Teaching American History Teachers Discovering History as Historians

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 Grants Currently 779 Grants 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 Social StudiesWestern Southern Tier Council for the Social 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 Speakers Dr. John Q. Barrett St. Johns UniversityNuremberg & Robert Jackson Dr. Allida BlackGeorge Washington Univ. Women’s Rights Ms. Jare CardinalIroquois National MuseumNative American Issues Dr. Paul FinkelmanAlbany School of LawU.S. Constitution Dr. Lee FormwaltOrg. of American HistoriansHistoriography Dr. Judy GravesLibrary of CongressLOC Website Dr. Ole HolstiDuke UniversityInternational Terrorism Mr. Rick JemisonSeneca NationNative American Issues Dr. James LangVanderbilt University3rd World Energy & Food Rev. Jesse JacksonRainbow/PUSH CoalitionCivil Rights Dr. Chuck McDewMetropolitan State Univ. Civil Rights Dr. Sara McNeilUniversity of HoustonDigital History Textbook Dr. Douglas MonroyColorado CollegeHispanic Civil Rights Dr. Mike Oberg SUNY GeneseoNative American Civil Rights Dr. Nicholas OnufFlorida International Univ. U.S. Foreign Policy Theory Dr. Peter OnufUniversity of VirginiaRevolution & Atlantic System Dr. Philip PayneSt. Bonaventure UniversityGeneral Advisor U.S. History Dr. Robert PorterSyracuse School of LawRecent Political History Seneca Dr. Robert Pratt University of GeorgiaCivil Rights Mr. Larry RobinsonPartners and RobinsonDynamics of Professional Change Mr. Eric Rothschild Columbia Teachers CollegeSimulations in U.S. History Ms. Emily RubenfieldGermantown AcademyClassroom Simulations Mr. Chris SperryProject Look SharpIthaca College Dr. James StephensCarlisle School, VirginiaMedia Analysis U.S. History Mr. Mark StephensGermantown AcademyClassroom Simulations Dr. Jeremi SuriUniv. of Wisconsin at MadisonCold War and Foreign Policy Mr. Todd WaiteSeneca NationSeneca Culture and Nation Policy Dr. Chuck WalkerSt. Bonaventure UniversityClassroom Evaluation

2009 Summer Seminar States Foreign Policy and International Relations July 6 th through July 19 th Dr. Alan Gibson University of California at ChicoDr. Alan Gibson Dr. Paul Finkelman Albany Law SchoolDr. Paul Finkelman Dr. Andrew Rotter Colgate UniversityDr. Andrew Rotter Dr. Robert K. Brigham Vassar CollegeDr. Robert K. Brigham Dr. Jeremi Suri : Univ. of Wisconsin MadisonDr. Jeremi Suri

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 StudiesWestern 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 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