Dear Friends of the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project,
I am writing to let you know of two exciting institutes our project is offering this summer for 4th - 12th grade teachers.
We are eager to announce our summer content institute, "Empires
in American and World History: Virtuous Institutions or Necessary Evils?"
which will take place on July 6-8 and 11-13, 2005. Some
have called the United States an empire. This summer institute seeks to
shed light on this pressing issue by investigating the rise and decline
of empires, their internal dynamics, and their enduring legacies throughout
history. We will explore definitions of the term "empire" over
time, as well evocative questions such as: Do empires always generate
irresolvable social and political conflicts or can they contribute to
the breaking down of ethnic, religious, and racial boundaries? Can a democracy
be an empire? Can an empire be an effective means for spreading democracy?
(see 
flyer_empirer.pdf for more information.)
Our second institute, "Building Academic Literacy through
History," is a six-day institute of discipline-specific
literacy strategies designed to increase student reading, writing, and
critical thinking skills while teaching the California History-Social
Science Content Standards. This year‚s institute will be held on
July 20-22 and 25-27, 2005. This is the fourth year our
project has offered a history-social science literacy institute. Each
year we have added to our understanding of how to help all history students
be better readers, writers, and thinkers. (see
flyer_literacy.pdf for more information.)
Both institutes will be held in Dwinelle Hall, on the UC Berkeley campus. To view the informative flyers for either of these institutes, or to obtain an application, please visit: http://history.berkeley.edu/k-12/
If you have questions about our summer institutes or other UCB H-SSP professional development opportunities, please contact us at 510-643-0897 or ucbhssp@berkeley.edu. We are available to design literacy-based history-social science professional development series for schools, districts, or counties.
Sincerely,
Donna Leary Codirector
UCB History-Social Science Project
Department of History, UC Berkeley
2407 Dwinelle Hall, MC #2550
e-mail: ucbhssp@berkeley.edu