Russian Team in Los Angeles
2002 PROGRAMS
1. A Planning Conference on Civic Education in Bekasovo, Russia December 10-12, 2001. Down load a (pdf file) Report on the meeting.
2. A 5 day conference in Budapest January 29-February 2, 2002 and February 5-February 9, 2002. Down load a Schedule of the conference.
3. A three-week seminar on civic education in Russia conducted at Indiana University, Bloomington, in April 2002.
4. A 21 day study tour to the United States, April-May, 2002.
The program started with a week of Orientation with Street Law, and then a week of programs with Close Up Foundation in Washington DC. Country teams then participated in Site Visits, hosted by consortium organizations. Download a sample Site Visit schedule. See schedule below:
First Group (April 2 - 23, 2002):
- Poland - Constitutional Rights Foundation - Los Angeles, CA
- Czech Republic - Constitutional Rights Foundation - Chicago, IL
- Azerbaijan - Street Law, Washington, DC
- Kazakhstan -SSEC, Denver, CO
Second Group (April 16 - May 7, 2002):
- Russia- Constitutional Rights Foundation - Los Angeles, CA
- Uzbekistan- Constitutional Rights Foundation - Chicago, IL
- Moldova - Street Law, Washington, DC
- Croatia -SSEC, Denver, CO
Third Group (April 30 - May 21, 2002):
- Lithuania - Constitutional Rights Foundation - Los Angeles, CA
- Estonia - Constitutional Rights Foundation - Chicago, IL
- Ukraine- Street Law, Washington, DC.
- Armenia -SSEC, Denver, CO
Local implementation through December 31, 2002. During the conference and site visits, countries developed plans to improve civic education in their countries, which they are implementing. Plans include workshops, professional development, translation of materials, policy work, etc.... See a sample of these plans by Downloading a PowerPoint presentation, by the Siberian members of the Russian DEEP team. (file size: 4715k)
ON-LINE COLLABORATION
- DEEP participants have created a new iEARN Project: Facets of Tolerance. They are also in the process of designing other projects on such topics as: Three Wishes Story and Constitutional Comparisons.
- iEARN is also offering participating teachers a Russian Language On-line course on integrating iEARN Civic Education projects into their classrooms. For more information see: http://www.iearn.org/professional/online.ru.html
- iEARN has created a number of forums to facilitate communication between between consortium members and participants, and on-line project work between students in participating countries. iEARN members with usernames and passwords can view the forums at: http://foro.iearn.org/
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