During the early years of formal schooling, California State Standards stress students' understanding of their own place in history and the human community.  Stories have always been delightful and effective stepping stones for exploring the outside world, and fiction has a central role in the K-5 classroom. The ORIAS 2001 summer institute will focus on cultural representations in children's literature.  Scholars from University of California at Berkeley's International and Area Studies Centers, teachers, and librarians will participate in a program of lectures, panels, and workshops on topics such as visual literacy, K-5 content connections, historic empathy, theme studies and literary evaluation in international children's fiction.  * The institute is free and open to all interested teachers and librarians. Please pass the word to any colleagues you think might be interested. Enrollment is limited to 40.  Two graduate credits can be arranged through U. C. Berkeley Summer Sessions for a tuition fee. There may be a limited number of scholarships available. The Institute meets from 9:00 to 4:00 daily. Credit students are required to attend all sessions.Working sessions from 3:00-4:00 are optional for auditors. *

Sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley's Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS), Center for African Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Institute of  Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Institute of  European Studies.

 
EAST ASIA 
 

INDIA
 

LATIN AMERICA 
 

THE MIDDLE EAST
 

RUSSIA 
 

SOUTHEAST ASIA 
 

EUROPE