Witness to War: Teaching Ukraine Through Lived Experience
International Book Club on "Ukraine: Remember Also Me" by award-winning artist George Butler
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time
4-5:15 p.m.
Location
Description
How can educators meaningfully teach about war, displacement, and trauma in Ukraine? What does it look like to bring lived experience into the classroom?
Join IRIS NRC & CREECA for a powerful conversation designed for K–14 educators seeking to engage students with contemporary global issues. This event features Professor Yoshiko Herrera, expert in Russian and Eurasian politics, and Bill Gibson, a former high school social studies teacher who spent time in Ukraine as a volunteer in Fall 2024.
Join IRIS NRC & CREECA for a powerful conversation designed for K–14 educators seeking to engage students with contemporary global issues. This event features Professor Yoshiko Herrera, expert in Russian and Eurasian politics, and Bill Gibson, a former high school social studies teacher who spent time in Ukraine as a volunteer in Fall 2024.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-2631 (voice only) or email outreach@iris.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.