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A Teaching American History GrantA Teaching American History GrantProvided by the U.S. Department of EducationProvided by the U.S. Department of Education

Award #:  U215X090089Award #:  U215X090089

www.historyconnected.orgwww.historyconnected.org

Kara GleasonKara GleasonProject DirectorProject Director

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The TAH Program

Senator Robert Byrd, (D) West Virginia Designed to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge and understanding of and appreciation for traditional U.S. history. Professional Development Opportunities:

School Day Seminars History Book Discussion Groups Summer Institutes Technology Workshops Sharing Conference

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Grant Details

Three year grant from the U.S. Department of Education for $999,818

Intended audience: Middle and high school U.S. history teachers

Nine school districts:

Danvers, Dracut, Haverhill, Lowell, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, & Wilmington

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Partners

Boston College Department of History Primary Source Tsongas Industrial History Center University of Massachusetts Lowell Graduate School

of Education

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History Connected

History Connected draws connections across time and place to the enduring themes and issues of American history. Global connections between the United States and the world are an important feature of the program. So too are connections between ideas, individuals, documents, and events as they developed on the local, national, and international levels.

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Yearly Themes

Year One: Equality, Citizenship, and the Law Year Two: War and Society: The Civil War to

Vietnam Year Three: American Encounters: The Movement

of People and Ideas

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School Day Seminars

Held during the regular school day at Reading Memorial High School or at local historic sites

Interactive lectures with historians Classroom connections with lead teachers,

professors, and museum educators Resources may include: books, articles,

DVDs, images, and primary sources Advanced reading prior to each session Districts are reimbursed for substitute

coverage

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School Day Seminars

November: Natural Rights and ConstitutionsDecember: The Right to Vote: Examining Political

Participation and Voting Rights in AmericaJanuary: Presenting History: Technological

Applications for Student PresentationsFebruary: The Growth of Slavery in the Nineteenth

Century and the Local ResponseMarch: Topics in Modern Immigration and Labor: 

Comparing Old and NewApril: The Progressive Era: Reforms and ResultsMay: Examining the New Deal

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History Book Discussion Study GroupsLed by Professor Bob Forrant, UMass Lowell Meet once a month from Dec – Apr in either

Lowell or Reading Read & discuss 5 books Classroom connections

resources and teaching ideas

are provided and discussed

Books are provided for all participants

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A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin (Supplemented with articles by Alfred F. Young and Woody Holton)

Sarah's Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America by Paul Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick

Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream by Bruce Watson

On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation by Robert Whitaker

Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s by Ronald F. Formisano

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Primary Source Summer Institute:Making Equality: Individuals, Social Movements and the Law

JULY 12 - 16, 2010 AT READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, ORIENTATION & FOLLOW UP DAY TBA

This Summer Institute will include topics such as: Equality, The Constitution, and the Courts Teaching the 14th Amendment Leadership and Participation in the Black Civil Rights

Movement Native Americans, Tribal Law, and the Federal Government Cesar Chavez, Immigrant Identity, and the Farmworkers'

Campaign for Equality

Site visit possibilities include the Boston Women's Heritage

Trail and the Schlesinger Library

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Participation and Honoraria

Completer (Honorarium of $1,600)Attend and complete all required readings and work for

the following: Five out of seven of the School Day Seminars All five History Book Discussion Study Groups Primary Source Summer Institute and online

orientation Produce one required work product for the

School Day Seminars/History Book Discussion Study Group and one required work product for the Summer Institute

Attend the Annual Sharing Conference (October TBA, 2010)

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Participation and Honoraria

Part-Time Participant (Honorarium of $800)Attend and complete all required readings and work for

the following:• Attend three out of seven of the School Day Seminars Choose One:• All five History Book Discussion Study Groups • OR• Primary Source Summer Institute and online

orientation (June orientation, July institute)• Produce one required work product for the School Day

Seminars/History Book Discussion Study Group or one required work product for the Summer Institute

• Attend the Annual Sharing Conference (October TBA, 2010)

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PDPs and Graduate Credit

Three graduate credits for five school day seminars/History Book Discussion Study Group

Three graduate credits for Summer Institute PDPs also available

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To Sign Up

Enroll online Registration form is available at:

www.historyconnected.org

www.historyconnected.blogspot.com Click here to access the registration form. Registration deadline: October 8th

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For More Information

History Connected website: www.historyconnected.org and blog: www.historyconnected.blogspot.com

Contact Kara Gleason at [email protected] or at

(781) 670-2892. Review the History Connected booklet.