrgyzstan's History - Interviews with Kyrgyzstanis who lived through the Soviet period.
• Return of a Superpower: How History Can Help Us Understand the Role of Energy in Russian Foreign Policy Today - Lesson plan, includes discussion questions.

 Language

• STARTALK Russian Teacher and Student Program