2008 WCSS Conference
IEC
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2008 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference

"Planning for Our World:
Our Dreams and Our Actions"

Monday & Tuesday, March 31-April 1, 2008

Madison Marriott West Hotel
1313 John Q. Hammonds Drive
Middleton, WI 53562
(608) 831-2000

Videos for the 2008 conference can be found here.

Program Schedule for Monday, 31, 2008 PDF

Program Schedule for Tuesday, 1, 2008 (.xls)

IEC Program PDF

Robert J. Snavely Award Winners for 2008 can be found here.

WCSS Global Citizenship Award Winners for 2008 can be found here.

WCSS Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award Winners for 2008 can be found here.

Keynoters

Greg Mortenson

"Challenges of Providing Schools and Educating Girls in Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan"

Author of Three Cups of Tea – A NY Times Best Seller
(http://www.threecupsoftea.com/)
Director of the Central Asia Institute
(http://www.ikat.org/)
Builder of over 58 Schools in Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan Advocate for the Education of 24,000 Girls in N. Pakistan and Afghanistan
Organizer of “Pennies for Peace” Programs for Schools
(http://www.penniesforpeace.org/)

More information about Greg Mortenson

Click here for more on Mortenson Keynote Talk and "Pennies for Peace" Session

Harvey Kaye

"Paine and the American Democratic Tradition"

Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development, UW-Green Bay (https://www.uwgb.edu/history/faculty/kaye.htm)
Director, Center for History and Social Change, UW-GB (https://uwgb.edu/centerhsc/)
Founder, Wisconsin Labor History Society (http://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/)
Author of 15 Books including Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
Wisconsin Library Association Achievement Award

More information about Harvey Kaye

Click here for more on Kaye and Tom Paine