Outreach

Curriculum Library

The Center for European and Eurasian Studies maintains a curriculum library. The Curriculum Library includes lesson plans, books and films. All these materials are available for use by teachers in the Los Angeles area. The lesson plans are produced by educators who participate in our workshops and summer institutes.

If you are interested to visit our library or learn more about our outreach activities please send us an email.

Lesson Plans arranged by topic

It's A Matter Of Taste: Food In World History and Cultures

• Global Connections: Trade, Technology, and Food - Slave to Chocolate
  Produced by Monica Erne-Webber, Polytechnic High School, 2009
• Got Nutrients? Dietary Comparison of Medieval European and 21st-century American Food Pyramids
  Produced by Gabriel G. Alvarez, Mark Twain Middle School, 2009.
• Mac Attack: The Globalization of Fast Food
  Produced by Antonia Guzman, International Studies Learning Center, 2009

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Challenge to Democracy, Summer Workshop 2005

• Enlightenment Influence on the U.S. Constitution: Cesare Beccaria’s Contributions to the U.S. Bill of Rights: Are the Rights of the Accused Respected?
  Produced by Miguel Morales, Orthopaedic Medical Magnet High School, 2005
• Understanding the English Bill of Rights
  Produced by Dan Lynch, Gabrielino High School, 2005

Globalization Past and Present: Europe, the Middle East and Beyond

• Website workshop, 2001
  created by Peter Blake, Sandra L. Braden, Velancia DuPre, John Kwan, Janette Lopez, Larry R. Osa, Virginia D. Pranik, Christine Redlin, Sheila Liberman Reich, Joyce E.Sharp, Karen C. Wick, and Edward Martin Zevin

Globalization and the European Union

• Europe and Globalization
  Produced by Kathleen Sigafoos, San Clemente High School, 2000
• European Union and Globalization
  Produced by Ron Lehavi, Francis Polytechnic High School, 2000
• European Union Overview
  Produced by Raymond Crawford, Cleveland High School, 2000
• Globalization: The European Union as a Model
  Produced by Danielle Aucoin, Cleveland High School, 2000
• Processes of Globalization in an Expanding Europe
  Produced by Art Ojena, Hamilton High School, 2000

History and Geography

• The Cold War Heats Up: The Cuban Missile Crisis
  Produced by Michael Blurton, Portola Magnet School, 1996
• The Disintegration of Yugoslavia: A Historical Perspective
  Produced by Michael Delbuck, Venice High School, 1994
• Bosnian Literary Impressions
  Produced by John Kwan, Venice High School, 1994
• Medieval History and the Development of Cities
  Produced by Michele Scott Hauser, El Segundo Middle School, 1996
• Political History of 20th Century Europe
  Produced by Rick Garcia, Granada Hills High School, 1997
• Reform and Revolution in Russia, 1861-1905
  Produced by Chuck Kloes, Beverly Hills High School, 1996
• The Siege of Sarajevo and the American Civil War
  Produced by Karalee Wong Nakatsuka, First Avenue Middle School, 1996

Comparative Literature and Culture

• Art, Geography, Literature, and History: A Cross Curricular unit on Russia and Eastern Europe
  Produced by Rory Hunter, El Segundo, Middle School, 1997
• East European Folklore, Music and Folktales
  Produced by Patricia M. Wilson, Birmingham High School, 1997
• 14th Century Prague: An Approach Using Literature in the Junior High Classroom
  Produced by Tammy Socher, Madison Junior High School, 1994
• Internationalizing the High School English Curriculum with Russian and Eastern/Central European Literature
  Produced by Joyce E. Sharp, Granada Hills High School, 1994
• Language Arts with Music: Russia/Europe
  Produced by Carola Dunham, Pocoima Middle School, 1997
• Maps and Melodies of Europe
  Produced by Bert Christensen, Western Elementary, 1997
• Social and Cultural Evolution of the People of Eastern Europe
  Produced by Janette Lopez, Lawrence Middle School, 1997
• The Use and Misuse of Power
  Produced by Bill Younglove, Long Beach Millikan High School, 2000

Citizenship, Migration, Ethnicity and Nationalism

• Being a Citizen in a Global Community
  Produced by Betty Anne Zigler, 1990
• The Break-up of the Soviet Empire: Forces of Neo-Nationalism
  Produced by Susan Nerenberg, 1990
• Crisis in the Balkans: Ethnic Conflict in Bosnia
  Produced by Mac Moncrief, Reseda High School, 1997
• European Union, East-West Migration
  Produced by Denise Beilinson, Francis Polytechnic High School, 2000
• Immigration
  Produced by David Marcano, Walter Reed Middle School, 2000
• Nationalism
  Produced by Cary Adams, 1994
• Russian Culture, Immigration
  Produced by Helen Linda Phillips, Lorne Elementary Magnet, 1996
• Russia's Social and Cultural Diversity
  Produced by Daniele Assael, Woodrow Wilson High School, 1996

Transitions

• The Fall of Communism: New Directions for Politics, Social Conditions, and the Economy
  Produced by Virginia D. Pranik, Arch Diocese Bishop Amat High School
• Russia and East Europe
  Produced by Judy Zaidner, 1994
• The Soviet Union and the Fall of Communism
  Produced by Katherine Temesvary, St. Augustine School, 1997
• Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
  Produced by Barb Jepson, 1990