Canadian Studies For Grade 4

Summer Teachers Workshop

July 6-8, 2005

 

DESCRIPTION / LOCATION / REGISTRATION / PDPs-CREDIT

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

• Professional development for Grade 4 teachers

• Providing background and resources for specific Canadian studies subjects identified in the MA Grade 4 History and Social Science curriculum framework

• Participants will receive a certificate of PDPs/contact hours, handouts, and resources including a compilation of the units created during the workshop
  
  

DAY 1 Lectures and Presentations

AM:
French Language and Heritage
Marc Jacques, Academic and Cultural Affairs Officer for the Canadian Consulate General
History of Canada
Andrew Holman, Associate Professor of History, Bridgewater State College
Economics of Canada
Anthony Cicerone, Professor of Economics and Director of Canadian Studies, Bridgewater State College

PM:
Teaching About Native Americans
Claudia Fox Tree, M.Ed., Teacher, and Massachusetts Center for Native Americans Board Member

DAY 2 Lecture and Presentations

AM:
Geography of Canada
Tom McGrath, Canadian Studies Outreach Coordinator, University of Vermont

NW Coast Culture
Danielle DiPaola, M.Ed: National Writing Project Teacher Consultant, and creator of the Hudson Museum's NW Coast Classroom Exhibit 'Cedar and Sea'

Mid day: Center for the Study of Canada, Plattsburgh (NY) State University: Presentation of resources

PM:
Inuit Culture
Rosa Flynn and Gail Pinkham, Massachusetts-based Educational Consultants for Isuma Productions, Igloolik, Nunavut, and co-authors of an interactive e-learning website

DAY 3 Curriculum Writing

Collaborative curriculum writing using the resources from the first two days, curriculum resources, and the experience of the instructors and participants.

Sessions will run from 9:00-4:30 each day, with 1 hour for lunch on your own.

• Click here for Workshop Schedule

REGISTRATION FEE $75.00 for three days

WORKSHOP LOCATION

Canadian Consulate General, Copley Square, Downtown Boston

The Consulate is located on the 4th floor of office buildings above a 2-storey mall flanked by the Westin Hotel and Neiman Marcus at the intersection of Dartmouth Street and Huntington Avenue.

• For directions click here for Consulate website, and then choose 'Directions to Consulate' from their menu to the right. Directions include by subway or by car.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

• Click here for a printable registration form.
  
  For more information about any aspect of this workshop, Canadian studies centers, or Canadian Studies Professional Development, contact Betsy Arntzen (207) 581-4225

  
  

PDPS / CREDIT / CONTACT HOURS

PDPs - Participants will receive a certificate for 19 PDPs
(approved by MADOE Office of Professional Development)

GRADUATE CREDIT - Participants wishing to receive 2 Graduate Credits for this workshop will make arrangements to register and pay Plymouth State University.
Course Number is ED 5500 - Canadian Studies Curriculum Workshop.
The cost at the out-of-state rate is $120 per credit.

• Click here for syllabus

• To Register for graduate credit:
  Click here for PSU Registration form.
  
  Send form with $265 (tuition plus $25 admin fee) payment to:
  Plymouth State University
  Sarah Lyne Veazey, Graduate Registrations
  MSC 11, Hogan House
  17 High Street
  Plymouth, NH  03264
  
  
  For more information, contact Betsy Arntzen.

This Canadian studies professional development workshop is co-sponsored by the Canadian Consulate General, and the Northeast National Resource Center on Canada funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI funds. The Northeast National Resource Center on Canada is comprised of the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine; the Center for the Study of Canada, Plattsburgh (NY) State University; and the Canadian Studies Program, University of Vermont

Canadian-American Center
154 College Avenue
Orono, ME 04473
(207) 581-4220