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2008
Critical Issues Forum (CIF)
Teacher Development Workshop
December
4 - 6, 2008
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Monterey, CA
CNS seminar room, D-100
Topic:
"Nuclear Disarmament: Challenges, Opportunities, and Next Steps "
Thursday
04 December 2008
| 0830-0850 |
Welcome
and Introduction to the Topic (Dr. William Potter, CNS director) |
| 0850-0900 |
Organizational and Agenda Issues (Masako Toki, CIF Project
Manager) |
| 0900-0945 |
Introduction of the 08-09 Curriculum and Benchmarks (Dr. Stephen Sesko,
CIF program consultant) |
| 0945-1030 |
Lecture 1 –Part I: Nuclear Weapons in the World: Who has them;
Number of Nuclear Weapons; Former Nuclear Weapon States; NPT
NWS, non-NPT NWS (Cristina Hansell, CNS NISNP Director)
Web version or original Powerpoint file |
| 1030-1045 |
Break |
| 1045-1130 |
Lecture 1 –Part II: Nuclear Weapons in the World: New Threats;
North Korea, Iran, other states, and non-state actors (Cristina Hansell,
CNS NISNP Director)
Web version or original Powerpoint file |
| 1130-1230 |
Lecture 2: Nuclear Weapons Technology, History of Their
Development, Tests, and Stewardship (Speaker: Dr. Ronald Ott,
Senior Scientist, National Security Office, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory)
Web version or original Powerpoint
file |
| 1230-1345 |
Lunch Break |
| 1345-1430 |
Teacher-led discussion 1: CIF Communications (Bob Shayler, CIF Teacher - Orinda Academy - and webperson) |
| 1430-1515 |
Lecture 3: Effects of Nuclear Weapons: (Kenley Butler, CNS
Executive Officer)
Web version or original Powerpoint file |
| 1515-1530 |
Break |
| 1530-1615 |
Lecture 4 - Part I: Bilateral Arms Control and Disarmament: US-
USSR/Russia –Part 1. History; Roles of Nuclear Weapons during the
Cold War, Deterrence (Dr. Nikolai Sokov, CNS NISNP Senior
Research Associate) |
| 1615-1700 |
Lecture 4 - Part II: Bilateral Arms Control and Disarmament: US-
USSR/Russia –Part 2. Current Status and Future Prospects of Arms
Control and Disarmament (Dr. Nikolai Sokov)
Web version or original Powerpoint file (both presentations included)
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| 1700 |
Adjourn |
Friday
05 December 2008
| 0900-0910 |
Questions
and Housekeeping |
| 0910-1010 |
Lecture 5: Multilateral Arms Control and Nuclear
Disarmament; Historical Overview. (UN, CD, NPT Article VI) (Dr. Patricia Lewis, CNS Deputy Director)
Web
version or original
Powerpoint file |
| 1010-1110 |
Lecture 6: Current and future challenges, and practical measures for
disarmament: (Dr. Patricia Lewis, CNS Deputy Director)
Original Powerpoint
file. |
| 1110-1125 |
Break |
| 1125-1210 |
Lecture 7:Roles of Civil Society and Nongovernmental Organizations in Nuclear Disarmament. (Masako Toki, CIF Project Manager)
Web version or original Powerpoint file. |
| 1210-1345 |
Lunch Break |
| 1345-1445 |
Panel Discussion: Three Options on the Future of Nuclear Weapons (1. Cristina Hansell: Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Now, 2. Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova: Rely on Arms Control, 3. Fred Wehling: Keep Nuclear Weapons as an Essential Part of National Security, Moderator: Elena Sokova, CNS Assistant Director) |
| 1445-1500 |
Break |
| 1500-1600 |
Lecture 8: Helping students to write well, (Lisa Donohoe, CNS Project Manager)
Web version or original Powerpoint file. |
| 1600-1700 |
Teacher-led discussion 2: Resources, Brainstorming/Discussions (George Sugimura, CIF teacher - Redwood Christian High School) |
| 1700 |
Adjourn |
Saturday
06 December 2008
| 0900-1015 |
Discussion on Evaluation of Students Work (Dr. Stephen Sesko) |
| 1015-1115 |
Teacher-led discussion 3: Expectations, Brainstorming,
Discussions, Sharing Experiences (Rene Mendoza, CIF Teacher - Franklin High School) |
| 1115-1130 |
Break |
| 1130-1230 |
Teacher-led discussion 4: Expectations, Brainstorming,
Discussions, Sharing Experiences (Katherine Conover, CIF Teacher - Janesville Academy for International Studies) |
| 1230-1400 |
Lunch Break |
| 1400-1430 |
Introduction of useful resources (Masako Toki, CIF Project Manager) |
| 1430-1515 |
Discussion on Spring Student Teacher Conference (Elena Sokova, CNS Assistant Director, and Masako Toki, CIF Project Manager) |
| 1515-1545 |
Recap of the workshop (Elena Sokova, CNS Assistant Director, and Masako Toki, CIF Project Manager) |
| 1545 |
Adjourn |
The
CIF Teacher Development Workshop is supported by grants from the
U.S. Department
of Energy and the Ford
Foundation.
http://www.criticalissuesforum.org/wkshp_agenda_08.html
updated 09 February 2009
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