TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY: EMERGING AMERICA
The Emerging America Teaching American History (TAH) program is intended to increase teacher content knowledge of traditional American history, focusing on how freedom, democracy, and opportunity have helped American institutions to endure through centuries of change. The project directly addresses the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework, especially for grades 3, 5, and 8-12. Emerging America combines in-depth historical content, critical thinking about history, and a wealth of practical resources and approaches to teaching history.
Strategic use of the internet, videoconferencing, and other digital technologies complement hands-on partnerships with local museums. Innovative community service-learning projects engage teams of students and teachers to interpret local community history on the web and relate to seminal national documents and events.
Stipends, PDPs and graduate credit options are available for teachers, who may select from a varied menu of summer and school-year programming. Events engage teachers both in grade-specific and in K-12 activities. Private school teachers are welcome, but are ineligible for stipends. PDPs or graduate credit available. Teachers may receive additional funds and technical assistance to develop community service-learning projects to present local history online, in partnership with local historical organizations.
 TAH Summer 2009 & School Year 2009-2010 Programs
Since 2006, HEC’s Emerging America: Teaching American History program has supported a rich and distinctive approach to the teaching of traditional American history. This year marks the beginning of our second Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education. We especially seek newcomers, while welcoming returning K-12 educators to this free professional development program. For complete information about our Summer 2009 colloquia and programming for the 2009-10 school year, please download the TAH Program Brochure (4-pg PDF). Events for the 2008-2009 school year will continue through the spring; details are available on the HEC calendar and the TAH website (tah.collaborative.org), or by contact the program director.
Our 2009-2010 summer and school year programming will examine broad themes of history—personal freedom, individual responsibility, and respect for human dignity—through study grounded in the content and skills laid out in the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Explore the particular research and passions of distinguished historians, working with veteran K-12 teachers who will assist you in translating scholarly lectures and primary sources into useful lessons. And, we continue to empower you and your students to work with local history organizations, local primary sources, and local stories to engage students in the investigation and debate that bring the study of history to life.
For resources and more information, please visit the Teaching American History website at tah.collaborative.org
For program information, contact:
Rich Cairn, TAH Director
413-586-4900 ext. 166
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Meghan Gelardi, TAH Assistant Director
413-586-4900 ext. 162
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Project partners include:
TAH is a program of the Hampshire Educational Collaborative, supported by a Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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