The Oakland History Collaborative Teaching
American History in
an Urban School District
funded
by the US Department of Education
in partnership with
the University of California,
Berkeley, the Oakland Museum,
and the Oakland Unified School
District, Oakland, California
2010 OUSD Teaching American History Grant, Summer Institute at UC Berkeley
Guest speakers,
lesson study planning, field trips and more at the 2010
OUSD TAHG Summer Institute to
be held at UC Berkeley, 370G
Dwinelle Hall. (see
map)
Guest speaker Professor Mark
Peterson at the March 18, 2010
in-service day.
GUEST
SPEAKER March 18, 2010
"The Politics of the American Revolution"
Professor Mark Peterson reviews the way some textbooks present the history of the American Revolution. He argues that simplification & clarification of historical truth is difficult, and opens a window for
biases of many sorts, including politics. Awareness of this problem is a necessary step toward redressing it.
Featured speaker Steve Leiken
highlights examples from the
1934 San Francisco general
strike at the March 16 TAH
grant in-service lecture.
GUEST
SPEAKER March 16, 2010
"The Politics of Labor in the 1930s"
Steve Leiken talks about the central importance of the labor movement to the politics of the 1930s and how the promises of the New Deal inspired unrest among ordinary workers. He cites particular examples from the 1934 San Francisco maritime and general strike.
Professor Dr. Charles Wollenberg gave an excellent overview of Oakland's history at the OUSD TAH grant in-service day for grade 4 & 5 history teachers.
Guest speaker Professor Dr. Edith Gelles
discussed her biography of Abigail Adams
at the January 14, 2010 in-service day
for grades 4 & 5 teachers.
GUEST
SPEAKER January 14, 2010
“Abigail Adams and the
American Revolution"
Edith Gelles, senior scholar at Stanford University's Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, discusses the fifty-four year marriage of Abigail and John Adams. Ms. Gelles focuses on the correspondences between the couple that gives insight into the inner workings of their relationship and the political and social changes that were going on around them.
Guest speaker Andrea Henderson
at the January 12, 2010 TAH
in-service for grade 11 teachers.
GUEST
SPEAKER January 12, 2010
“The 20th Century Women's Movement and the ERA"
Professor Henderson reviews primary source documents as well as two relevant video clips which illustrate women's quest for voting rights in the 20th century and the subsequent debate over the Equal Rights Amendment.
Guest speaker Professor Brian DeLay
at the December 1, 2009 in-service day
for grades 8 & 11 teachers.
GUEST
SPEAKER December 1 2009
“Reinterpreting the U.S. Mexican War"
For more than a 150 years, the tale of the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) has been one about states. Professor DeLay reframes the story of the U.S.-Mexican War by putting Native Americans at its center.
Guest speaker Professor Alex Saragoza
at the November 12, 2009 in-service day
for grades 4 & 5 teachers.
GUEST
SPEAKER November 12 2009
"Politics & the California Missions - from Spanish to Mexican Rule"
Professor Alex Saragoza outlines events leading up the "secularization" of the Catholic Church in California in the late 1840's and 50's which divested the church of its many of its assets and how that impacted the fate of the California Missions in that period.
Guest speaker Professor Robin Einhorn
at the October 29, 2009 in-service day
for grades 4 & 5 teachers.
GUEST
SPEAKER October 29, 2009
"Colonial Governments"
Professor Robin Einhorn discusses the organization and structure of British colonial governments in North America as well as the Navigation Acts of 1651 and 1660 and their impact on life in colonial America.
Guest speaker Professor Christopher Waldrep
at the October 27, 2009 in-service day
for grades 8 & 11 teachers.
GUEST
SPEAKER October 27, 2009
"The Abolitionists' Constitution: Fundamental Rights Under Slavery"
Professor Waldrep highlights opposing interpretations of the US Constitution which were used by abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates alike to support their positions.
Stan Pesick, coordinator for the OUSD
TAH grant, welcomes participants and
gives an overview of project goals
for year two of the grant--with a
focus on America's political history.
OUSD TAHG > Year II OCTOBER 13, 2009
Year #2: Democracy and Equality: A Focus on America's Political History
The content theme for the 2009-2010 academic year is "Democracy and Equality: a focus on America's political history; investigating contesting definitions of democracy and eqality".
Rincon Annex WPA Mural
part of a tour of WPA sittes with grade 11
TAH participants led by Gray Brechin,
geographer, writer and currently the
Project Scholar of California's
Living New Deal Project.
RESOURCES New Deal Art
Rincon Annex & Coit Tower New Deal Murals
During the 2009 Summer Insttitute, TAH grant participants were introduced to a number of local cultural and historical resources in the Bay Area.
pdf Download photo tour of the Rincon Annex mural - 41 pp pdf file (5.4 mb) 