The Minnesota Humanities Center has offered humanities based teacher professional development programs for over 20 years. We have conducted over 250 content-based workshops for over 6800 educators.
Storytelling in the Classroom
Date: Satur
day, April 28, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Minnesota Humanities Center, 987 Ivy Ave East, St. Paul, MN
Intended Audience: 6-12 Educators
Cost: We are able to offer this program at no cost to participants
Description: Based on the curriculum for the PBS documentary,
Slavery by Another Name, learn best practices for using storytelling, including digital storytelling, as an effective teaching tool in the classroom. In the afternoon educators will work in small groups and engage in peer-to-peer learning to create digital stories.
Slavery by Another Name explores a system of “neo-slavery” that thrived following the Civil War based on the forced labor of imprisoned African American men and women through the convict lease system. The standards-based curriculum features an array of multimedia teaching tools, including rich oral histories and digital stories.
Major funding for Slavery by Another Name is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and the CPB/PBS Diversity and Innovation Fund. Additional funding is provided by Georgia-Pacific, KeyBank Foundation and Merck; and by the General Mills Foundation; the Omicron Member Boulé of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Minneapolis; and Frances Wilkinson.
Agenda:
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8:45 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
Screening from Slavery by Another Name and Discussion |
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10:15 - 11: 15 a.m. |
Curriculum Materials Overview and Workshop |
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11:15 - 11:30 a.m. |
Morning Break |
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11:30 - 12:00 p.m. |
Beyond the Bricks Screening and Discussion |
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12:15 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
Digital Storytelling Workshop* |
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2:45-3:00 p.m. |
Wrap-up and Evaluation |
*Participants will work in small groups with iPods to create digital stories using images and materials from the Slavery by Another Name documentary. All of the technology will be provided for the small groups.
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