History Grows in Oakland 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
Guest speakers, lesson study planning, discussion groups and more at the 2007 OUSD TAHG Summer Institute to be held at UC Berkeley, 370G Dwinelle Hall. (see map)
Professor John Smolenski,
University of California, Davis
OUSD TAH In-Service
Mills College
May 2007
GUEST SPEAKER May. 2007
Rethinking the ?French & Indian War?: Native Americans and the Seven-Year War
Professor John Smolenski discusses the role of Native Americans in both the origins and conduct of the Seven Years sWar. He also shows how the outcome of that war impacted Native Americans and led to the diminution of their power.
Professor Monica Fitzgerald
California State University, East Bay
GUEST SPEAKER Dec. 2006
"The Salem Witchcraft Trials"
Professor Monica Fitzgerald gives background information on Puritanism in support of teachers' upcoming lesson study on Salem Witch Trials using historical fiction, Salem Witch (My Side of the Story) by Patricia Hermes.
Professor David Henkin
University of California, Berkeley
GUEST SPEAKER Nov. 2006
"The Indian War of 1812"
Did US foreign policy affect policies and attitutes towrds Native Americans in the early years of the republic? Professor David Henkin examines this question in light of the focus of this year's grant for grade 8 & 11 teachers-- "US foreign policty".
Guest speaker Bruce VanSledright, University of Maryland.
GUEST SPEAKER Oct. 2006
"Teaching With Historical Fiction ? Challenges, Possibilities, and Questions"
Guest speaker Bruce VanSledright, University of Maryland gave the opening lecture at the 2006-2007 TAHG grant for grade 5 teachers. The focus for this year's grant is "using historical fiction in the history classroom".
Guest speaker Robin Einhorn gave the opening lecture at the 2006 TAHG Summer Institute held at UC Berkeley.
GUEST SPEAKER June, 2006
"What is Federalism?"
Historian Robin Einhorn discusses federalism as a system of government in the United States. Her lecture charts the shifting boundaries as well as the content of the relationship between federal and state powers from both a fiscal and legal perspective.
Professor Clarence Walker discusses the significance of the 1857 Supreme Court ruling Dred Scott V. Sanford in the period leading up to the US Civil War
GUEST SPEAKER June, 2006
"Dred Scott & the Coming of the Civil War"
In its 1857 ruling Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court sought to solve the slavery controversy. Instead the decision intensified sectional strife between North and South.
Professors Eric Foner and Catherine Lewis, two of the featured speakers at the 2006 Spring conference sponsored by OUSD Teaching American History Grant and UC, Berkeley History-Social Science Project
CONFERENCE May 20, 2006
"Teachers at the Center: Lesson Study and the Teaching of American History" conference held at UC Berkeley attracted over 120 participants and featured two keynote speakers, Eric Foner, Columbia University, and Catherine Lewis, Mills College. In addition, OUSD TAH grant particpants presented a number of workshops highlighting their work with lesson study in grades 5, 8 and 11. To read more about the conference highlights follow the link below.
link to OAH website
