Download or read book The Teaching American History Project written by Rachel G. Ragland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of the Teaching American History (TAH) project—a discretionary grant program funded under the U.S. Department of Education’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act— is that in order to teach history better, teachers need to know more history. Unique among professional development programs in emphasizing specific content to be taught over a particular pedagogical approach, TAH grants assist schools in implementing scientifically-based research methods for improving the quality of instruction, professional development, and teacher education in American history. Illustrating the diversity of these programs as they have been implemented in local education agencies throughout the nation, this collection of essays and research reports from TAH participants provides models for historians, teachers, teacher educators, and others interested in the teaching and learning of American History, and presents examples of lessons learned from a cross-section of TAH projects. Each chapter presents a narrative of innovation, documenting collaboration between classroom, community, and the academy that gives immediate and obvious relevance to the teaching and learning process of American history. By sharing these narratives, this book expands the impact of emerging practices from individual TAH projects to reach a larger audience across the nation.

Download or read book Evaluation of the Teaching American History Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teaching American History Evaluation written by Phyllis Weinstock and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, Congress established the Teaching American History (TAH) program, which seeks to improve student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history as a separate subject within the core curriculum. Under this program, grants are awarded to local education agencies (LEAs), which are required to partner with one or more institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, libraries, or museums. Grant funds are used to design, implement, and demonstrate innovative, cohesive models of professional development. In addition, grantees have been required to conduct project-level evaluations and have been encouraged to provide evidence of gains in student achievement and teacher content knowledge. The U.S. Department of Education ("the Department") has awarded TAH grants annually since 2001, building to a cumulative total of approximately 1,000 TAH grants worth over $900 million. Grantees have included school districts in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The current TAH study, which began in 2007, focuses on the 2004, 2005, and 2006 grantee cohorts, a total of 375 grantees. This study, conducted by Berkeley Policy Associates and SRI International, addresses the following questions: (1) Is it feasible to use states' student assessment data to conduct an analysis of TAH effects on student achievement?; (2) What is the quality of TAH grantee evaluations?; and (3) What are strengths of TAH grantees' program designs and implementation? The Teaching American History program has allowed for productive collaborations between the K-12 educational system and historians at universities, museums, and other key history-related organizations. Respondents at 16 case study sites consistently reported that history teachers, who generally are offered fewer professional development opportunities than teachers in other core subjects, have deepened their understanding of American history through the TAH grants. Overall, participants lauded the high quality of the professional development and reported that it had a positive impact on the quality of their teaching. Teachers reported that they have increased their use of primary sources in the classroom and developed improved lesson plans that have engaged students in historical inquiry. Extant data available for rigorous analyses of TAH outcomes are limited. TAH effects on student achievement and teacher knowledge could not be estimated for this study. Grantee evaluations that were reviewed lacked rigorous designs, and could not support a meta-analysis to assess the impact of TAH on student achievement or teacher knowledge. However, many of the project-based assessments under development by grant evaluators show potential and could be adapted for more widespread use. Given the limitations of state assessments in American history, these project-developed measures are worthy of further exploration and support. Case study research did not find associations between TAH practices and outcomes but found key areas in which TAH program practices aligned with principles of quality professional development. The case studies found grantees to be implementing promising professional development programs that built on multifaceted partnerships, balanced history content with pedagogy, and fostered teacher networks and learning communities. In addition, some grantees and their evaluators were developing promising approaches to teacher and student assessment in American history. However, the case studies also found that Teaching American History grants often lacked active support from district or school administrators and were not well integrated at the school level. Grantees struggled to recruit a diverse range of teachers, particularly less experienced history teachers and those most in need of support. Overall, the findings of this evaluation suggest a need for increased guidance for TAH grantee evaluations, teacher recruitment, and integration of the grants into ongoing school or district priorities. Appended are: (1) Case Study Site Selection and Site Characteristics; and (2) Evaluation Review Additional Technical Notes and Exhibits. (Contains 6 exhibits and 11 footnotes.).

Download or read book Teaching U S History written by Diana Turk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching U.S. History offers an innovative approach to social studies teaching by connecting historians to real-world social studies classrooms and social studies teachers. In an unusual, even unprecedented, dialogue between scholars and practitioners, this book weds historical theory and practice with social studies pedagogy. Seven chapters are organized around key US History eras and events from the time of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and are complemented by detailed discussions of a particular methodological approach, including primary source analysis, oral history and more. Interviews with historians open each chapter to bring the reader into important conversations about the most cutting edge issues in U.S. history today and are followed by essays from expert teachers on the rewards and challenges of implementing these topics in the classroom. Each chapter also includes a wealth of practical resources including suggested key documents or artifacts; a lesson plan for middle school and another suitable for high school; and suggested readings and questions for further study. Teaching U.S. History is a must read for any aspiring or current teacher who wants to think critically about how to teach U.S. history and make historical discussions come alive in the school classrooms where the nation’s students learn.

Download or read book Teaching What Really Happened written by James W. Loewen and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard Zinn James Loewen has revised Teaching What Really Happened, the bestselling, go-to resource for social studies and history teachers wishing to break away from standard textbook retellings of the past. In addition to updating the scholarship and anecdotes throughout, the second edition features a timely new chapter entitled "Truth" that addresses how traditional and social media can distort current events and the historical record. Helping students understand what really happened in the past will empower them to use history as a tool to argue for better policies in the present. Our society needs engaged citizens now more than ever, and this book offers teachers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically. It will specifically help teachers and students tackle important content areas, including Eurocentrism, the American Indian experience, and slavery. Book Features: An up-to-date assessment of the potential and pitfalls of U.S. and world history education. Information to help teachers expect, and get, good performance from students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Strategies for incorporating project-oriented self-learning, having students conduct online historical research, and teaching historiography. Ideas from teachers across the country who are empowering students by teaching what really happened. Specific chapters dedicated to five content topics usually taught poorly in today’s schools.

Download or read book Teaching U S History as Mystery written by David Gerwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting U.S. history as contested interpretations of compelling problems, this text offers a clear set of principles and strategies, together with case studies and "Mystery Packets" of documentary materials from key periods in American history, that teachers can use with their students to promote and sustain problem-finding and problem-solving in history and social studies classrooms. Structured to encourage new attitudes toward history as hands-on inquiry, conflicting interpretation, and myriad uncertainties, the whole point is to create a user-friendly way of teaching history "as it really is" ─ with all its problems, issues, unknowns, and value clashes. Students and teachers are invited to think anew as active participants in learning history rather than as passive sponges soaking up pre-arranged and often misrepresented people and events. New in the Second Edition: New chapters on Moundbuilders, and the Origins of Slavery; expanded Gulf of Tonkin chapter now covering the Vietnam and Iraq wars; teaching tips in this edition draw on years of teacher experience in using mysteries in their classrooms.

Download or read book The Teaching American History Project written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eyewitness to the Past written by Joan Schur and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, people have often expressed controversial and conflicting interpretations of current events. In this unique resource, Joan Brodsky Schur reveals how compelling and engaging the study of history becomes when students use documents to imagine living through events in American history. Eyewitness to the Past examines six types of primary sources: diaries, travelogues, letters, news articles, speeches, and scrapbooks. Teachers will find interactive strategies to help students analyze the unique properties of each, and apply to them their own written work and oral argument. Students learn to express opposing viewpoints in documents, classroom interactions, and simulations such as staging congressional hearings, elections, or protests. They build crucial analytical thinking and presentation skills. Used together, the six strategies offer a varied and cohesive structure for studying the American past that reinforces material in the textbook, encourages creativity, activates different learning styles, and strengthens cognitive skills. Each chapter provides detailed instructions for implementing an eyewitness strategy set in a specific era of American history, and includes extensions for adapting the strategy to other time periods. In addition to the primary sources included in the book, examples of student work are presented throughout to aid teachers in evaluating the work of their own students. Rubrics and a list of resources are offered for each eyewitness strategy.

Download or read book History Education 101 written by Wilson J. Warren and published by IAP. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians and teacher educators nationwide are now engaged in discussions about the importance of history teacher preparation. Interest within the history profession about the teaching of K-12 history has increased significantly during the past two decades, particularly since the controversy over the National Standards for History’s publication. This attention is evident not only in the historical professions’ various publications, but also in the federal government’s multi-million dollar Teaching American History Program and the No Child Left Behind Act. Professional historians are increasingly committed to improving the teaching of history at the K-12 level through many forms of collaboration. History Education 101’s thirteen essays are organized into three sections: context, practice, and new directions. The essays’ contributors, tenured faculty who teach history teaching methods courses in colleges and universities throughout the United States, focus on how history education has, is, and will be taught to new K-12 teachers throughout the United States. Perhaps more than ever, it is critical for Americans to understand the role of higher education in the preparation of future middle and high school history teachers. This book provides important insights for academics in history and education departments as well as other individuals who are concerned with the status and improvement of history teaching in the schools, particularly current and future elementary and secondary teachers and administrators.

Download or read book Lies My Teacher Told Me written by James W. Loewen and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

Download or read book The Challenge of Rethinking History Education written by Bruce A. VanSledright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every few years in the United States, history teachers go through what some believe is an embarrassing national ritual. A representative group of students sit down to take a standardized U.S. history test, and the results show varied success. Sizable percentages of students score at or below a "basic" understanding of the country’s history. Pundits seize on these results to argue that not only are students woefully ignorant about history, but history teachers are simply not doing an adequate job teaching historical facts. The overly common practice of teaching history as a series of dates, memorizing the textbook, and taking notes on teachers’ lectures ensues. In stark contrast, social studies educators like Bruce A. VanSledright argue instead for a more inquiry-oriented approach to history teaching and learning that fosters a sense of citizenship through the critical skills of historical investigation. Detailed case studies of exemplar teachers are included in this timely book to make visible, in an easily comprehensible way, the thought processes of skilled teachers. Each case is then unpacked further to clearly address the question of what history teachers need to know to teach in an investigative way. The Challenge of Rethinking History Education is a must read for anyone looking for a guide to both the theory and practice of what it means to teach historical thinking, to engage in investigative practice with students, and to increase students’ capacity to critically read and assess the nature of the complex culture in which they live.

Download or read book Free Speech written by Joseph R. Fornieri and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Unit Plan of Teaching American History as Compared with the Daily Assignment Plan written by O. Wayne Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reading Like a Historian written by Sam Wineburg and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical resource shows you how to apply Sam Wineburgs highly acclaimed approach to teaching, "Reading Like a Historian," in your middle and high school classroom to increase academic literacy and spark students curiosity. Chapters cover key moments in American history, beginning with exploration and colonization and ending with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Download or read book The Wiley International Handbook of History Teaching and Learning written by Scott Alan Metzger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of the research literature on history education with contributions from international experts The Wiley International Handbook of History Teaching and Learning draws on contributions from an international panel of experts. Their writings explore the growth the field has experienced in the past three decades and offer observations on challenges and opportunities for the future. The contributors represent a wide range of pioneering, established, and promising new scholars with diverse perspectives on history education. Comprehensive in scope, the contributions cover major themes and issues in history education including: policy, research, and societal contexts; conceptual constructs of history education; ideologies, identities, and group experiences in history education; practices and learning; historical literacies: texts, media, and social spaces; and consensus and dissent. This vital resource: Contains original writings by more than 40 scholars from seven countries Identifies major themes and issues shaping history education today Highlights history education as a distinct field of scholarly inquiry and academic practice Presents an authoritative survey of where the field has been and offers a view of what the future may hold Written for scholars and students of education as well as history teachers with an interest in the current issues in their field, The Wiley International Handbook of History Teaching and Learning is a comprehensive handbook that explores the increasingly global field of history education as it has evolved to the present day.

Download or read book An American Dilemma written by Gunnar Myrdal and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Why Study History written by Marcus Collins and published by London Publishing Partnership. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering studying history at university? Wondering whether a history degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it’s actually like to study history at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know. Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That’s where the Why Study series comes in. This series of books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. Each book sets out to enthuse the reader about its subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.