MaFLA DIVERSITY DAY – May 5, 2012

MaFLA DIVERSITY DAY – May 5, 2012
Winslow Academic Center - Lasell College -Newton
10 Content PDPs French/ Spanish/Latin
Program
8:00am - 9:00am
9:00am - 12:00pm
12:00pm - 12:45pm
1:00pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 5:00pm
FRENCH STRAND
Registration & Continental Breakfast – Glow Lounge
Session A (Break between 10:15 – 10:30)
Immersion Luncheon – Glow Lounge & Classrooms
Session B (Break between 2:00 - 2:15)
Session C (Break between 4:00 - 4:15)
Facilitator: Josué Cabral, MaFLA Board/Brookwood School
Sponsored by AATF E. MA Chapter
Session A) Andréa Javel, Boston College, “Métissage des cultures, Couleurs du Maghreb: l’histoire, la musique, le
cinéma, la cuisine et la littérature maghrébine de langue française”
Luncheon: Entretien avec Emilie Rey, Nouvelle Attachée Educative aux Services Culturels de France
Session B) Nadiège Bartin-Yansen, Boston College, “L’Hospitalité, race et post-colonialisme: Réflexion sur la
diversité culturelle en Martinique”
Session C) Emmanuelle Vanborre, Gordon College, “L’anse créole: découvrir les Antilles francophones”
SPANISH STRAND
Facilitator: Beatriz desLoges, MaFLA Board/Concord-Carlisle HS
Session A) Esther Sanchez, St. Mark’s School, “Convivencia: judios, cristianos y musulmanes en la España
medieval”
Session B) Sara Sancoucy, Hamilton-Wenham HS, “Project-based Learning through Spanish Language Film”
Session C) Ana Rivera, Springfield Public Schools, “El Feminismo en la literatura latinoamericana”
LATIN STRAND
Facilitator: Madelyn Torchin, MaFLA Membership Coordinator
Co-Sponsored by the Classical Association of Massachusetts
THEME: Teaching Latin through Ovid and Mythology
Session A) Prof. Pat Johnson, Boston University, “The Myth of Arache in Ovid and in Renaissance Art ˮ
(Metamorphoses 6.1-145)
Luncheon: CAM Meeting: Presiding, CAM VP Kenneth Rothwell (UMASS/Boston)
“What is LIMC? An Essential Tool for Teaching Myth in Art”
Session B) Klara Sands, Wayland MS, “Teaching Aphrodite in the Middle School”
Session C) Prof. James Dobreff, UMASS/Boston, “Reading Ovid and Expanding Your Latin: Active Latin
Pedagogy”
CHINESE STRAND Facilitator: Shan-Lee Liu, Ed.D, MaFLA Board/Boston Latin School
LOCATION: Culture Center of Taipei, 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Sponsored by the Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston
THEME: The Legend of the Dragon: A Highlight of Chinese Culture
Session A) Yueh-Er Wang, President, Association of Chinese Schools – Region 1 &The Taiwan Lion
Dancing Association
Session B) Yuan-Zhi Zhang & 4 other artists: Chinese children’s arts and crafts: Hands-on activities
Session C) Yi-Fang Gong & 3 other artists: Chinese arts and crafts: Hands-on activities for sculpture & pottery
Directions to Winslow Academic Center
Rte 128 to Exit 24 (Rte 30 East). Quick RIGHT at HESS Station (before the Newton Mariott) on to AUBURN ST. Continue on
AUBURN ST. until your 4th right, WOODLAND RD. RIGHT on WOODLAND. Go over bridge and cross GROVE ST. where the
Campus begins. LEFT onto MAPLE ST. You can park on Maple St., or go to end of MAPLE and RIGHT into Central Parking.
MBTA: Green line to Riverside.