Seminar: The Challenged Democracy. Current U.S. Politics and Its Implications for Germany
Kennziffer:
17-075
Termin:
Donnerstag, 26. und Freitag, 27. Oktober 2017
Ort:
Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Speyer
Partner:
US-Generalkonsulat Frankfurt
Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Speyer
Zielgruppe:
Lehrkräfte einschlägiger Fächer aus Rheinland-Pfalz und anderen Bundesländern.
Sprache:
Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.
Akkreditierung:
Die Veranstaltung ist für Lehrkräfte in Rheinland-Pfalz akkreditiert (TIS-Nr. 17KOV00020).
Für Lehrkräfte in Hessen ist die Veranstaltung unter der LSA-Angebots-Nr. folgt für 2 Tage akkreditiert.
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Description:
One year after the U.S. elections and one month after the election in Germany, our teacher training seminar will deal with new political developments rippling through democracies in the western world.
Russian hacks in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections and possibly in the upcoming German elections, disinformation campaigns through digital media, populist movements, autocratic tendencies, and attacks on the traditional political and media landscapes pose challenges unprecedented in the post-World War II era. As a result, the European Union is facing disintegrating forces while in the United States the system of checks and balances is under stress.
These developments play an increasingly important role in the class room as senior high school students will soon have to take on their responsibilities as voters. Therefore, with the help of German and American experts, we will analyze the new challenges that democracies face. Focusing on the situation in the U.S., we will discuss the similarities and differences with regard to Germany as well as their implications for the future of the German-American relationship. We will also offer methods and tools for teaching the subject in the class room.
In addition, we will present the next round of the U.S. Embassy Going Green project which will offer another opportunity for teachers and their students to engage in hands-on environmental projects in cooperation with schools in the United States.
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew.
Programm
The program flyer can soon be downloaded here.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
10.00 a.m.
Welcome
10.30 a.m.
Democratic Systems Under Pressure – A Comparison of Different Systems and Their Challenges
Prof. Dr. Boris Vormann, Bard College Berlin (tbc)
12.00 p.m.
Lunch
2.00 p.m.
American Political Culture - The Transformation of Conservatism & the Republican Party
Dr. Philipp Adorf, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
3.30 p.m.
Break
4.00 p.m.
Congress, the Executive, and the Bureaucracy: the US Policy Process
Prof. Layna Mosley, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5.30 p.m.
Break
6.00 p.m.
The Media and Their Role in Current U.S. Politics
Andreas Horchler, Hessischer Rundfunk, Chefredaktion HF / Politikredaktion; USA-Korrespondent 2013-17
Friday, October 27, 2017
9.00 a.m.
Resources for the Classroom
Sarah Wagner, M.A., Atlantic Academy
9.30 a.m.
Workshop: Going Green
U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt
10.30 a.m.
Break
11.00 a.m.
Global Economic Relations and Domestic Politics on Advanced Democracies
Prof. Layna Mosley, PhD
12.30 p.m.
Wrap up
13.00 p.m. Lunch
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