1. A Look Back

2.   After two or three unsuccessful attempts to win a Teaching American History grant, we were finally successful in 2009.  Past rejections were due;  Too much emphasis on technology  Faculty presenters who were too old  In the 2009 competition, these past problems, became strengths in securing a grant Pre-Project

3.   In the summer of 2009 we sent announcements and invitations to all the area school districts to send us their best and brightest teachers  This is how many of you ended up in the program Call for Teachers

4.   In August of 2009 the original group of teachers met for a week of orientation workshops at Cicero-North Syracuse High School Year 1 2009-2010

5.   You met our evaluator and took a pre-test  You visited Ste. Marie Among the Iroquois  You heard a presentation by Professor Ralph Ketcham on “The Revolution and the New Nation, 1763-1791”  You watched and participated in a reenactment of the Ratification Debates with our guests George Clinton and Alexander Hamilton  You participated in “The Presidency and our Constitution” simulation August 2009

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8.   We introduced the American History Public Policy Analyst (AHPPA)  We presented on WebQuests  You created your own WebQuest lesson plans for your classes September 2009

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10.   Professor Ketcham presented on the Presidency and the first Presidents drawing from his book, “Presidents Above Parties” October 2009

11.   Professor Roger Sharp delivered two talks  The Election of 1800  The Market and Transportation Revolution  We visited the Erie Canal Museum November 2009

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13.   Professor Jim Carroll delivered a presentation on the Marshall Court  We showed you how to analyze Individual Rights Supreme Court cases using CompuLEGAL December 2009

14.   We reviewed the AHPPA again  We presented on PowerPoint  You created a PowerPoint lesson for your classes which included one step of the AHPPA process January 2010

15.   Professor Jim Carroll presented on landmark Equal Protection Supreme Court cases  We reviewed CompuLEGAL again  We showed you several different teaching methods for infusing Supreme Court cases into your teaching February 2010

16.   Professor Sharp delivered two more presentations  The Election of Andrew Jackson  The Presidency of Andrew Jackson March 2010

17.   Professor Sharp returned one more time for presentations on  The Origins of the Sectional Controversy  The Secession Crisis April 2010

18.   We took a field trip to Auburn, NY and visited  The Seward House Museum  The Harriet Tubman House May 2010

19.  August 2010  Professor Douglas Egerton of Le Moyne College presented (based on his book “Year of Meteors”) on consecutive days in August on  Abe Lincoln and the Election of 1860  Civil War and Reconstruction  We also visited the Onondaga Historical Association Year 2, 2010-2011

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21.   Professor William Wiecek presented on “The United States Supreme Court and Race in American History”  In the afternoon you created another AHPPA WebQuest September 2010

22.   Professor Andrew Cohen presented on “Tariffs, Smuggling, Law and Foreign Policy in the Gilded Age” based on his book October 2010

23.   Professor Margaret Thompson delivered a talk entitled “The Road to Suffrage”  We also heard a presentation from Sue Boland on the Matilda Joslyn Gage and the Gage Home November 2010

24.   Professor John Briggs presented on “Story Lines and Myths in 20 th Century Immigration Historiography” December 2010 1937-2012

25.   Visiting Professor Mark Schmeller presented a talk on “Public Opinion” January 2011

26.   Professor Jim Carroll delivered a presentation on Freedom of Speech and Press with an emphasis on National Secuity  We also reviewed CompuLEGAL February 2011

27.   Professor Cohen presented on “American Workers, 1830-1945” March 2011

28.   Professor Carol Faulkner delivered a talk on “Lucretia Mott and the Seneca Falls Convention”  Later we visited the Oneida Community Mansion House April 2011

29.   Professor Cohen returned one final time to talk about “Progressivism and the Jazz Age” May 2011

30.   The original Project HISTORY was supposed to be a 5-year project with two cadres of teachers each participating for 2.5 years.  However the funding was cut for the program and so instead of recruiting a new cadre of teachers we continued with the current group Year 3 2011-2012

31.   Professor David Bennett presented an in depth look at World War I September 2011

32.   We heard from Melissa Greene from Teacher Created Materials who presented on the new Common Core State Standards  Later in the day you created another AHPPA WebQuest for your classes October 2011

33.   We visited Seneca Falls, New York  Women’s Rights National Park  National Women’s Hall of Fame  Heard an after-lunch talk from Hall of Famer, Karen DeCrow on the second wave of feminism November 2011

34.   Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn presented on Jane Addams and “Settlement House” December 2011

35.   Professor David Bennett returned for an in depth study of World War II January 2012

36.   Professor Bennett delivered a talk based on his book “The Party of Fear” which you received copies of February 2012

37.   Another workshop where you created an AHPPA PowerPoint  In the afternoon Professor Jim Carroll presented on student rights and  We had a special guest (Mary Beth Tinker) for our simulation which you all participated in March 2012

38.   We took a three-day field trip to Philadelphia, PA  Among the sites we visited were  Valley Forge  Independence Center  Liberty Bell  Christ Church  National Constitution Center  City Tavern April 2012

39.   Professor Bennett returned one final time for a workshop on “Terrorism” May 2012

40.  Our grant was supposed to end in July of 2012, but due to our sound fiscal management of the project, we had enough carry-over funds to apply for and receive a six- month extension Year 4, 2012-2013

41.   Professor Gonda presented on the “Origins of the Civil Rights Movement” September 2012

42.   Joe Montecalvo did a short presentation on the new CCSS as well as on flipped teaching October, 2010

43.   Professor Milton Sernett presented on “Harriet Tubman and the Abolition Movement” October 2012

44.   Dr. Lee Kanawada visited and presented on “The Holocaust, 1933-1945” November 2012

45.   Professor Margaret Thompson returned and presented on “Social Media and the Elections” November 2012

46.   Professor Jim Carroll presented on Due Process Rights Supreme Court cases  We reviewed CompuLEGAL once again December 2012

47.   TODAY!  Status of teacher material orders  A review of the entire project  A review of resources that you will have going forward  An online exit survey for you to take  Our thanks for making this a most enjoyable 3+ years! January 2013

48.   If you recall from the initial workshop back on August 24, 2009, Jim presented a PowerPoint (with thanks to Charles Schultz) where he listed the three kinds of teachers you will find in every school Parting thought

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54.  Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing Forward!!!

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