Siberia (2013) Fulbright-Hays Projects

"Siberian Voices: Mapping Culture, Environment and Everyday Life in Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude and Kyzyl"

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) conducted a four-week study seminar opportunity in southern Siberia, a region of the Russian Federation in Summer 2013. Made possible by a U.S. Department of Education grant, a group of 10 select Texas educators, administrators, and advanced university students were invited to participate in this Siberian seminar, with the goal of cultural immersion, language study, and curriculum development. Below are some of the projects developed as a result of this program.

Post-Secondary Projects:

• Lecture: An Introduction to the Trans-Siberian Railway (PowerPoint, 77MB; download to see accompanying notes)
• Syllabus: Colonization and Development of Russian Siberia (Word doc)
• Change and Continuity: An Interdisciplinary Survey of South Siberia - Upper Division Undergraduate Course Mock Syllabus (pdf)
• Northern Gods, Northern Faiths: The Conversion of Scandinavians, Finns, Northern Slavs, and Shamans - Upper Division Undergraduate Course Syllabus (pdf)

K-12 Projects:

• Windows to Siberia - Social Studies curriculum, grades 9-12 (online; links to new website) 
• Project: Old Believers Timeline - For pre-AP Geography (Word doc) and project sample (jpg)