OUSD Teaching American History Grant III

Calendar 2009 - 2010 > TAHG Gr 4, & 5 Meeting > October 29, 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Place: Bender Room, Carnegie Hall, Mills College Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
08:30 – 09:30	Welcome and introductions (coffee and pastries provided by grant)
09:00 – 10:15	Lesson Study – "Debrief" video and teacher talk
10:15 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 11:30	Speaker: Robin Einhorn, University of California Berkeley “Colonial Governments” ...more information
11:30 – 11:55	Post talk discussion – classroom application
11:55 – 12:00	Identify Lesson Study groups
12:00 – 12:45	Lunch (provided by grant) with your Lesson Study group
12:45 – 02:10	Lesson Study preparation Discussion topic: What are student understandings and misunderstandings of politics in American history, or conceptions and misconceptions of political history as a way of explaining the present? Provide examples. Meet in grade level groups to discuss possible lesson study topics. Lesson study groups pick a topic and provide a rationale for choice.
02:10 – 03:10	Project Evaluation – Participant Assessment Matt Russell, Center for Evaluation and Research
03:10 – 03:20	Evaluation for the day and looking ahead to the November meeting