history connected year three programming overview

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American Encounters:US History in Global Context

History Connected - Year Three

A Teaching American History Grant

Provided by the U.S. Department of EducationAward #: U215X090089

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Kara GleasonProject Director
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The TAH Program

Designed to raise student achievement byimproving teachers' knowledge andunderstanding of and appreciation for

traditional U.S. history

Professional Development Opportunities:


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Grant Details

Final Grant Year

Audience: Upper Middle andHigh School U.S. History

Teachers

Nine Partner Districts:

Danvers, Dracut, Haverhill,

Lowell, North Reading,Reading, Stoneham,Wakefield, & Wilmington


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Partners

Boston College Department of History

Primary Source

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Other local museums and historic sites


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History ConnectedYearly Themes

Year One: Equality, Citizenship, and the Law

Year Two: War, Society, State, and

Citizenship: The American Revolution to theVietnam War

Year Three: American Encounters:U.S. History in Global Context


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School Day Seminars

Held during the regular school day

Interactive lectures with historians

Classroom connections Access to resources

Require advanced and/or follow-up reading and

written responses

Substitute coverage reimbursed*


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School Day Seminars

October: American Encounters: U.S. History inGlobal Context - Introduction & Orientation(Mandatory for all)

November: Submitted to a Candid World: TheDeclaration of Independence in a Global Context

December: American Art and History in an

International Context at the Art of the AmericasWing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

January: Antebellum American Religion and

Reform in an International Context


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School Day Seminars

February: Transnational Migration since the Late-Nineteenth Century

Early March: Presenting History: Using Weebly to

Create Student and Teacher Websites

Late March: The Wilsonian Moment: WoodrowWilsons Post-World War I Diplomacy on the

World Stage

April: Bringing the Foundation of Freedom: TheGlobal Influence of U.S. Foreign Policy in the

1960s


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History Book Discussion StudyGroups

Led by Professor Bob Forrant, UMass Lowell

Meet once a month from Dec April in eitherLowell or Reading

Read & discuss 5 books

Classroom connectionsresources and teaching ideasare provided and discussed

Requires advanced and/orfollow-up written responses

Books are provided for all participants


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December: Friends ofLiberty, Thomas Jefferson,Tadeusz Kosciuszko, andAgrippa Hull: A Tale of

Three Patriots, TwoRevolutions, and a TragicBetrayal of Freedom in theNew Nation

January: Empire of the

Summer Moon: QuanahParker and the Rise andFall of the Comanches, theMost Powerful Indian Tribein American History

February: Death in theHaymarket: A Story of

Chicago, the First Labor

Movement and theBombing that DividedGilded Age America

March: Satchmo Blows Up

the World: JazzAmbassadors Play theCold War

April: Girl in Translation


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Primary Source Summer Institute:The U.S. and the World: Expressions ofPower Past and PresentJULY 9 - 13, 2012 AT READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, ORIENTATION

& FOLLOW UP DAY TBA

Emphasis on the 20thcentury,

will also consider past history and present circumstances

The Summer Institute will include topics such as:

Worlds Fairs and Visual Culture: Projecting

American Ideals and Products to the World

Cold War Foreign Policy: Foreign Aid, Wars onPoverty, Terrorism and Drugs

Case Studies: U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean,Mexico, and the Middle East

Globalization and the U.S. Role in the World Today


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Priorities for Participation

U.S. History Teacher

Commitment as a Completer

Application Response


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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 eight 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 StudyGroup and one required work product for theSummer Institute

Attend the Annual Sharing Conference (fall 2012)


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Participation and Honoraria

Part-Time Participant (Honorarium of $TBA)

Attend and complete all required readings and work for thefollowing:

Attend three out of eight 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 onerequired work product for the Summer Institute

Attend the Annual Sharing Conference (fall 2012)


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PDPs and Graduate Credit

Professional Development GraduateCredit from Endicott College

Three graduate credits for five SchoolDay Seminars plus History BookDiscussion Study Group

Three graduate credits for SummerInstitute

PDPs also available


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To Sign Up

Enroll online

Registration form is available at:

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or

www.historyconnected.org

Click here to access the registration form.

Registration deadline:

Friday September 30th!
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For More Information

History Connected wiki:

www.historyconnected.wikispaces.com

Contact Kara Gleason at

[email protected] or at

(781) 670-2892.

Review the History Connected booklet.
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