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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

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

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

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

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 S

ocial Studies

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

TAH SpeakersDr. John Q. Barrett St. Johns University Nuremberg & Robert JacksonDr. Allida Black George Washington Univ. Women’s RightsMs. Jare Cardinal Iroquois National Museum Native American IssuesDr. Paul Finkelman Albany School of Law U.S. ConstitutionDr. Lee Formwalt Org. of American Historians Historiography Dr. Judy Graves Library of Congress LOC WebsiteDr. Ole Holsti Duke University International TerrorismMr. Rick Jemison Seneca Nation Native American IssuesDr. James Lang Vanderbilt University 3rd World Energy & FoodRev. Jesse Jackson Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Civil RightsDr. Chuck McDew Metropolitan State Univ. Civil RightsDr. Sara McNeil University of Houston Digital History TextbookDr. Douglas Monroy Colorado College Hispanic Civil RightsDr. Mike Oberg SUNY Geneseo Native American Civil Rights Dr. Nicholas Onuf Florida International Univ. U.S. Foreign Policy TheoryDr. Peter Onuf University of Virginia Revolution & Atlantic SystemDr. Philip Payne St. Bonaventure University General Advisor U.S. HistoryDr. Robert Porter Syracuse School of Law Recent Political History SenecaDr. Robert Pratt University of Georgia Civil RightsMr. Larry Robinson Partners and Robinson Dynamics of Professional

ChangeMr. Eric Rothschild Columbia Teachers College Simulations in U.S. HistoryMs. Emily Rubenfield Germantown Academy Classroom SimulationsMr. Chris Sperry Project Look Sharp Ithaca CollegeDr. James Stephens Carlisle School, Virginia Media Analysis U.S. HistoryMr. Mark Stephens Germantown Academy Classroom SimulationsDr. Jeremi Suri Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Cold War and Foreign PolicyMr. Todd Waite Seneca Nation Seneca Culture and Nation

PolicyDr. Chuck Walker St. Bonaventure University Classroom Evaluation

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

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

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

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

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

Teachers Discovering History As Historians