Pirates and Bandits: Teaching the Myths and Realities in the K-12 Classroom - An NCTA & Global Studies Center Mini-Course
Date: May 17 & 18, 2024

May 17 (Day 1) Time:  5:00 - 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
May 18 (Day 2) Time:  8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Location: 4130 Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Join us for a swashbuckling mini-course on historical bandits and pirates around the world. What are the myths? What are the facts? Faculty experts will discuss global piracy, representations of pirates in the media, piracy in the Atlantic world, and bandits in East Asia. We will also discuss curricular applications of pirates and bandits for the K-12 classroom. This mini-course is particularly applicable for teachers of World History, U.S. History, East Asia studies, Global Studies, Film Studies and World Cultures. 

We strongly encourage in-person attendance, but the program will be hybrid, and you may choose to attend online or in person. All participants will receive Global Piracy: A Documentary History of Seaborne Banditry; in-person participants will receive an extra book. Benefits also include a Certificate of Completion and some travel reimbursement subsidies available for in-person attendees who live at least one hour outside of the Pittsburgh area. us. Pennsylvania teachers will also receive Act 48 hours.

If you are interested in a Travel Subsidy or if you would like to know more, then please don't hesitate to email us.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Wludarski at swludarski@pitt.edu

 
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