WHaLI 2025: Gender and Society
Prechter Lab (Room 2022)
The World History & Literature Initiative (WHaLI) is a unique collaboration between the University of Michigan International Institute’s Title VI National Resource Centers and School of Education designed to deepen teachers’ understanding of world history, literature, and the ways in which their students learn new historical ideas. Join us this June as we consider gender and society through global case studies across historical eras.
Michigan state standards include comparing and contrasting roles assigned to men and women in different societies. The National Council for the Social Studies emphasizes comprehensive representation of women’s stories, voices, and perspectives. Likewise, world literature includes works from various authors and historical contexts as a lens into understanding human experiences. We will explore these themes across case studies and texts set in Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa.
This two-day professional learning experience is designed for US-based educators (including pre-service) and is open to any educator.
Why attend? Participants get:
- Standards-aligned content about important global case studies
- Sample resources and activities
- Free books
- Practical pedagogical framing and support
- Conversations, collaboration, and networking with colleagues
- 8.5 SCECHs
Visit myumi.ch/VMxRM for details and to register.