The Buckner W. Clay Endowment for the Humanities and the Center for Liberal Arts
Present a FREE Workshop for K-12 Teachers on March 14, 2015
DEBATING
ARCHAEOLOGY:
UNDERSTANDING,
INTERPRETING
AND TEACHING THE PAST
This workshop is an introduction to current issues and inquiry in the evidential and interpretative
discipline of archaeology, including its role in reading, reconstructing, representing the past; key
methods and approaches guiding archaeological interpretation; archaeology as a means for
engaging with broader motifs of human civilization, such as the emergence and collapse of
urbanism, social complexity, government and organized religion; the relevance of the past to the
contemporary, everyday present and the key role of archaeology in identity formation in today's
society.
Participants will receive a certificate indicating more than four hours of professional
development. Among the topics for the final session will be ways of addressing the relevant
sections in the World History Standards of Learning.
9:00 - 9:30- Registration (coffee and tea provided)
9:30 - 9:45- Welcome and introductions; Anastasia Dakouri-Hild, Lecturer, Aegean and Near
Eastern Archaeology
9:45 - 10:45- Roman coins, Roman history, and succession to power: UVa digital images and
your classes; John Dobbins, Professor, Classical Archaeology
10:45 - 11:00- Break
11:00 - 12:00- Archaeology and complexity: the emergence and collapse of ancient civilizations;
Phil Trella, anthropologist who specializes in the archaeology of the ancient Near
East, Asst. Vice President for Graduate Studies
12:00 -12:45 - Lunch (provided)
12:45 - 1:45 - Does it matter? Antiquity and the politics of the past today; Anastasia DakouriHild, Lecturer, Aegean and Near Eastern Archaeology
1:45 - 2:00- Break
2:00 - 3:00 - Pedagogy Session; Stephanie Van Hover, Associate Professor, Department Chair
of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education, Curry School of Education
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James Madison University's Furious Flower Poetry Center & the University of Virginia's Center for the Liberal Arts
present
PLAYING WITH
POETRY:
A SESSION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
A Workshop jar Virginia Middle and High School Teachers
12:30 - 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 27, 2014
Taylor 405, James Madison University
This special panel for middle and high school teachers is intended to help integrate African-American poetry into their
curriculum, A poetry reading will follow the workshop. Those participants attending both the program and the reading
will receive a certificate for four hours of professional development points towards licensure renewal.
12:00 - 12:30
Participant Registration
12:30 - 12:50
"Your Attention, Please: Ways of Listening"
John Casteen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, Sweet Briar College
12:50-1:10
"What's the Wordle?"
Lisa Woolfork, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Virginia
1:10-1:30
"Nontraditional Ways to Approach the Reading and Writing of Poetry,"
Chapman Hood Frazier, Professor of Middle and Secondary Education, James Madison University
1:30-2:30
Breakout Groups
Teachers will be divided into three groups and every 20 minutes will rotate among each ofthe
three professors to share ideas in a small group and to share triumphs and challenges.
2:30-3:00
Closing Remarks and Panel Discussion
Lisa Woolfork, John Casteen, Chapman Hood Frazier
3:00-3:30
BREAK
3:30-5:30
Poetry Reading, Grafton-Stovall Theatre
Naomi Long Madgett
RemicaBingham-Risher
Jericho Brown
Camille Dungy
Patricia SpearsJones
Duriel Harris
SamanthaThornhill
A. Van Jordan
Michael Harper
The University of Virginia's Center for the Liberal Arts,
Carter Woodson Institute for African and African-American Studies, and
Miller Center of Public Affairs are pleased to present
A History Workshop for Virginia Teachers
. TEACHING FREEDOM SUMMER
Saturday, September 20,2014
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Miller Center
In honor of the
so" Anniversary
of the 1964 Freedom Summer project, faculty and fellows from
the Carter G. Woodson Institute and the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
will conduct a day-long workshop entitled "Teaching Freedom Summer" on September 20,
2014.
In 1964, civil rights organizations, citizens of Mississippi, and student volunteers from across the
country came together to challenge segregation in one of the nation's most racially oppressive
and violent states. They registered African American voters who had been denied the right to
vote, established Freedom Schools, organized Freedom Votes and created the Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party, dedicated to unseating the whites-only Mississippi delegation for
the Democratic National Convention of 1964. It was a strategic experiment that rocked the
nation and fundamentally challenged white supremacy in the South.
Drawing on film, music and primary sources, the morning session will examine the history of
Freedom Summer, its impact, contradictions and legacy. The afternoon session will provide
pedagogical tools and strategies for teaching Freedom Summer 1964, and discuss links to the
History and Social Sciences Standards of Learning for the Virginia Public Schools.
THE CENTER FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS AT UVA
IS PROUD TO PRESENTA
FREE SATURDAY SPANISH WORKSHOP FOR ALL K-12
VIRGINIA TEACHERS
sabado 26 de abril de 2014
8:30am-3:30pm
Zehmer Hall
Del Siglo de Oro a la literatura chicana: la literatura en nuestras clases.
organizado por
Gustavo Pelion, Director del Proyecto de Lenguas Extranjeras, C.L.A.
Universidad de Virginia
Horario del dia
8:30-9:00
tnscrlpclon de participantes
9:00-9:05
Presentaclon: Gustavo Pelion.
9:05-9:50
Alison Weber. EI Lazarillo de Tormes.
9:50-10:00
Preguntas y descanso
10:00-10:45 Alison Weber. La picaresca.
10:45-11:00
Preguntas y descanso
11:00-11:45
Ricardo Padron. Hernan Cortes.
11:45-12:00 Preguntas.
12:00-1:00
Almuerzo y reunion anual de la AATSP
1:00-1:45
Daniel Chavez, La vision de los vencidos de Miguel Leon Portilla.
1:45-2:00
Preguntas y descanso
2:00-2:45
Gustavo Pelion. Nuestra America de Jose Marti.
2:45-3:00
Preguntas.
3:00-3:15
Mesa redonda con todos los panelistas.
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The University of Virginia's Center for the Liberal Arts
&
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Present
Beyond the 5-Paragraph Theme:
A Free Hands-On Workshop for K-12 Teachers of Writing
Saturday,
April 12, 2014
This workshop, organized by UVa's Center for the Liberal Arts and the Virginia
Foundation for the Humanities,
to be held at the Virginia Foundation
for the
Humanities on Saturday, April 12, will focus on a range of approaches to the
teaching of writing that may serve students well in school, in college, and in their
careers. More specifically, the workshop will explore a variety of ways in which
teachers can help students
move beyond the five-paragraph
essay (while not
forgetting its uses) and into forms of writing that deepen students' ability to think
critically and creatively.
Agenda:
9:15 - 9:45
Registration
provided)
(light refreshments
and breakfast
foods are
9:45 -10:30
Beyond the Five-Paragraph Theme
James Seitz, Director of the Academic Writing Program, UVa
Patricia Sullivan, Director of the Writing Center, UVa
Natasha Heny, Assistant Professor, Curry School of
Education, UVa
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Writing as Inquiry
James Seitz, Director of the Academic Writing Program, UVa
12:00-12:30
Lunch (meal is provided)
12:30-1:45
Multi-Genre Research
Natasha Heny, Assistant
Professor, Curry School of Education
1:45 - 2:00
Break
2:00 - 3:00
Words and Images: Composing the Photographic Essay
Patricia Sullivan, Director of the Writing Center, UVa
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UNIVERSTIY qfVIRGINIA
March 22, 2014 - 8:30 to 3:30 - Zehmer Hall
The University of Virginia
Neurobiology for the New Millennium
The breathtaking speed of discoveries in modern neurobiology is leaving most
textbooks in the dust. Yet many of the emerging concepts from these studies
are the most compelling to date to entice students to learn the general
principles of Biology. Developmental neurobiologist Barry Condron will
describe a few of the modern ideas emerging from his own research and how
this might be applied to teaching high school biology. Frackson Mumba of the
Curry School will then present ideas for how to help students think of broader
biology through a new understanding of the brain.
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
9:00-9:15
Welcome by Barry Condron
9:15 -10:30
"Crash course in modern neurobiology"
by Professor Barry Condron
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - 12:00
"Why teaching neurobiology covers almost everything"
by Professor Barry Condron
12:00 -1:00
Lunch
1:00 -1:30
Bring the brain ideas to the classroom
by Professor Frackson Mumba
1:30 - 3:30
Roundtable Discussions - Facilitated by Condron & Mumba
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The Buckner W. Clay Endowmentfor the Humanities, the Virginia Center for the Study of Religion
& the Center for Liberal Arts present
UNDERST ANDING RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
a workshop for Virginia High School Teachers at the University of Virginia
Saturday, March 1,2014
This workshop features leading scholars on American Religious History from the Department of Religious Studies at
the University of Virginia and is designed to have practical application for the classroom. We will focus on the
complex and changing role of religion in American public life and politics and related shifts in the understanding of
religious liberty and religious diversity.
9:00 - 9:30
Registration (coffee and tea are provided)
9:30 - 9:45
Welcome and Introductions, Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Associate Professor and Associate Chair
9:45 - 10:45
"How Can the U.S. Be 'The Most Protestant' and 'The Most Religiously Diverse' Society at the
Same Time?"
Matthew Hedstrom, Assistant Professor
10:45 - 11 :00
Break
11:00 - 12:00
"Making Sense of American Church-State Relations in the 2151 Century"
Kathleen Flake, Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies
12:00 - 12:30
Lunch (provided)
12:30 - 1:30
"Diversifying American Religious History through Primary Sources: 'A Bintel Brief,' Salvation on
Sand Mountain, 'Let It Be,' and Black Theology and Black Power"
Heather Warren, Associate Professor
1:30 - 1:45
Break
1:45 - 2:45
Pedagogy Session on Religion in American History.
Jennifer Sublette-Williamson, Facilitator, Social Studies, Dept. of Instruction, Albemarle County
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