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Outreach Program

The IU African Studies Program has an Outreach Program to schools, colleges, universities, community groups, non-profit institutions, businesses, and other organizations.

Library: The Program has a collection of publications appropriate for various school grades as well as for teachers. The publications include books, catalogs, lesson plans, and maps. The collection also includes slides, CD's, and compact cassettes and videos. Some videos are documentaries, and other are feature films or instructional videos. The Program lends these materials free of charge.

African Artifacts Kits: We have artifacts ranging from African musical instruments to fabrics, games and various items. Individuals and institutions can borrow these free of charge.

Publications: The Outreach Program publishes:

1. The Outreach Newsletter
2. K - 12 Teaching Resource Catalogue
3. Video Catalogue

These publications are posted on our web site and are made available to teachers and schools in Indiana and other parts of the nation upon request.

Global Speakers Service: Faculty and students make presentations on Africa and other world areas to commuities and schools in Indiana both in person and on interactive video.

International Studies for Indiana Schools (ISIS): Through interactive video ISIS brings Indiana University's international studies specialists out of academe's "ivory tower" into elementary, middle, and high school classrooms, in both rural and urban communities throughout Indiana.

Summer Institutes: The African Studies Program hosts a week-long Summer Institute on "Teaching about Africa." The program also participates in the International Studies Institute, organized by the IU Center for the Study of Global Change.

One-Day Workshops: The Outreach Program organizes workshops in various locations throughout Indiana. These can be tailored to specific curricular areas or other special interests. Please contact us to arrange one in your area.

Outreach Director, Osita Afoaku
osafoaku AT indiana.edu
tel: 812-855-4944
fax: 812-855-6734

Outreach Reporting
African Studies faculty and students engage in various outreach activities in the course of the academic year. The African Studies Program needs to track such activities for the purpose of Title VI reporting. In order to facilitate our Title VI reporting process, we would like to ask our faculty and students to the electronic form at the following link to record their outreach activities. Thank you.
http://www.iub.edu/~afrist/outreach/outreachtracking.html