A nation must think before it acts.
Date : Sat., April 20, 2002 to Sun., April 21, 2002 Category : Butcher History Institute
Visit a strange city or neighborhood without a map, and you are lost. We know this, and so do our students. But maps are not only essential for travel. They are vital to understanding national and global history, politics, economics, and culture. Knowing geography, appreciating how it influences political and military events and sets limits to what politicians, economists, and business leaders can do in a given region, is more essential than ever for our young people, who need to understand the world in order to shape fruitful lives in it.
FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education and FPRI’s Center for the Study of America and the West are pleased to announce a weekend-long history institute on “Teaching Geography and Geopolitics,” featuring a series of lectures by leading scholars in several fields. This program is specially designed for secondary school teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty.
Teaching Geography and Geopolitics Conference Summary by Trudy J. Kuehner
Director - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
Chairman
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Related Article(s):
You Can’t Argue with Geography
President
Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Asian Studies, American Enterprise Institute
New York Times
Professor of History, University of California at Davis
Moderator
Executive Director - Center for the Study of America and the West
Paul DicklerSenior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
Neshaminy High School
James KurthChairman - Center for the Study of America and the West
Claude Smith Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College
Related Article(s):
Venue
Gregg Conference Center
What Participants Receive:
Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive:
* free room and board
* assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute
* stipends of $200 in exchange for curriculum units based on the History Institute, plus a representative selection of student work
* partial travel scholarships available for participants outside the East Coast
* free copy of Maps and History, by Jeremy Black
* one-year subscription to Orbis, FPRI’s journal of world affairs