Exploring Brazil: A Window into the Language and Culture of a Country on the Rise June 9 - 13, 2013 University of Georgia, Athens Sunday, June 9 2:00 – 4:00 pm Registration Morris Residence Hall 390 S. Lumpkin St. 5:00 pm Welcome ReCeption Latin AmeriCan and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI) 290 S. Hull Street, Athens, GA 30602 8:00 pm Film Screening (optional) Moro no Brasil Morris Residence Hall Monday, June 10 8:30 am Continental Breakfast/Café de manhã Special Collections Library, Room 258 300 S. Hull Street (all presentations will be located here) 9:00 --- 10:00 Welcome/Bem---Vindo Claire González, Vanderbilt University Center for Latin AmeriCan & Caribbean Studies; Denise Woltering Vargas, Tulane University Stone Center for Latin American Studies; Robert Moser, The University of Georgia, Portuguese Flagship Program 10:00 – 12:00 pm Introductory Portuguese for the K-12 Classroom Elise Dietrich, Tulane University and John Maddox, Vanderbilt University 12:00 --- 1:30 LunCh/Almoço 1:30 --- 2:00 Brazilian Folklore Across the Curriculum Elise Dietrich, Tulane University 2:00 --- 2:30 Brazil in a Comparative Context John Maddox, Vanderbilt University 2:30---4:00 CurriCulum groups 7:00 Film Screening (Optional) Dois Filhos de Francisco --- Morris Residence Hall Tuesday, June 11 8:15 Continental Breakfast/Café de manhã 8:45--- 9:15 Welcome/Bem---Vindo: Morning Discussion/Questions? 9:15 --- 11:00 Introduction to Brazilian Music Elise Dietrich, Tulane University 11:00 – 12:00 Intro to Portuguese II John Maddox 12:00 --- 1:30 LunCh/Almoço 1:30 --- 2:00 Voice from a Brazilian Slum Heather MCRae, 2:00 --- 2:30 Carolina Maria de Jesus, Literatura Marginal Elise Dietrich 2:30 --- 3:00 Brazil in your Community Denise Woltering Vargas, Tulane University 3 – 4:30pm CurriCulum Groups 7pm Film Screening (optional) Wasteland --- Morris Residence Hall Wednesday, June 12 8:15 Continental Breakfast/Café de manhã 9:00 --- 9:30 Tour of The Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden Paul DunCan, University of Georgia 10:00 --- 11:15 Telecollaborative Learning & other Multi-Media Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom Fernanda Guida, University of Georgia 11:15 – 12:00 Intro to Portuguese III Elise Dietrich, John Maddox 12:00 --- 1:30 LunCh/Almoço 1:30---2:45 Bringing Portuguese to your school --- Challenges and Opportunities Lucia Ribeiro, International WelCome Center, Tatiana Watson, North Cobb High SChool 3:00 --- 4:30 CurriCulum Groups 7:00 Celebration and live musiC at Cine Athens: 234 West HanCock Avenue Thursday, June 13 8:15 Continental Breakfast 9:30 --- 11:30 Final CurriCulum Presentations 11:30 --- 12:30 Farewell LunCh LACSI 12:30 – 2:30 CheCk out of Residence Hall .