June 7-18, 2021
Monday – Friday
9:00AM-12:00PM
Online via Zoom
Lead Facilitators
Lead Instructor: Dr. Steve Crowley, (Department of Political Science, Oberlin College)
Pedagogy Instructor: Daniel Redman (Ohio State U.)
Outcomes
This two-week seminar will inform K-12 teachers about global social justice activism and protest movements by focusing on the regions of East Asia, Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The seminar will start by giving participants a solid foundation in the relevant political, social, and historical theories in order to ground their understanding of protests and politics. Then throughout the seminar, guest experts will present regional case studies to provide comparative perspectives of what are prominent current protest movements in their region of study (social justice, corruption, environment, etc.), what hurdles activists/protestors may experience when organizing demonstrations or events, the longer history and culture of protest in the particular region, how protestors and their movement are perceived in the larger population, and how the demands of activists/protestors are considered and/or met by policy makers and reverberate in the political sphere.
By the end of the seminar, our goal is to have given teachers both a strong background in the topic and regional knowledge so that teachers feel empowered to bring this topic into their classrooms whatever their discipline may be. Additionally, our aim is to enable teachers to bring more comparative perspectives into their curricula to support the global learning of Ohio K-12 students. To this end, the seminar will include sessions focused on pedagogy led by a pedagogical expert that will include brainstorming activities, discussions on how to lead conversations with students about protests and activism, and how to inspire students’ civic engagement.
End of Seminar Presentation Project Guidelines
Resources
A key goal of the institute is to support teachers’ development or revision of class units relating to global social justice activism and protests. The Area Studies Centers will provide each teacher with resource guides for each case study (area of the world), which will include links to news articles, books, videos, and websites. Using these resources and based on one of the included case studies, teachers should expect to leave the seminar with an idea for a lesson plan and then they will be given until July 31, 2021 to create it fully in order to receive a stipend payment for lesson plan creation.
Session Schedule
These sessions will take place together LIVE via Zoom at the same time each day, 9:00am-12:00PM EDT (All times are EDT.) All seminar participants are expected to attend all sessions in order to receive the full CEU credit.
Week 1
- Monday, June 7
- 9:00AM–9:45AM: Introduction to Summer Institute
- Led by Eileen Kunkler and Alicia Baca, Center for Slavic and East European Studies
- Participant Introductions
- Schedule, CEU explanation, website, resources, expectations, final presentation task and expectations, and group work.
- Primary and secondary groupings will be introduced.
- Led by Eileen Kunkler and Alicia Baca, Center for Slavic and East European Studies
- 9:45AM-10:45AM: Syllabus and seminar goals and Q&A
- Led by Daniel Redman and Dr. Steve Crowley
- 10:45AM-11:45AM: Group introductions and Icebreaker Activity
- 11:45AM-12:00PM: Breakout discussion time with primary groups
- 9:00AM–9:45AM: Introduction to Summer Institute
- Tuesday, June 8
- 9:00AM-11:00AM: Introduction, Key Questions, and Approches to the concept of Global Social Justice Activism and Protests
- Led by Seminar Instructor Dr. Crowley
- 11:00AM-11:30AM: Q&A about concepts, key questions, and approaches to Global Social Justice Activism and Protests
- 11:30AM-12:00PM: Facilitated discussion about teacher’s concerns about things their students are expressing or experiencing currently
- Wednesday, June 9
- 9:00AM-11:00AM: Global Social Justice Activism and Protests Issues in the Classroom
- Led by Daniel Redman
- 11:00AM-11:30AM: Q&A
- 11:30AM-12:00PM: Facilitated discussion about how teachers currently discuss protests and related topics in the classroom
- 9:00AM-11:00AM: Global Social Justice Activism and Protests Issues in the Classroom
- Thursday, June 10
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #1 Presentation— Center for Latin American Studies
- Presented by Dr. Guisela LaTorre (Ohio State U.)
- 10:00AM-10:30AM: Q&A with Speaker: Case Study #1— Center for Latin American Studies
- 10:30AM-11:15AM: Resource Review by Area Studies Center: Case Study #1— Center for Latin American Studies
- 11:15AM-12:00PM: Breakout discussion time with secondary groups with guided questions from the speaker
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #1 Presentation— Center for Latin American Studies
- Friday, June 11
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #2 Presentation— Center for Slavic and East European Studies
- Presented by Dr. Steve Crowley, (Oberlin U.)
- 10:00AM-10:30AM: Q&A with Speaker: Case Study #2— Center for Slavic and East European Studies
- 10:30AM-11:15AM: Resource Review by Area Studies Center: Case Study #2— Center for Slavic and East European Studies
- 11:15AM-12:00PM: Breakout discussion time with primary groups with guided questions from the speaker
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #2 Presentation— Center for Slavic and East European Studies
Week 2
- Monday, June 14
- 9:00AM-10:30AM: Screening of Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
- 10:30AM-11:15AM: Documentary Discussion led by Alicia Baca (Center for Slavic and East European Studies)
- 11:15AM-12:00PM: Breakout discussion time with secondary groups
- Tuesday, June 15
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #3 Presentation— Middle East Studies Center
- Presented by Dr. Danielle V. Schoon (Ohio State U.)
- 10:00AM-10:30AM: Q&A with Speaker: Case Study #3— Middle East Studies Center
- 10:30AM-11:15AM: Resource Review by Area Studies Center: Case Study #3— Middle East Studies Center
- 11:15AM-12:00PM: Breakout discussion time with primary groups with guided questions from the speaker
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #3 Presentation— Middle East Studies Center
- Wednesday, June 16
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #4 Presentation— East Asian Studies Center
- Presented by Dr. Ju Hui Judy Han (U. California, Los Angeles)
- 10:00AM-10:30AM: Q&A with Speaker: Case Study #4— East Asian Studies Center
- 10:30AM-11:15AM: Resource Review by Area Studies Center: Case Study #4— East Asian Studies Center
- 11:15AM-12:00PM: Breakout discussion time with secondary groups with guided questions from the speaker
- 9:00AM-10:00AM: Case Study #4 Presentation— East Asian Studies Center
- Thursday, June 17
- 9:00-10:00AM: Global Social Justice Activism and Protests Issues Closing Presentation
- Led by Dr. Steve Crowley
- 10:00AM-12:00PM: Working time with primary group and presentation project check-in with Daniel Redman
- 9:00-10:00AM: Global Social Justice Activism and Protests Issues Closing Presentation
- Friday, June 18
- 9:00AM-10:30AM: Preparation and practice time for presentations
- 10:30AM-11:30AM: Breakout Sessions for presentations (Break out rooms will be used to present, group discussions and feedback).
- 11:30AM-12:00PM: Closing Remarks