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INSTITUTE DETAILS
The GHR Summer Institute for Teachers is designed to provide teachers with a two-week, intensive engagement with the pedagogical issues unique to teaching about genocide and human rights at all grade levels as well as substantive and meaningful exposure to the various dimensions of more than 25 different case studies of human rights violations and genocides.
NIU Campus June 14-20
Sunday, June 14 |
7:00p-9:00p |
Arrival On Campus
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Monday, June 15 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Session 1
Genocide and Human Rights: Institute and Content Introduction (Bowers) |
1:00p-4:30p |
Session 2
Preparing to Teach Genocide in the Elementary, Middle, and High School curriculums (Keiser & Maley) |
6:30p-9:00p |
Session 3
Welcome Dinner & Keynote Address |
Tuesday, June 16 |
8:00a-12:00n |
Session 4
The Historical Dimensions of Genocide and Human Rights (Bowers)
Session 5
Children's Literature, Reading and Curriculum Development (Maley) |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch |
1:00p-4:30p |
Session 6
Electronic Resources for Teaching Genocide and Human Rights (Bowers)
Session 7
Pre-modern Genocides: Context and Legacy (Bowers) |
6:30p-9:00p |
Session 8
The Holocaust: Context and Legacy (Weiss) |
Wednesday, June 17 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Session 9
Ukrainian Genocide and Famine (Worobec) |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch |
1:00p-4:30p |
Session 10
Genocide in Southeast Asia: Cambodia (Ledgerwood)
Session 11
Genocide in Southeast Asia: Indonesia (Jones) |
6:30p-9:00p |
Session 12
Interactive Readings of Plays and Literature on Genocide (Participants) |
Thursday, June 18 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Session 13
Iraq, Kurds, and al-Anfal (Bowers)
Session 14
Bosnia and Genocide in Eastern Europe (Nemec) |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch |
1:00p-4:30p |
Session 15
Rwanda African Genocide (Guzzaldo)
Session 16
Darfur and the Sudan, is it Genocide? (Bowers) |
6:30p-9:00p |
Session 17
Resource Fair and Survivor's Stories
Organizational tables and presentations |
Friday, June 19 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Session 18
Human Rights: Overview and Dimensions (Bowers and Fehrenbach)
Session 19
Religion and Human Rights (Bowers) |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch |
1:00p-4:30p |
Session 20
Human Rights and Gender (TBD)
Session 21
Human Rights and Sexuality (TBD) |
6:30p-9:00p |
Session 22
Genocide and Film (Participants) |
Saturday, June 20 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Session 23
Poverty and Human Rights (TBD)
Session 24
Human Rights: Resources, Food, Water (TBD) |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch |
1:00p-4:30p |
Session 18
Peace, Security and Militarism (Bowers)
Session 19
The Cyprus Question and Human Rights (Bowers) |
6:30p-9:00p |
Free Evening |
Washington, D.C. June 21-26
Sunday, June 21 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Departure for Washington D.C. Bus departs at 7 a.m.
Flight #
Departs a.m. |
2:00p |
Arrive in D.C. |
4:00p |
Transfer to American University via Metro and AU Shuttle |
5:30p |
Dinner on your own |
6:30p-9:00p |
Free Evening |
Monday, June 22 |
10:00a-12:00p |
Genocide Watch, Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal, Mr. Gregory Stanton, President IAGS and Genocide Watch |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch |
2:00p-4:30p |
Save Darfur: SDC Activism, Intro to Dollars for Darfur Program, and About Darfur and the Crisis |
5:30p |
Dinner at American University |
6:30p-9:00p |
Break-Out sessions (by grade level) on teaching genocide and research time (Participants)
AU Ward Hall 5 |
Tuesday, June 23 |
9:30a-12:00p |
The Cyprus Question and Human Rights
The Honorable Andreas Kakouris, AmbassadorEmbassy of the Republic of Cyprus |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch on your own |
1:00p-3:30p |
The Cyprus Question and Human Rights
Mr. Hilmi Akil
Office of the Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Community |
5:30 |
Dinner at American University |
6:30p-9:00p |
Roger Smith "Prevention of Genocide: Impediments and Possibilities."
AU Ward Hall 5 |
Wednesday, June 24 |
10:00a-1:00p |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
1:00p-2:00p |
Lunch at the Museum Cafe |
2:15p-3:15p |
Visit/conversation with Mrs. Manya Friedman, Holocaust survivor, USHMM |
3:30p-5:00p |
Meeting with Ms. Bridget Conley-Zilkic, Committee on Conscience, USHMM |
5:30 |
Dinner on your own |
6:30p-9:00p |
Free Evening
Smithsonian Folk-life Festival runs from June 25-July 6 and features exhibits on Bhutan |
Thursday, June 25 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N. St. NW (DuPont Circle Metro) |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch on your own |
1:00p-4:30p |
National Museum of the American Indian
1:30 Group Tour and 3-4:30 Educational Meeting on "Teaching Native American History in the Context of Genocide." |
5:30p |
Dinner at American University |
6:30p-9:00p |
Where do we go from here?
Lesson Plan Presentations and Teaching Ideas (Participants)
AU Ward Hall 5 |
Friday, June 26 |
8:30a-12:00p |
Meetings on Capitol Hill
US Representative Don Manzzulo on China and Human Rights
Human Rights Campaign, Action Office 1629 Connecticut Ave., NW |
12:00p-1:00p |
Lunch at American University |
1:00p-4:30p |
Return to DeKalb
United #625
Departs 4:40 p.m.
Arrives 5:52 p.m. | |
