Teaching American History
Teaching American History is a grant project of the federal Department of Education. The grants fund three-year long professional development programs for teachers of American history in elementary, middle, and high schools designed to increase teacher's content knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history. Three active TAH projects are run through the History Teaching Institute. Three projects are completed, but many useful resources for teaching American history can be found at their websites.
Back to History - K through 12 school teachers
Back to History is a professional development program for K-12 teachers in Ohio's Educational Regional Service System (ERSS) Region 10, including Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties. This program combines the resources of The Ohio State University, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Clark County Educational Service Center to support and improve the teaching of traditional American history.
Back to History is a professional development program for K-12 teachers in Ohio's Educational Regional Service System (ERSS) Region 10, including Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties. This program combines the resources of The Ohio State University, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Clark County Educational Service Center to support and improve the teaching of traditional American history.
Connecting to the Past
Connecting to the Past is a professional development program designed to support and improve the teaching of American history. Participation is open to teachers in grades four to eight in Ashland, Holmes, Wayne, and Medina Counties.
Connecting to the Past is a professional development program designed to support and improve the teaching of American history. Participation is open to teachers in grades four to eight in Ashland, Holmes, Wayne, and Medina Counties.
History WORKS II: Building Foundations - elementary school teachers
History WORKS II: Building Foundations was a partnership between the History Teaching Institute, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Columbus Public Schools. The program is now complete, but the website contains resources that all elementary school teachers will find useful to teach American history. The lessons are organized around two core themes: Changing Faces and Places: Exploration, Immigration, and Frontiers; and Taking a Stand: The Power of Constitutional History
History WORKS II: Building Foundations was a partnership between the History Teaching Institute, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Columbus Public Schools. The program is now complete, but the website contains resources that all elementary school teachers will find useful to teach American history. The lessons are organized around two core themes: Changing Faces and Places: Exploration, Immigration, and Frontiers; and Taking a Stand: The Power of Constitutional History
History in the Heartland
History in the Heartland brought together American history teachers from over sixty Ohio school districts in twelve Ohio counties surrounding the OSU regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. The program was a partnership between the Department of History, the Ohio Historical Society, and Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center. The program is now complete, but the website contains resources that could be useful to middle and high school teachers. Material is organized around four core themes: Histories of the West: Native American and Borderlands Histories; The Country and the City: Nature and Neighborhood as Themes in American Life; Of Campaigns and Conventions: American Political History; and The Cold War: America's Long Race for Security and Predominance. Seminars at local historic sites are a highlight of the program.
History in the Heartland brought together American history teachers from over sixty Ohio school districts in twelve Ohio counties surrounding the OSU regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. The program was a partnership between the Department of History, the Ohio Historical Society, and Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center. The program is now complete, but the website contains resources that could be useful to middle and high school teachers. Material is organized around four core themes: Histories of the West: Native American and Borderlands Histories; The Country and the City: Nature and Neighborhood as Themes in American Life; Of Campaigns and Conventions: American Political History; and The Cold War: America's Long Race for Security and Predominance. Seminars at local historic sites are a highlight of the program.
Explore History
Explore History is an on-line professional development program for 4th, 5th and 8th grade teachers in Ohio. See the website for application information. This program combines the resources of the Ohio State University, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center to support and improve the teaching of traditional American history.
Explore History is an on-line professional development program for 4th, 5th and 8th grade teachers in Ohio. See the website for application information. This program combines the resources of the Ohio State University, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center to support and improve the teaching of traditional American history.
History Works was a three-year professional development program for middle and high school teachers of American history in the Columbus Public Schools. The direct instructional portions of the project have been completed, but the web-based resource center continues to operate as a source for lesson plans and classroom activities based on primary sources. The classroom materials relate to the following themes: Faces and Places: American History through Ohio Biography, Turning Points: The Constitution and American Democratic Institutions, The United States in the World: American Foreign Relations, Migration and Immigration: The Peopling of America, Common and Uncommon Cents: American Economic History, and Differing Perspectives: Social Movements and Social Change.
