On Australia Day, January 26, 2002, a workshop was held at the International Center of the Bush Presidential Library and Museum Complex at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. The workshop was supported by a grant from the Australian Department of Education, Training, and Youth Affairs to the Australian Studies Association of North America (ASANA), the National Geographic Society, and the International Center, International Programs Office, Texas A&M University.
This web page contains materials presented at the one-day workshop. Educators have permission to use these materials for classroom purposes only. Any other uses are prohibited. Click through the agenda to download key resources.
Workshop Sessions
Welcome and Purpose of the Workshop
Professor Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A&M University
Introduction to Australia
Professor Ross Terrill, Harvard University and the University of
Texas at Austin
Migration
Professor John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology
Developing Mapping and Graphing Skills:
Australian Migration and Population Density
Mr. Fred Walk, Normal Community High School, Normal, Illinois
Australia Through Activities
Ms. Nicole Frison, Houston Museum of Natural Science
Texas, the US, and Australia: Comparing
Political Institutions
Mr. Jason Pierce, University of Texas at Austin
Natural Hazards
Ms. Debbie Robertson, A&M Consolidated High School, College
Station, Texas
Teaching Australia using the SAGE Web
Site
Professor Larry Wolken, Department of Finance, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas
For additional information about the conference please contact either:
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Dr. Sarah Witham
Bednarz |
Ms. Rhonda
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