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TAH Grant Information

GOALS

The program is designed to assist teachers to improve their content knowledge of American History and pedagogical skills.  Teachers will collaborate with University of Arizona History graduate students as well as attend workshops and institutes to implement the new Social Studies standard.  Teachers who work with 7th or 8th-grade Social Studies classrooms may apply online to participate in the grant.

• Improve teachers’ content knowledge of American History for grades 5, 7 and 8 over three years.

• Improve teachers’ pedagogical skills in teaching American History which targets research-based strategies and methods over three years.

• Integrate the use of technology into teaching American History by using tools that provide access to primary historical documents and to effectively utilize digital images to create presentations of historical content.

• Improve students’ knowledge and understanding of American History as evidenced by performance on outcomes measures.

EXPECTATIONS

Participants must...

• Teach 7th or 8th grade Social Studies at a TUSD middle school

• Commit to 3 years

• Develop lesson plans quarterly which are standards based, use the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model, and will be part of an online database

• Participate in classroom observations by University of Arizona History graduate students and grant staff

• Administer student assessments (both formal and informal)

• Attend Summer Institute (8-3 one week in June with an optional second week)

• Collaborate weekly with University of Arizona History graduate students

BENEFITS

• Projector and interactive white board

• Technology training and support

• Professional Development release day (one each quarter)

• Presentations by local partners including: University of Arizona, Arizona Historical Society and Kids Voting Arizona

• Additional Resources (web resources, print materials, software)