From March 8 to March 11, 1989, student schedules at Lake Region High School in Bridgton, Maine were replaced by Soviet Union culture and history classes. The project was called "Focus: Soviet Union," and was intended as only the first of a series of International Education Days designed to increase United States understanding of other cultures through global education. The varied activities of the program included workshops featuring students from the Soviet Union and exploring diverse aspects of Russian life, culture, and history, as well as a panel on changing perspectives of the Soviet Union by political leaders from the United States and the USSR. Student reactions to this educational experience, a detailed discussion of strategies employed to set up the symposium, and descriptions of its various components, activities, and outcomes, form the contents of this document. Copies of all working papers related to the project are appended: they include a proposed International Education Day budget, an agenda of workshops, project registration forms, press releases, student questionnaires, and an evaluation form. (NL)