Teaching about India and South Asia
A 30-hour workshop for K-12 teachers
June 23-27, 2008
9:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Library, International Center
Shaw Lane, MSU
Workshop Introduction
Workshop Schedule
To Register
Other Information
This five day thirty hour workshop is designed to give classroom teachers a good foundation in India and south Asia and to help them integrate this material into their classes. The workshop tries to follow the new social studies standards and provide the kind of material which teachers will be asked to teach about in these new or adapted courses.
The class will be taught by several different experts in the field of Indian and South Asia Studies and thus teachers will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of faculty members.
The workshop is limited to 30 participants who will be chosen on a first come, first served basis. Each participant will receive copies of a course textbook and additional materials chosen by the instructors. The workshop is free of charge to all teachers but pre-registration is required. The program is open to all teachers (K-12) and graduate education students.
Each teacher will be asked to create a teaching module or lesson plan in India/south Asia during the course. These will be handed in on the last day, put on a CD, and distributed to everyone at the end of the workshop so that all participants will have a repertoire of lesson plans on various aspects of Indian history, culture, and society.
Monday, June 23
8:30am: Arrival, check in and welcome
Pick up books and course materials
Monday, June 23-Friday, June 27
Daily schedule as follows
9:00am-12:15pm: morning session (fifteen minute break)
12:15pm-1:00pm: lunch (on your own; cafeteria is open in International Center)
1:00pm-4:15pm: afternoon session (fifteen minute break)
The workshop will feature 10 sessions as follows
June 23:
Morning Session: Geography of India/South Asia: Physical, linguistic, and cultural
Afternoon Session: Indian civilization: beginnings to 1500
June 24:
Morning Session: Imperialism and Conquest: Indian civilization under the Mughals and
the British
Afternoon Session: British India and the struggle for Independence
June 25:
Morning Session: Hinduism in theory and practice
Afternoon Session: Buddhism, Jainism, and the Sikhs; Islam in India
June 26:
Morning Session: Indian Literature, Art and Architecture
Afternoon Session: Social customs of India: caste and Jati, family system, marriage customs and the role of women
June 27:
Morning Session: Post Independence India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Afternoon Session; South Asia today: issues and concerns
In all the sessions there will be lots of time for discussion and questions. In the final session, teacher will be encouraged to share their lesson plans with the group.
Download the registration form for this workshop
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Continuing Education Units
The Asian Studies Center will apply for 3 CEUs for this seminar which will be available to all teachers. Remember that you will not be able to miss any of the class and still receive the CEUs.
Parking
Parking is available in MSU's stadium lot and parking passes will be provided to all participants so that you may park without paying. Directions to MSU and the International Center can be found on the MSU map website: http://maps.msu.edu/. Do park in the stadium lot as our passes will not work in the lot marked P just across from the International Center.
Download Brochure
The brochure of this workshop is available from here.
