2009 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies
and International Education Annual Conference
“Planning for Our World: Our Dreams and Actions”
Monday & Tuesday, March 16 – 17, 2009
Madison Marriott West Hotel (608) 831-2000
The Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) and International Education
Conference (IEC) have joined forces again to provide a program of over 100 stimulating
conference sessions, two thought-provoking keynote speakers, and more…..
Gretchen Steidle Wallace
Monday Keynote: “Global Grassroots: Social EntrepreneurshipTraining and
Funding for Disadvantaged Women to Start Social Change”
Co-Author of The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to Genocide in Darfur
Sundance Film Festival Documentary Winner
Jeremi Suri
Tuesday Keynote: “Kissinger & the Transformation of American Society Since WWII”
Jeremi Suri is Professor History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and the award-winning author of Kissinger and the American Century
Some Program Highlights
Clott – Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies in Teaching the Holocaust
O’Driscoll – Free Trade of Goods and Services: What Every Teacher Should Know
Wattiaux & Vargas – Pairing UW Students/Teachers to Produce Units on Mexico & USA
Kowalczyk – How I Learned World Geography from Textiles and the Stories they Contain
Yang – A New Intercultural America: From the White House to Our Houses
Heingartner & Ripp – WIOC: UW Teaching Resources and Opportunities for Teachers
Copelovitch – Global Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis
French & Freund – Travel Abroad Opportunities for Teachers
Ratway & Fischer – Infusing Global Literacy into the Social Studies
Nelson Institute Panel – Film Showing and Discussion on Immigration & Environment
Urbonya – What American Educators can Learn from Chinese Education
Shimshak & Students – Thailand’s Political Turmoil Impacts Lodi Students
New This Year!
Sunday Evening – Film and Discussion of “Devil Came on Horseback: Genocide in Darfur”
Earn Graduate Credit with Attendance at the Conference
Special Monday Evening Session with Dessert: Travel the World in an Evening
Information
The WEBSITE probably has all the information that you may need including registration, hotel
reservations, program, and more: http://education.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec/
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