Waves of History
Conference

Waves of History Conference ~ April 25, 2008

Students from the four participating schools – Bloomfield High School, Plainfield High School, Windham High School and Windham Technical High School, gathered at the Bishop Center on the University of Connecticut campus.
 

The morning sessions

Raouf Mama, internationally known multilingual storyteller who performed indigenous tales from his native Benin.

The afternoon sessions offered a variety of opportunities. Workshops included: history detective, discovering your heritage, the art of Chinese combat, paper quilts, puppetry, EASTCONN Adventure, scenes the sizzle, Every Picture Tells a Story: examining visual art and real life pictures to determine the messages  and a  student panel who discussed their experiences coming to America.

     
Paper quilts workshop offered a brief overview of quilting in America through the ages with a special focus on the role of Freedom Quilts and participants created a mini paper quilt. Sarah Beth Parks from the UCONN Puppetry Dept, demonstrated the concept of shadow puppets and students created their own puppets. History Detective focused on examining family artifacts and Discovering your Ancestry allowed students to use the Internet to learn about family history.   In the Every Picture Tells a Storyworkshop students examined visual art and real life pictures to determine the messages that are received by the media in our culture. Students used "character cards" to write scenes that sizzle and learned about the art of Chinese combat.

 EASTCONN Adventure    

Students participated in
 EASTCONN Adventure
 which focused on problem solving
 and team building skills.

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