Summer Teacher Institute

The Center for International Studies’ Summer Institutes are intended primarily for elementary through community college educators but open to all interested parties. These multi-day workshops explore various comparative and transnational issues each summer and are co-sponsored by the Centers for East Asian Studies, East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, International Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and the South Asia Language and Area Center.

Recent Institutes

2009 SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE
Understanding the Global Economy: Bringing the World Market into your Classroom
June 22-24, 2009

This year CIS presented a three-day institute on the Global Economy, in conjunction with the University of Chicago East Asian, Southern Asian, Latin American, East European and Russian Eurasian, and Middle Eastern Area Studies Centers. The goal of the institute was to provide teachers with the tools to successfully teach issues pertaining to the Global Economy, specifically: Markets, Trade and Globalization, Impacts of Globalization, and The Current Global Financial Crisis.

Intended primarily for elementary through community college educators (but open to all interested parties), the Institute addressed each theme through a series of presentations, discussions, and small group activities. Attendees received lessons and resources for curriculum building. In addition, a follow-up curriculum development workshop was held on June 25th.

2008 SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE
Climate Change: Biological & Social Implications
June 23-25, 2008

Download the Climate Change Curriculum Unit based on the 2008 Institute.

In June 2008 CIS presented a three-day institute on biological and social aspects of climate change. The institute, organized in collaboration with the area centers, was designed for K-16 educators interested in bringing climate change issues into their curriculum. The institute featured presentations by scientists and policy experts with both topical and regional foci as well as panel discussions and small group activities.

The University of Chicago Sustainability Council featured an article about the Institute, and the Climate Change Institute website remains available as a resource for participants and others working to develop climate change curriculum.

Past Educator Institutes