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Teaching American History

Teaching American History. Teachers Discovering History as Historians. Personnel. Paul Benson TAH Project Director Rick Walters Special Project JPS and Adjunct Professor at JCC in U.S. History Carol Shick TAH Technology and Program Consultant Rick Bates

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Teaching American History

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  1. Teaching American History Teachers Discovering History as Historians

  2. Personnel • Paul Benson • TAH Project Director • Rick Walters • Special Project JPS and Adjunct Professor at JCC in U.S. History • Carol Shick • TAH Technology and Program Consultant • Rick Bates • GST TAH Coordinator, Bath Central HS

  3. TAH Foundations • Senator Robert Byrd of WV • American Council of Trustees and Alumni Test on U.S. History • 80% received a D or F • $50 Million to U.S. Dept. of Education • 2001 60 Grants • Currently 779 Grants 2001-2007 • Nearly a Billion Dollars in Awards • JPS Three Grants Total: $2,676,367

  4. Rationale • Limited High Quality History Professional Development • Academic and Pedagogical Isolation of Teachers • Increasing Demands of High Stakes Testing and NCLB • Emerging Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning of U.S. History

  5. Grants I and II • 2002: Chautauqua County • 2004: Allegany, Cattaraugus and Southern Erie Counties • 100 U.S. History Teachers in Grades 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, & 12 • Annual Summer Seminars • Fall and Spring Inservices

  6. Greater Southern Tier TAH Grant • 2006: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Southern Erie, Steuben Tioga, Tompkins and Counties • Annual 5 Day Summer Seminar • Fall and Spring Inservices • Western Southern Tier Council for the Social Studies

  7. TAH Service Area • Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Southern Erie, Steuben Tioga, and Tompkins Counties • 68 School Districts • Over 5,000 Square Miles • 300+ Teachers Participating

  8. TAH Speakers Dr. John Q. Barrett St. Johns University Nuremberg & Robert Jackson Dr. Allida Black George Washington Univ. Women’s Rights Ms. Jare Cardinal Iroquois National Museum Native American Issues Dr. Paul Finkelman Albany School of Law U.S. Constitution Dr. Lee Formwalt Org. of American Historians Historiography Dr. Judy Graves Library of Congress LOC Website Dr. Ole Holsti Duke University International Terrorism Mr. Rick Jemison Seneca Nation Native American Issues Dr. James Lang Vanderbilt University 3rd World Energy & Food Rev. Jesse Jackson Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Civil Rights Dr. Chuck McDew Metropolitan State Univ. Civil Rights Dr. Sara McNeil University of Houston Digital History Textbook Dr. Douglas Monroy Colorado College Hispanic Civil Rights Dr. Mike Oberg SUNY Geneseo Native American Civil Rights Dr. Nicholas Onuf Florida International Univ. U.S. Foreign Policy Theory Dr. Peter Onuf University of Virginia Revolution & Atlantic System Dr. Philip Payne St. Bonaventure University General Advisor U.S. History Dr. Robert Porter Syracuse School of Law Recent Political History Seneca Dr. Robert Pratt University of Georgia Civil Rights Mr. Larry Robinson Partners and Robinson Dynamics of Professional Change Mr. Eric Rothschild Columbia Teachers College Simulations in U.S. History Ms. Emily Rubenfield Germantown Academy Classroom Simulations Mr. Chris Sperry Project Look Sharp Ithaca College Dr. James Stephens Carlisle School, Virginia Media Analysis U.S. History Mr. Mark Stephens Germantown Academy Classroom Simulations Dr. Jeremi Suri Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Cold War and Foreign Policy Mr. Todd Waite Seneca Nation Seneca Culture and Nation Policy Dr. Chuck Walker St. Bonaventure University Classroom Evaluation

  9. 2009 Summer Seminar States Foreign Policy and International Relations July 6th through July 19th • Dr. Alan Gibson University of California at Chico • Dr. Paul Finkelman Albany Law School • Dr. Andrew Rotter Colgate University • Dr. Robert K. Brigham Vassar College • Dr. Jeremi Suri : Univ. of Wisconsin Madison

  10. Western Southern Tier Council for the Social Studies • Social Studies Oriented Group • Three Divisions Across Region • Fall Conference • SED and District Advocacy • Sub-Council of NYSCSS • Longevity after TAH

  11. Local Partners • Chautauqua Institution • Corning Museum of Glass • Chemung Valley History Museum • Fenton History Center • Robert H. Jackson Center • Rockwell Museum of Western Art • Seneca Nation of Indians • Western Southern Tier Council for the Social Studies

  12. Requirements • Pre-approved Participation in Two Scheduled Inservices Next Year: One being WSTCSS Fall Conference • 2009 Summer Seminar • Join the WSTCSS • Cooperate with Brown University Education Alliance Evaluation Team

  13. Things Here and to Come • http://tdhahwiki.wikispaces.com/ • Pursuing a fourth TAH Grant partnering with the Elmira City School District to promote teacher mentoring and Reading and Literacy Skills through Social Studies • Vodcasting U.S. History Presentations to Benefit Students Requiring Remediation and Regents Review

  14. Teachers Discovering History As Historians

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