The Prairie Landscape

THE ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL EXPLORES GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS THROUGH TWO TEACHER PROGRAMS

07/16/2003

12 Illinois K-12 teachers have been awarded full scholarships to attend a week-long seminar in Germany and 14 German Teachers will attend Illinois Humanities Council Teacher Seminars in Illinois

CHICAGO–This summer, The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) will bring German and Illinois educators together again through its established True Learning, True Teaching seminars. From July 27-August 1, 14 German teachers from the Rhineland-Pfalz area in Germany will attend the IHC’s True Leaning, True Teaching seminars at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois. Participants will be attending either Loyola University Professor Ted Karamanski’s seminar "How The West Was Lost: Reinterpretations of the Frontier Experience" or writer Carol LaChapelle’s "Earth Words: The Literature of Nature."

In addition, from August 21-27, 12 Illinois teachers will attend this year’s IHC sponsored seminar in Potsdam and Hamburg with approximately 12 teachers from the Hamburg region. This seminar will give teachers the opportunity to explore the topic: "German-American Relations: Education and the Transatlantic Partnership." The City of Hamburg’s Department of Education is cosponsoring this event.

The following Illinois teachers have been accepted for this seminar in Germany:
Ms. Pamela Hodges, Anna Jr. H.S. (Anna)
Ms. Aiko Boyce, Best Practice H.S. (Chicago)
Ms. Margaret Johnson, West Park Academy (Chicago)
Ms. Janette Ramirez, Chase School (Chicago)
Mr. David Fisk, Near North Special Education Center (Chicago)
Ms. Lynn Fitzgerald, Prosser Academy (Chicago)
Ms. Anne Marie Sherry, Whitney Young Magnet H.S. (Chicago)
Ms. Loretta Wasielewski, Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park)
Ms. Vickie Fotis, Woodgate School (Matteson)
Ms. Kristin Ehteshami-Afshar, Morris Community H.S. (Morris)
Ms. Carolyn Cosentino, Rich Central H.S. (Olympia Fields)
Ms. Cynthia Davies, Eugene G. Field School (Park Ridge)

Established in 1996, the IHC’s True Learning, True Teaching program offers committed teachers an environment where they can concentrate on three R’s of their own: Reflection, Renewal, and Reinvigoration. These free, weeklong seminars allow teachers who are interested in learning for learning’s sake to be stimulated intellectually and to be immersed in intellectual exploration with other Illinois teachers. Tuition and program materials are provided by the IHC. The German exchange program grew out of the success of the Illinois Humanities Council’s True Learning, True Teaching program.

For further information about the Illinois Humanities Council, please call 312.422.5580 or visit our website at www.prairie.org.

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