{"id":522,"date":"2016-03-23T18:53:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T18:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.jsis.washington.edu\/cwes\/?p=522"},"modified":"2016-05-25T19:49:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T19:49:04","slug":"speaking-global-issues-k-12-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/euwesteurope\/speaking-global-issues-k-12-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking about global issues to K-12 schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year, the Jackson School of International Studies co-sponsors the Washington State Council for the Social Studies spring conference, a professional development event organized by K-12 educators. This year, the conference was held March 11-13 at Campbell\u2019s Resort on Lake Chelan, Washington, and was attended by over 160 teachers from across the state.<\/p>\n

The theme was \u201cTipping Points.\u201d Nine Jackson School\u00a0centers sent speakers, who were featured during each of the seven breakout sessions.<\/p>\n

Session 1:\u00a0The Unfinished Sentences Testimony Archive: Teaching the Salvadoran Civil War using Oral Histories<\/h3>\n

Phil Neff, Program Operations Specialist, Center for Human Rights
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Center for Global Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

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Created by the UW Center for Human Rights and partners in El Salvador, the Unfinished Sentences Testimony Archive<\/a> is a website of oral histories from the Salvadoran Civil War. Phil explored features of the archive with teachers and led a discussion about classroom applications.<\/p>\n

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Session 2:\u00a0Understanding the Middle East Today<\/h3>\n

Paula Holmes-Eber, Affiliate Faculty, Middle East Center
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by the Middle East Center<\/em><\/p>\n

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Paula presented an overview of the geographic, religious, ethnic and linguistic diversity of the Middle East and then helped teachers understand current conflicts in the context of this diversity. She made a point of contrasting popular areas in the news (Iraq, Syria, etc) with the many stable and functioning countries across the region.<\/p>\n

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Session 3: Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow;\u00a0Session 4: What makes 400 Million Chinese Millennials Tick?<\/h3>\n

Tese Wintz Neighbor, Curriculum author for Newspapers in Education and NCTA seminar leader
\n<\/strong>Session 3 sponsored by\u00a0the Center for Global Studies and the Asia Centers at the Jackson School of International Studies; Session 4 sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tese walked through some of the lessons she wrote for the Newspapers in Education series Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. These included travel itineraries to 18th century India and dinner with Mao Zedong. Teachers left with a copy of her 30-page curriculum guide.<\/p>\n

Tese\u2019s second presentation explored the important historical, social and economic factors shaping the outlook of Chinese youth and considered the challenges and opportunities confronting Chinese in their 20\u2019s and 30\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Session 5:\u00a0Tipping Over: Climate Change in Southeast Asia and the US<\/h3>\n

Linda Cuadra, Program Coordinator, Southeast Asia Center
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Center<\/em><\/p>\n

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Preventing bigger climate change problems around the world must include reducing the energy we use in the United States. Sounds easy \u2013 but what would you give up? Linda designed a Hearts-style game to challenge teachers and their students to think about energy use, fossil fuel consumption, and different types of alternative energy.<\/p>\n

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Session 6:\u00a0Familiar Adversaries, New Minorities, and the Legacy of the Soviet Union<\/h3>\n

Michelle O\u2019Brien, Graduate Student in the Department of Sociology
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center<\/em><\/p>\n

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A quarter century after the fall of communism, Russia and the other post-Soviet states remain a mystery to many teachers. Michelle\u2019s presentation about tipping points in Soviet history addressed this mystery by answering questions such as \u201cHow should we teach students about the controversial annexation of Crimea?\u201d and \u201cHow do we understand Putin\u2019s firm stand behind Assad in Syria?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Session 7:\u00a0A Collapsing European Union? The Eurozone Crisis and its Implications for the European Union<\/h3>\n

Travis Nelson, Graduate student in the Department of Political Science
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by the Center for European Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

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Travis\u2019s presentation on the European financial crisis\u00a0explored how\u00a0focusing on\u00a0psychology, beliefs, and behavior can help students\u00a0understand the EU\u2019s response\u00a0to its debt crisis. The presentation led to a discussion with teachers about the ramifications of this crisis on European unity and the future of the Euro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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