Italy Reads 2020-2021 "Silent Spring" Professional Development Course for High School Teachers, Tuesdays, 21 Jan. - 5 May 2020, 4:30-6:30pm  - Applications             (Deadline to apply: EXTENDED TO 16 Dec. 2019)
The Italy Reads program and all other Activities for High Schools at John Cabot University are offered within a Framework Agreement with the Italian Ministry of Instruction, Universities and Research, Regional Office (MIUR USR Lazio);
and enjoy the patronage of the Embassy of the United States of America in Italy.
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Tuesdays, 21 Jan. - 5 May 2020, 4:30-6:30pm                   Attendance at a minimum of 80% of all class meetings is required as is the submission of a PowerPoint presentation of a suggested lesson plan.
A selected number of these presentations at the end of the course will be selected for presentation at the September 11th 2020 Teacher Training Workshop at JCU.      
Applicants must teach English literature and culture in a liceo/high school and register as official participants in the Italy Reads program.
Scholarship recipients will receive a certificate of award, a complimentary copy of the book and final certification of the total number of hours of Professional Development. Participants will not receive a university transcript of university credit for this course.
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Italy Reads is John Cabot University’s community-based reading and cultural exchange program that began in 2009 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for The Big Read Rome. The book chosen for Italy Reads 2020 is Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" published by the Houghton Mifflin Company, Anniversary edition (2002), originally published in 1962, ISBN-13: 978-0618249060.
For details about the activities offered throughout the year with Italy Reads, please refer our website https://www.johncabot.edu/italy-reads/default.aspx .
In preparation for Italy Reads 2020, JCU is offering 25 scholarships to attend a Professional Development Course (30 hrs.) on Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring".
Interested applicants must fit the criteria and follow the procedures detailed in the following sections.
The emphasis of this course is to prepare teachers to engage their students in the study of this work from literary and interdisciplinary perspectives. Interaction among teachers and an exchange of best practices are encouraged.
Course Title:    Italy Reads Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring"  Instructor: Andrew Rutt                                                               Official text: ISBN-13: 978-0618249060 Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring", Houghton Mifflin Company, Anniversary edition (2002), (originally published in 1962).                                               Language of instruction:  English                                               When: Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30pm, 21 Jan.-5 May 2020.
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964), American biologist and author is recognized as the founder of environmentalism.  Her book "Silent Spring" was written between 1958 and 1961 and published in 1962. It is considered a milestone in the history of ecological awareness. With "Silent Spring" she awakened public consciousness and established the global environmentalist tradition.
Carson was the first to predict the effects of intensive agriculture, the first to denounce publicly and with passionate force the damage inflicted on nature by the indiscriminate use and abuse of chemical insecticides and synthetic organic compounds. She also recognized the consequences of the phenomenon of deforestation and uncontrolled human intervention on the environment. Above all, with precise scientific research and analysis, Carson described the irreversible damage caused by pesticides, such as DDT and today’s glyphosate, on the environment and human health. After the publication of "Silent Spring", she was publicly and aggressively attacked by the multinationals of the chemical and agri-food industries; and a campaign of denigration of an unprecedented brutality was mounted against her. "Silent Spring", is today considered an environmentalist and ecologist classic. After 40 years, this cry of alarm for the health of the planet is as urgent as ever.

The course  will introduce background information on Rachel Carson and the social and literary context in which she wrote. Considerable discussion will be dedicated to the importance of the relationship between literature, writing and social change, and to examining how literature can lead to a renewed connection with nature. This connection can be intended, especially at this moment of environmental crises, not as an abstract identity to protect ideologically, but a place where it is possible to explore one’s own identity.
Procedure for Application - Fill in this form including the essay as specified.   Applications for the scholarship must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, 9 December 2019. Recipients will be announced before 8 January 2020.
The application and essay will be reviewed by the Academic Advisor to the Italy Reads Program, the Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Special Projects and External Affairs, and by the Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs.          
How many years have you been a high school teacher? *
Have you taught or are you familiar with the work of Rachel Carson? *
Have you taught American literature? *
ESSAY (100-200 words) - Discuss your previous experience with Italy Reads or The Big Read Rome (2009) and how you feel you and your students benefitted from the program. -OR- Discuss how you feel your participation in a Professional Development Course on Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" could enhance your abilities as a teacher. *
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