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=From the New Jersey Council for the Humanities:= = = =Upstream, Downstream: Issues in American History and Culture #NJCHTI= James G. Blaine, Ph.D., Seminar Leader University of Pennsylvania

July 14-19, 2013 Kean University

Everyone lives downstream…but because nature rarely recognizes political boundaries, governments, policymakers, writers and philosophers have struggled to resolve conflicting demands on this shared resource. This course will use the framework of the natural watershed, examined through the lenses of literature, science, policy, and history, to examine how human communities weigh and balance conflicts over economic growth, environmental health and social justice, introducing teachers to interdisciplinary ways of thinking and new resources for their classrooms.

Writing Instructor: Matt Ruben email: mruben[at]gmail[dot]com Master Teacher: Jennifer Ansbach email: jansbach[at]yahoo[dot]com Twitter: @JenAnsbach

Support the NJCH: @NJHumanities 28 West State Street, 6th floor Trenton, NJ 08608 Tel: 609-695-4838 Fax: 609-695-4929 email: njch@njch.org

Gratuitous water picture with dogs at the Philly Art Museum Fountain: @http://ow.ly/i/2ECCs