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From: http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/2020/socialjustice.html

Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice

July 27­–31, 2020

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Participants in this institute will learn how teach for and about social justice in the foreign language classroom. Note: this institute is built around ACTFL’s second edition of Words and Actions and is taught by the authors of the book.

By the end of the institute, participants will be able to:

• Identify and describe basic principles of social justice education;
• Create a classroom environment that fosters social justice education;
• Design original foreign language units that integrate topics of social justice;
• Adapt textbooks and other classroom materials to incorporate social justice principles; and
• Engage in self-assessment and reflection regarding social justice education.

Presenters: Cassandra Glynn (Concordia College, Moorhead, MN), Beth Wassell (Rowan University, New Jersey), and Pamela Wesely (University of Iowa).

• Find out more about Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice:  http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/2020/socialjustice.html 
• Register by the Early Bird Deadline: April 24, 2020:  http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/registration.html