Welcome to Project HISTORY

A Project of the Central New York Consortium of School Districts Led by the North Syracuse Central School District and…

The Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and…

St. Marie among the Iroquois Museum and The Erie Canal Museum

The Onondaga Historical Association and The Everson Museum

Project HISTORY Director: Dr. David Morton Principal Investigators (SU) Jim Carroll, Ph.D. Asst PI/Technology Spec Joe Montecalvo

Jim Carroll, Ph.D. H. S. American history teacher: 1967—1979 Created Project LEGAL, 1976: Consortium of CNY Districts

Project LEGAL Overview

Project LEGAL New York State validation in 1979; relocated from Westhill to OCM-BOCES

Project LEGAL USDE validation in 1982, 1992 & 1996; Relocated from BOCES to SU in 1983

Project LEGAL Has been implemented in thirty four states Hungary, Croatia, and the US Virgin Islands

Project LEGAL Since 1983, adoption schools in over 1500 school districts, including all of the Project HISTORY districts

Joe Montecalvo, Asst Director In 1993, Jim hired Joe as a one-year grad assistant ; Joe learns HTML and LEGAL strategies are revised for the Internet under $7M+ Project TIPS grant for Bronx.

Project LEGAL: 1996—2009 Multi-Million $ Grants in… gifted education (Harlem) technology (Bronx) character education (Harlem & Yonkers) civics (Yonkers) all of which use LEGAL’s Internet applications to develop WebQuests and PowerPoints, leading to Project HISTORY

Our Philosophy Before we do an overview of… Project HISTORY Let’s review the underlying philosophy of all of our projects

Project HISTORY Historians’ In-service Standards Technology integration Outside Resources Yearly

Historians’ In-service Seminars/workshops conducted by: J. Carroll J. Montecalvo Maxwell American History Faculty

Historians’ In-service Maxwell American History Faculty* Ralph Ketcham: The Founding Period Roger Sharp: The Age of Jackson Bruce Wicek: Aftermath of the Civil War Margaret Thompson: Religion in U.S. History Andrew Cohen: Industrialization & Rise of Labor John Briggs: Immigration in the 20 th Century David Bennett: Military History in the 20 th Century *depending on availability

Standards Align curriculum to NYS learning standards

T echnology Integration Teachers create & integrate WebQuests & PowerPoints and…

T echnology Integration …integrate our unique Internet applications: The Public Policy Analyst The American History Public Policy Analyst CompuLEGAL Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle

Public Policy Analyst (PPA) Define the Problem Gather Evidence Identify Causes Evaluate an Existing Policy Develop Solutions Select the Best Solution

Our CompuLEGAL Application Interactive case method on-line with over 60 land- mark cases.

Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle Volunteer Lawyers answer questions on-line

O utside R esources Y early St. Marie Among the Iroquois Onondaga Historical Assoc. Erie Canal Museum Everson Museum

The CNY Consortium Districts North Syracuse (Lead) Liverpool Oswego Fulton Utica Oneida Clinton Cortland Solvay Syracuse Jamesville—Dewitt Fabius—Pompey Syracuse Diocese Auburn Central Square Chittenango East Syracuse Minoa So Cayuga Port Byron Fayetteville—Manlius

A Five Year Project HISTORY is an in-depth project with 2 cadres of 30 teachers, each for 30 months Substantive content will be arranged chronologically over 2—30 month periods, starting with the colonial period and the founding in year 1 and ending with recent American history

Annual Teacher Requirements Attend Seminars & Museum Presentations Pre-Post Testing of Teachers & Students Participants develop a WebQuest (online lesson plan) and a PowerPoint lesson, use them with students, and present results at final workshop

60 Teacher Participants 30 in each cadre (1) 7/1/09—1/31/12; (2) 2/1/12—6/30/14 In each cadre, a district has 1 grade 5 teacher, 1 grade 7 or 8 teacher, and 1 grade 11 teacher

Cadre 1: 30 Teachers: 3 per district (ideally) Week of August 24, 2009: 15 hours (M—F) 5 Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan, Mar, May 5 after school or half day Sat. during school year Year 2: (2010—2011) repeats Year 1 schedule, with new topics and presenters Year 3: No Aug 2012 sessions; Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan; 4 after school or half day Sat. workshops (tech assistance through June 2013)

Cadre 2: 30 Teachers: 3 per district (ideally) Release Day: Jan Week of Feb Break, 2013: 15 hours (M—F or W—F) 5 Release Days: Mar, May 5 after school or half day Sat. during school year 5 Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan, Mar, May 2013—2014) repeats Year 1, cadre 1 schedule, with new topics and presenters Year 3: No Aug 2012 sessions; Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan (tech assistance through June 2013)

60 Teacher Participants 30 in each cadre (1) 7/1/09—1/31/12; (2) 2/1/12—6/30/14 In each cadre, a district has 1 grade 5 teacher, 1 grade 7 or 8 teacher, and 1 grade 11 teacher

In Closing

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February Planning Recruit teachers Submit applications to Jim Carroll When Funding Decision is Made, Jim Carroll will notify district reps and teachers. Thanks for Attending today!!

Contact Us to Apply Jim Carroll Joe Montecalvo