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Project HISTORY, 2009-2013

Project HISTORY, 2009-2013. A Look Back. Pre-Project. After two or three unsuccessful attempts to win a Teaching American History grant, we were finally successful in 2009. Past rejections were due; Too much emphasis on technology Faculty presenters who were too old

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Project HISTORY, 2009-2013

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  1. Project HISTORY, 2009-2013 A Look Back

  2. Pre-Project • After two or three unsuccessful attempts to win a Teaching American History grant, we were finally successful in 2009. • Past rejections were due; • Too much emphasis on technology • Faculty presenters who were too old • In the 2009 competition, these past problems, became strengths in securing a grant

  3. Call for Teachers • In the summer of 2009 we sent announcements and invitations to all the area school districts to send us their best and brightest teachers • This is how many of you ended up in the program

  4. Year 1 2009-2010 • In August of 2009 the original group of teachers met for a week of orientation workshops at Cicero-North Syracuse High School

  5. August 2009 • You met our evaluator and took a pre-test • You visited Ste. Marie Among the Iroquois • You heard a presentation by Professor Ralph Ketcham on “The Revolution and the New Nation, 1763-1791” • You watched and participated in a reenactment of the Ratification Debates with our guests George Clinton and Alexander Hamilton • You participated in “The Presidency and our Constitution” simulation

  6. September 2009 • We introduced the American History Public Policy Analyst (AHPPA) • We presented on WebQuests • You created your own WebQuest lesson plans for your classes

  7. October 2009 • Professor Ketcham presented on the Presidency and the first Presidents drawing from his book, “Presidents Above Parties”

  8. November 2009 • Professor Roger Sharp delivered two talks • The Election of 1800 • The Market and Transportation Revolution • We visited the Erie Canal Museum

  9. December 2009 • Professor Jim Carroll delivered a presentation on the Marshall Court • We showed you how to analyze Individual Rights Supreme Court cases using CompuLEGAL

  10. January 2010 • We reviewed the AHPPA again • We presented on PowerPoint • You created a PowerPoint lesson for your classes which included one step of the AHPPA process

  11. February 2010 • Professor Jim Carroll presented on landmark Equal Protection Supreme Court cases • We reviewed CompuLEGAL again • We showed you several different teaching methods for infusing Supreme Court cases into your teaching

  12. March 2010 • Professor Sharp delivered two more presentations • The Election of Andrew Jackson • The Presidency of Andrew Jackson

  13. April 2010 • Professor Sharp returned one more time for presentations on • The Origins of the Sectional Controversy • The Secession Crisis

  14. May 2010 • We took a field trip to Auburn, NY and visited • The Seward House Museum • The Harriet Tubman House

  15. Year 2, 2010-2011 August 2010 • Professor Douglas Egerton of Le Moyne College presented (based on his book “Year of Meteors”) on consecutive days in August on • Abe Lincoln and the Election of 1860 • Civil War and Reconstruction • We also visited the Onondaga Historical Association

  16. September 2010 • Professor William Wiecek presented on “The United States Supreme Court and Race in American History” • In the afternoon you created another AHPPA WebQuest

  17. October 2010 • Professor Andrew Cohen presented on “Tariffs, Smuggling, Law and Foreign Policy in the Gilded Age” based on his book

  18. November 2010 • Professor Margaret Thompson delivered a talk entitled “The Road to Suffrage” • We also heard a presentation from Sue Boland on the Matilda Joslyn Gage and the Gage Home

  19. December 2010 • Professor John Briggs presented on “Story Lines and Myths in 20th Century Immigration Historiography” 1937-2012

  20. January 2011 • Visiting Professor Mark Schmeller presented a talk on “Public Opinion”

  21. February 2011 • Professor Jim Carroll delivered a presentation on Freedom of Speech and Press with an emphasis on National Secuity • We also reviewed CompuLEGAL

  22. March 2011 • Professor Cohen presented on “American Workers, 1830-1945”

  23. April 2011 • Professor Carol Faulkner delivered a talk on “Lucretia Mott and the Seneca Falls Convention” • Later we visited the Oneida Community Mansion House

  24. May 2011 • Professor Cohen returned one final time to talk about “Progressivism and the Jazz Age”

  25. Year 3 2011-2012 • The original Project HISTORY was supposed to be a 5-year project with two cadres of teachers each participating for 2.5 years. • However the funding was cut for the program and so instead of recruiting a new cadre of teachers we continued with the current group

  26. September 2011 • Professor David Bennett presented an in depth look at World War I

  27. October 2011 • We heard from Melissa Greene from Teacher Created Materials who presented on the new Common Core State Standards • Later in the day you created another AHPPA WebQuest for your classes

  28. November 2011 • We visited Seneca Falls, New York • Women’s Rights National Park • National Women’s Hall of Fame • Heard an after-lunch talk from Hall of Famer, Karen DeCrow on the second wave of feminism

  29. December 2011 • Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn presented on Jane Addams and “Settlement House”

  30. January 2012 • Professor David Bennett returned for an in depth study of World War II

  31. February 2012 • Professor Bennett delivered a talk based on his book “The Party of Fear” which you received copies of

  32. March 2012 • Another workshop where you created an AHPPA PowerPoint • In the afternoon Professor Jim Carroll presented on student rights and • We had a special guest (Mary Beth Tinker) for our simulation which you all participated in

  33. April 2012 • We took a three-day field trip to Philadelphia, PA • Among the sites we visited were • Valley Forge • Independence Center • Liberty Bell • Christ Church • National Constitution Center • City Tavern

  34. May 2012 • Professor Bennett returned one final time for a workshop on “Terrorism”

  35. Year 4, 2012-2013 Our grant was supposed to end in July of 2012, but due to our sound fiscal management of the project, we had enough carry-over funds to apply for and receive a six-month extension

  36. September 2012 • Professor Gonda presented on the “Origins of the Civil Rights Movement”

  37. October, 2010 • Joe Montecalvo did a short presentation on the new CCSS as well as on flipped teaching

  38. October 2012 • Professor Milton Sernett presented on “Harriet Tubman and the Abolition Movement”

  39. November 2012 • Dr. Lee Kanawada visited and presented on “The Holocaust, 1933-1945”

  40. November 2012 • Professor Margaret Thompson returned and presented on “Social Media and the Elections”

  41. December 2012 • Professor Jim Carroll presented on Due Process Rights Supreme Court cases • We reviewed CompuLEGAL once again

  42. January 2013 • TODAY! • Status of teacher material orders • A review of the entire project • A review of resources that you will have going forward • An online exit survey for you to take • Our thanks for making this a most enjoyable 3+ years!

  43. Parting thought • If you recall from the initial workshop back on August 24, 2009, Jim presented a PowerPoint (with thanks to Charles Schultz) where he listed the three kinds of teachers you will find in every school

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