From: Beverly V. Hock <bevvhock>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:25:40 -0800

                        Reading the World X -February 16, 17, 2008
                                University of San Francisco
    Join us to reflect upon a decade of Celebrating Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults, featuring many old friends from past conferences as well as new faces and voices - Alma Flor Ada and Leslie Tryon, Ashley Bryan, Sarah Ellis, Rita Williams-Garcia, Naomi Shihab Nye, Doris Orgel, Peter Sis, Laurence Yep, Jack Zipes plus over 30 break out sessions with other authors, illustrators and educators. Celebration dinner Saturday evening, "A View from the Bay" with illustrators, Bob Barner, Julie Downing, Elizabeth Gomez, Christy Hale, Leuyen Pham, and Katherine Tillotson. www.soe.usfca.edu/departments/ime/rtwconf/index.html Conference Registrar Barbara Hood hood at usfca.edu or contact Beverly Vaughn Hock, Conference Director bevvhock at earthlink.net


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> 1. Teaching Berlin - A Travel Seminar (Marilyn Ward)
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> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Teaching Berlin - A Travel Seminar
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> TEACHING BERLIN ? A TRAVEL SEMINAR
> June 2008
>
> Educators from all disciplines and levels interested in
> honing their teaching skills while exploring one of the
> world's most exciting cities will join Professors Marilyn
> Ward and Greg Baer to visit Berlin in June 2008. After four
> days of workshops at the Carthage campus, during which they
> will review aspects of standards-based lesson planning
> related to multiple intelligences, interdisciplinarity, and
> cross-cultural competence while designing a teaching unit
> of their own, participants will travel to Berlin. During
> ten days in Germany's capital city, we will explore
> literature, art, architecture, and music and study
> political, economic, historical, educational, sociological
> and cultural issues relating to Berlin. Using materials,
> experiences and ideas collected there, participants will
> develop interdisciplinary teaching units focused on Berlin.
>
> HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMINAR INCLUDE:
>
> = a pre-travel orientation and workshop to provide a
> practical and theoretical foundation for our travel seminar
> = an introduction to Berlin's historic and cultural sights
> such as the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag Building
> = a visit to a German school with a multicultural student
> body to meet with teachers and students
> = a tour of the children's literature collection at the
> state library
> = attendance of cultural events at traditional venues like
> the State Opera House or the modern Berlin Philharmonic
> Hall
> = exploration of Berlin's cuisine from Turkish street food
> to fine Weinstuben
> = free time to explore the aspects of Berlin you want to
> see and shop Berlin's many markets
>
> DATES
> Pre-Trip Workshop: 16-19 June 2008
> Travel to Berlin: 20-30 June 2008
>
> COSTS
> We anticipate that the course fee of $3100 will include
> round-trip transatlantic group travel (between Chicago and
> Berlin), all local travel in Berlin, lodging in Berlin,
> tours and entry fees for group activities as well as two
> meals a day in Berlin. Those taking the course for credit
> will also need to pay Carthage tuition. Participants who
> wish to stay in campus housing from 16-19 June can arrange
> to do so for an additional cost.
>
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT
> = Additional information can be found at
> www.carthage.edu/berlin
> = For more information or to express interest, please
> e-mail: berlin2008 at carthage.edu
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