For flight details, contact the Office of International Programs. Group flight participants will be met at the airport and escorted to their accommodation upon arrival. Options 2 and 3 will spend some full days at schools. This course studies important events in Britain's past utilizing historical sites, as well as museums, collections and archives in the London area. Britain's history is treated in a format which allows students to pursue individual interests.
Special emphasis is placed on social, cultural and political developments and shifts.
Students collect artifacts, documents, photographs and artwork in order to stimulate the creation of lesson ideas to be employed in their own classrooms. This course offers the opportunity to examine the integration of the arts into the curriculum, as well as the place of the arts in the English school system, using the outstanding resources of one of the world's great cultural capitals. Structured visits to London schools and key cultural sites will be central to the program. This option is aimed at teachers and other educators across all phases of education. The issues of inclusion, bilingualism and access will be critically explored.