Global Awareness Seminar Series

  Australia

• Sydney: 
Sydney
• Great Barrier Reef: 
Great Barrier Reef
• Queensland: 
Cairns

  China

• Beijing: 
Beijing
• Shanghai: 
Shanghai
• All Other Areas in China: 
Chengdu
• Xi'an: 
Xi'an

  Cuba

Havana,  Santiago de Cuba,  Trinidad

  South Africa

• Cape Town: 
Cape Town (Kaapstad)

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks and 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: Global Awareness Seminar Series
The Global Awareness Seminar Series intends to impart a sense of global citizenship to today's motivated young learner. Presented by the Washington Workshops Foundation, these customized educational study tours provide opportunities for authentic, hands-on cross-cultural experience: experience vital to future success. Open to high school students, these real-life adventures alongside global friends lead to better insight and borderless understanding. At trip's end, travelers leave ready to shape a more inclusive world -- a world built on citizen diplomacy and life-long partnership.

Highlights: Highlights of your travel with Global Awareness: China will certainly include the following, although your personal highlight list might surprise us as much as it surprises you:

Ancient China
- The Great Wall
- The 8000 Stone Warriors of the Terra Cotta Army
- Fortress City of Xi'an
- Old Town Shanghai
- Jinsha Ruins Museum
- The Muslim Quarter of Xi'an

The Modern Republic
- Olympic Village includes National Stadium and National Aquatics Center
- Shanghai's World Financial Center 94 floors, world's 2nd tallest building
- Shanghai Maglev Train race at 240 miles per hour
- U.S. Embassy in Beijing meet U.S. representatives to learn about China-USA relations
- Shanghai Acrobatics Show
- Peking Roast Duck at Beijing's most famous restaurant
- The Beijing Subway
- Sichuan Opera

An Emerald Environment
- Dujiangyan Ancient Irrigation System waterland management, then and now
- Giant Pandas Breeding and Research Center in Chengdu
- Yu Garden of Shanghai timeless botanical preservation
- Kunming Lake through the mountains by dragon boat
- Pagoda Square the meeting of natural and urban wonder

A Billion Lives
- A Living Morning practice Tai Chi before bargaining at the local market
- Spirit of Sport attend sports school with the next generation of Chinese athletes
- China at Home Hutong neighborhoods on rickshaw, home-cooked lunch with locals
- For the Republic service learning project, tutoring Chinese children in a rural village
- The Never-Ending Meal the ancient art of Chinese noodle creation

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 15-18

This Program is open to American and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

The Washington Workshops Foundation 's Mission Statement: Since 1967, the Washington Workshops Foundation - a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private educational organization - has provided experience-based, educational travel programs and internships to highly-motivated, academically-prepared, and inquisitive students from across the United States and around the world. The majority of these programs have brought junior high and high school students and educators to Washington, D.C. for a more comprehensive understanding of leadership, civic education, federal government, U.S. politics, and global affairs.

Year Founded: 1967