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Announcing a Professional
Development Opportunity for
OUSD American History Teachers
– Grades 5, 8, and 11.
We are pleased to announce that
Oakland Unified has been awarded
a second three-year Teaching
American History Grant. The
purpose of the grant is to improve
both teacher content knowledge
and instruction in American
History. We are recruiting teachers
of American History, grades
5, 8, and 11, to participate
in the grant’s professional
development program for the
entire three years.
Content
- Each year of the grant’s
program will have a specific
content focus.
Year 1 –
5th, 8th, and 11th grades
Biography
– How can studying
the lives of individuals
illuminate and shape our
understanding of American
history?
Year 2
- 5th Grade – The
Road to the Constitution
- 8th and 11th Grades –
The Constitution: Conflict
and Interpretation
Year
3
- 5th Grade –
Using Historical Fiction
in the History Classroom
- 8th and 11th
Grades – Foreign Policy:
The History of America’s
Changing Role in World Affairs
Benefits
of Participating in the Project
- $1,000 yearly stipend
- Hear from and work with
nationally recognized historians
and scholars
- Earn 4 units of credit
each year from U.C. Berkeley
Extension (paid for by grant)
- Opportunities to collaborate
with colleagues on the design,
teaching, and analysis of
classroom lessons by taking
part in “lesson study”
- New teachers - fulfill,
in agreement with OUSD BTSA
program, credentialing standard
on increasing core academic
content knowledge
- Tuition paid to attend
the University of California
History-Social Science Project’s
“Improving Student’s
Literacy Through History”
summer institute (either summer
2005 or 2006)
- Books and journal subscription
for individual professional
library
Commitments
and Responsibilities
- Attend monthly after school
meetings (see calendar
of events for specific
dates and times)
- Attend two full day sessions
(November and May) during
school year (substitutes provided
by grant)
- Attend one-week summer
institutes at U.C. Berkeley
- Develop, teach, and analyze
lessons in American History
- Attend “Improving
Student’s Literacy Through
History” summer institute
(either summer 2005 or 2006)
Partners
For more information
about the second Teaching American
History Grant , contact:
Shelly Weintraub
shellyw@ousd.k12.ca.us
or
Stan Pesick
Stan.Pesick@secmail.ousd.k12.ca.us
Visit our website
www.teachingamericanhistory.us
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