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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2010 Humanities Events…Events featured are open to the public and are funded or conducted by the Georgia Humanities Council. Times, dates and locations are subject to change. Please call the project director listed at the end of each event description to confirm the program information. These humanities listings are supplied by our staff and are usually updated at the beginning of each month. The events listed below are as of June 2, 2010. June 2010 June 7-9, 2010 The Plains Experience: Traveling through Time Organization: Georgia Humanities Council and Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home Location and Time: Various Locations in Plains Contact: Mrs. Laura McCarty, 404-523-6220 ext. 11 or ltmc@ georgiahumanities.org This workshop will use historic sites, oral history, memoirs, and other primary and secondary sources associated with President Jimmy Carter to help teachers develop activities related to the Georgia Performance Standards history and civics strands for grades 2-5. After completion of the course, participants will receive a classroom set of materials for the We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution program from the Center for Civic Education. June 8, 2010 King Lati the First Organization: Athens Jewish Film Festival and Athens Clarke County Library Location and Time: Athens Clarke County Library Auditorium, 6 p.m. Contact: Dr. Carmen Tesser, 706-340-5458 or athensjff@gmail.com A series of four films focused on Jewish life and culture will be shown at the library. This first film portrays an Israeli youngster who is the son of a Senegalese father and a Russian mother. The young man struggles with issues of identity. Special guest Adam Klien, Athens songwriter/musician, and a former Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa.
June 11-13, 2010 National History Day Contest Organization: National History Day and Georgia Humanities Council Location and Time: University of Maryland Contact: Mrs. L aura McCarty, 404-523-6220 ext. 11 or ltmc@georgiahumanities.org Winners from the state competition of National History Day in Georgia go to Maryland to compete with winners from across the nation. |
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