Emerging America: Teaching American History

EMERGING AMERICA: TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY
emergingamerica.org

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 3-6, and 7-12. Emerging America combines in-depth historical content, critical thinking about history, and a wealth of practical resources and approaches to teaching history.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 optional 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.

Resources, lesson plans, and current course information available at: emergingamerica.org.

For program information, contact:

Rich Cairn, Director
413.586.4900 x166
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Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse, Assistant Director
413.586.4900 x162
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Project partners include:

• Berkshire Museum
• Connecticut Valley Historical Museum (Springfield Museums)
• Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center
• National Archives and Records Administration (Pittsfield)
• UMass Amherst, Department of History
• UMass Special Collections and University Archives
• Wistariahurst Museum

TAH is a program of the Collaborative for Educational Services, supported by a Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education.