Colorado State University Hosts World History Conference
Monday, June 15, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Educators from around the globe will gather at
Colorado State University for a conference on teaching world
history June 18-20.
The conference, sponsored by the World History Association,
will focus on techniques and content educators can use to teach
world history in the 21st century. Participants will include 200
world history instructors and scholars from schools, colleges and
universities in the United States, Canada, Asia, Africa and
Europe.
More than 40 sessions are scheduled on a broad range of
topics. Highlights will include a workshop called "Teaching
Gender and Third World Film" at 8 a.m. June 19 in Room A207 of
the Clark Building. Other presentations also will focus on
incorporating subjects that traditionally have received less
attention in the teaching of world history. Topics will include
teaching about Africa, Asia, military history, geography and
religion.
Other sessions are designed to give participants insight
into teaching techniques. A presentation called "Rockin' the
Casbah: Using Music to Teach World History" is part of a session
on using multi-media to teach world history. The session will run
from 3:30-5 p.m. June 19 in Room A207 of the Clark Building.
Other sessions will focus on using literature, film or art to
teach world history.
Standards for teaching world history will also be explored
at the conference. One panel discussion, called "What World
History Should Teach: The Voice of the Business Community," will
examine the knowledge students need as they begin work in various
fields. The session will run from 3:30-5 p.m. June 19 in Room
214-216 of the Lory Student Center. A panel discussion on history
standards in the nation's public schools will be held at
3:30 p.m. June 20 in Room 230 of the Lory Student Center.
The conference will include presentations by leading world
history scholars, including keynote speakers Peter Stearns, dean
at Carnegie Mellon University and chair of the Advanced Placement
World History Task Force, and Jerry Bentley, professor at the
University of Hawaii and editor of the Journal of World History.
Stearns will discuss skills training and content in teaching
world history, while Bentley will discuss frameworks for teaching
world history. During another presentation, Alfred Crosby of the
University of Texas at Austin will recognize Philip Curtin of
Johns Hopkins University for his leadership in establishing the
field of world history.
A two day post-conference session titled "Writing and
Implementing a World History Course" will be offered June 20-21.
The World History Association held its first conference in
1982 at the United States Air Force Academy. The association now
includes 10 regional affiliates and members from 40 countries
worldwide.
Cost for the conference is $120 and space is still
available. To register, call (970) 491-6222.
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