1. Encounters and Exchanges in U.S. History A Teaching American History Grant Provided by the U.S. Department of Education Award #: U215X060073 Kara Gleason Project Director September 2007

2. Grant Details Three year grant from the U.S. Department of Education for $998,084 Intended audience: History teachers of grades 3 – 5 & 8 – 11 Four school districts: – Danvers – Lowell – North Reading – Reading All workshops are held in Reading unless otherwise noted

3. Yearly Theme Year Two: U.S. Expansion and Connections to the World in Antebellum America, 1800 – 1861 To align with the MA Curriculum Frameworks specific workshops for grades 3 & 5 focus on MA History and the Colonial & Revolutionary Eras

4. Year Two Offerings – School Day Workshops Capturing History Two-day workshop, 11/1 & 12/14 Participants will create photo books & an audio- visual slideshow 13 PDPs with completed work products

5. Year Two Offerings – School Day Workshops Using WebQuests in the American History Classroom Two-day workshop, 1/7/08 & 2/8/08 Training on how to design & create WebQuests for use by students All WebQuests will be uploaded & available for editing online 13 PDPs with completed WebQuest

6. Year Two Offerings – School Day Workshops Historical Field Trips: Strategies & Standards Two-day workshop, 3/10/08 & 5/1/08 Learn skills and strategies for conducting local field trips Travel to the Orchard House & Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA Travel to Salem Maritime National Historic Park 13 PDPs with lesson plan project

7. Year Two Offerings – School Day Workshops Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History Annual Conference Friday April 18, 2008 Features: A keynote address by a leading historian Breakout workshops by “lead teachers,” museum educators, and professors

8. History Book Discussion Study Groups For Elementary Teachers Meet once a month from Nov. – May in either Lowell or Reading, 3:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Read & discuss 5 books. Related work product, including lesson plans or reading guide, is required 1 Graduate Credit/PDPs

9. Elementary Group, Year Two Book Titles Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson & the American Revolution by John Ferling

10. Elementary Group, Year Two Book Titles Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence by Carol Berkin

11. Elementary Group, Year Two Book Titles Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey Bolster

12. Elementary Group, Year Two Book Titles March by Geraldine Brooks

13. Elementary Group, Year Two Book Titles Little Women [abridged] By Louisa May Alcott & “Salem & the East Indies Trade: Seaport on the World” Cobblestone Magazine

14. History Book Discussion Study Groups For Middle/High School Teachers Meet once a month from Nov. to May in each district from 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Read and discuss 5 books Related work product including lesson plans or in-depth book review is required 1 Graduate Credit/PDPs

15. Middle/High School Group, Year Two Book Titles Fall River Outrage: Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England by David Richard Kasserman

16. Middle/High School Group, Year Two Book Titles Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey Bolster

17. Middle/High School Group, Year Two Book Titles Historians at Work: Does the Frontier Experience Make America Exceptional? Edited by Richard W. Etulain

18. Middle/High School Group, Year Two Book Titles The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820- 1861 by Stephen B. Oates

19. Middle/High School Group, Year Two Book Titles Mine Eyes Have Seen by Ann Rinaldi

20. Primary Source Summer Institutes For Elementary Teachers Massachusetts History, 1620 – 1846 for Elementary Teachers July 14 – 16, 2008 Includes content, instructional strategies, and field trip to the Boston Freedom Trail & African- American Heritage Trail All participants are required to complete a lesson plan assignment 2 Graduate Credits/PDPs available

21. Primary Source Summer Institutes For Middle/High School Teachers U.S. Expansion and Connections to the World in Antebellum America July 28 – August 1, 2008 & Nov. TBA, 2008 Includes content, instructional strategies, and field trip to the Peabody Essex Museum All participants are required to complete a lesson plan assignment 3 Graduate Credits/PDPs available

22. Honorarium Essentially a stipend – Full-time participants receive $750 – Part-time participants receive $375 – Full-time = 3 workshops/institutes, 1 must be either the Book Discussion Group or Primary Source Summer Institute – Part-time = 2 workshops/institutes, 1 must be either the Book Discussion Group or Primary Source Summer Institute – Lowell teachers are paid according to contract.

23. To Sign Up Complete the form on the last page of the Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History booklet. Pass it in to your district liaison. Email all information on the “Participant Registration” form to: KGleason@reading.k12.ma.us

24. For More Information Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History Website: http://gse.uml.edu/rtahhttp://gse.uml.edu/rtah Contact Kara Gleason at KGleason@reading.k12.ma.us or at KGleason@reading.k12.ma.us (781) 670-2892 Review the Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History Year Two booklet

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