Outreach Events & Opportunities
Teacher education is a vital part of the Center's mission. In addition to designing and conducting teacher education workshops and summer institutes for educators at the elementary, high school and college levels, CIS also assists the other Area Centers in providing these important services. If you are interested in finding out more about these programs, please sign up for the CIS Outreach newsletter, or contact us at cis.outreach@uchicago.edu.
Outreach News
June 22-24, the Center for International Studies presented a three-day interdisciplinary institute on "Understanding the Global Economy". The institute addressed issues of globalization and its positive and negative effects on issues such as: labor, social rights, and natural resource exploitation and allocation. A general overview of markets, trade and the current global financial crisis was presented. Case studies from around the world were used to illustrate the interconnectedness of societies and their roles in the global economy.
The topics presented can easily and appropriately be incorporated into a wide array of subjects taught, including: history, math, economics, literature, English, biology, environmental science, social studies, anthropology, world studies, and foreign language/culture classes. The goal of the institute was to provide teachers with the tools to successfully teach issues pertaining to Markets, Trade and Globalization, Impacts of Globalization, and The Current Global Financial Crisis.