WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Teachers of French, Social Studies, and Spanish, K-12.
WHERE AND WHEN:
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 3-5, 2012
GOALS:
- Enrich French, Social Studies, and Spanish teachers' content knowledge
- Provide documents, references and classroom-ready materials to use in 2012 and subsequent years
- Plan historically oriented and interdisciplinary classroom-ready activities
- Promote interdepartmental school events
- Plan a sample interdisciplinary school-wide Louisiana Statehood Day
WHAT WILL THE WORKSHOPS INCLUDE?
Focus will be on exploring Louisiana history (Friday), building a collection of discipline-specific activities (Saturday), and preparing the community for a Louisiana Statehood Day (Sunday). After receipt of your registration fee, you will receive an electronic version via email of the pre-workshop packet of materials and instructions. At registration Day One, you will receive a binder of documents to which you will add throughout the program. Following the workshops, you will receive an activity kit (classroom-ready activities produced by teachers during the program, CDs, etc.) to help you implement the activities of the workshops in your school.
WHAT IS THE COST OF THE PROGRAM?
The fee for the two and a half days is $100, and gives access to all sessions of the program. Thanks to our sponsors, participants receive two nights' accommodations at the Cook Hotel, meals and all workshop materials.
SELECTION PROCEDURES
Twenty teachers of French, 20 teachers of Spanish, and 20 Social Studies teachers will participate. Selection is on a first-come, space-available basis, with priority to teams of French, Spanish, and Social Studies teachers from the same school or neighboring schools.
