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Wednesday, 20 February 2019

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Going Green - Sustainable Development in North America (Lüneburg)

When
Wednesday, 20 February, 2:30 PM » 6:00 PM
Event type
Site event
Description

Teacher symposium organized by the Institute of English Studies, Leuphana University

Title: Going Green – Sustainable Development in North America

 

  Lüneburg – Wednesday, February 20 | 14:00-18:00

  Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg (Central Building – Libeskind Building) 

  Contact: Joannis Kaliampos | Project Teach About US | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg | Institute of English Studies | Universitätsallee 1 | 21335 Lüneburg | Joannis.Kaliampos@leuphana.de| 04131.677-1662

 

Registration:  www.leuphana.de/institute/ies/veranstaltungen/going-green-sustainable-development-in-north-america.html by Feb 13, 2019

 

Content:We invite all teachers of English and bilingual Science, History, Social Studies, and Geography classes to join us for a symposium on sustainable development in North American culture, literature, and society as well as English language teaching.

The program features short input talks and hands-on workshop sessions with ready-to-use and up-to-date teaching ideas and classroom materials. Contents are aligned with state curricula and Abitur exam topics for English in Lower Saxony and Hamburg.

More information, Workshop Abstracts, and free registration: Leuphana Website

 

Program:

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

14:00 – Registration and open café (Libeskind Building C40, Foyer)

14:30 – Welcome address (C40.152)

14:45 – Short input talks (C40.152)

  • Going Green – Education for Sustainability (Joannis Kaliampos, Prof. dr. Torben Schmidt)
  • Mainstream Canadian and First Nations Environmentalism: Animals (OSTR’ Inga Dwenger, PD Dr. Maria Moss)
  • Using Comic Books and Graphic Novels in the EFL Classroom: Animals, Energy, and the Environment (Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich, M.A.)
  • Across All Lines? Environmental Inequalities in the United States (Dr. Andreas Hübner)

15:45 – Coffe break(C40.152)

16:00 – Parallel workshops I

  • Going Green – Education for Sustainability (C40.153)
  • First Nations and Canadian Literature (C40.154)

17:00 – Parallel workshops II

  • Environmental Graphic Novels and Comics (C40.153)
  • Environmental Inequalities in the U.S. (C40.154)

18:00 – Farewell, end of program