The Choices Program Brings K-12 Educators to Penn Museum
On Saturday April 8 the Middle East Center in partnership with the Choices Program, Brown University, the South Asia Center, and Penn Museum had the pleasure to host 25 K-12 educators for the interactive workshop Engaging Students in International Issues: The Choices Approach. The participating teachers had the opportunity to examine and work with the Choices units The Middle East in Transition: Questions for U.S. Policy and Indian Independence and the Question of Partition which both were led by Sarah McDowell, Chair of the department of History at the Chestnut Hill Academy. The teachers also attended a lecture given by Penn Museum archeologist Dr. Salam Al Kuntar and had the chance to tour the brand new exhibit – Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Iraq and Syria curated by Dr. Al Kuntar. Contemporary artwork from Syrian artist Issam Korbaj is interwoven throughout the exhibition, which creates a powerful link between the past and the present.