2007 ASA Teacher's Workshop
"Africa in the K-12 School Curriculum"

Friday, October 19, 2007
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028

The Local Arrangements Committee for the 50th Anniversary meeting of the
African Studies Association, in cooperation with the Outreach Council of
the African Studies Association and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City, is proud to present a day-long professional development
workshop for K-12 educators and librarians in the New York metropolitan
area.

The ASA 2007 Teachers Workshop has two goals:

• Equip K-12 educators with practical strategies and resources for
  applying knowledge about Africa to teaching on Africa in their schools and
  classrooms.
• Provide a forum for networking and community building among NY area
  scholars and educators working in the field of African Studies.

What Do Teachers Receive?

• Choices from a dozen standards-based workshops for educators on Africa
  given by leading experts.
• Morning refreshments and a box lunch
• Curricular materials specific to the workshop sessions they attended.
• List of web sites that provide lesson plans for different grade levels.
• Follow up advice through network of New York area Africa educators.
• An opportunity to dialog with Africa experts from around the world in
  small groups.

"Draft" PROGRAM

8:30-9:00 am - Morning Reception at the MET Museum Patron's Cafe

9:00-9:20 am - Welcome and Orientation at the MET Museum Education Center

9:30-11:00 am - Session I*

11:00-11:40 am - Box Lunch @ MET Cafe

11:45 am -- 1:00 pm - ASA Children's Africana Book Award Ceremony with
award-winning authors

1:10-2:30 pm - Session II*

2:40-4:00 pm - Session III*

4: 00-5:00 pm - "Live" West African Music -- Alhaji Papa Susso & Co. and Raffle Prizes

* Each session (Session I, II, III) will have four simultaneously running 80-minute seminars.

Some of the topics covered at the workshop include:

• Human Rights in a Global Age: View from Africa
• African Art at the Met Museum
• Islam in Africa
• Ghana at 50 Years
• Changing Status of Women in Africa
• African Literature
• West African Music

REGISTRATION - FULL

1) Interested individuals are invited to submit an application and pay the
registration fee. ***Space is limited to 100 participants in total.

2) Registration is now closed, as of October 5, 2007.

3) Registration fee for period September 15 to October 5 is $65.

4) Applications must be postmarked no later than October 5, 2007.

***For more information, please call 212-854-8045