In
September 2005 the Northern Humboldt Union High School District, Humboldt
State University and our national partners, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of
American History and the White House Historical Association received a third
Teaching American History Grant (also known as TAH 3).
This program, like its two predecessors is open to teachers from all
Based
upon feedback from local primary teachers we realize that most teachers
can’t commit to a three year project, like our first two grants offered, so
TAH 3 has consisted of two one-year cohorts of 35 primary teachers (for a total
of 105 teachers over three years). Participants
can earn up to thirteen semester units through HSU Extended Education during
their one-year of study and a summer trip to the East Coast.
The first group completed their studies a few weeks ago and on June
23rd. will depart for the East Coast on the study trip. If
enrolled at HSU, a teacher can use up to twelve of those units as part of an
MA in Education. All
participants in TAH 3 will receive a $1,000 stipend that will fully cover the
cost of the units and books and still leave a small amount ($150-$200) for per
diem on the summer trip.
Basic
Information:
Length
of the program:
September-May classes (usually held at Arcata High) and optional
two-week summer study trip to
Class
Schedule:
Five or Six Thursday evening (
Thursday
and Saturday
classes
will focus on a chronological survey of American History with a focus on
history before the 20th Century.
The
Reading List: Participants
will read eleven books during the year and four or five additional books for
the summer trip including: (1) Love
and Hate in Jamestown (the story of Pocahontas, John Smith, John Rolfe and
the early settlement of the Chesapeake), (2) American Gospel: God, the
Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation (religion and the founding
generation), (3)
Founding Brothers (about the Revolutionary and early national eras), (4)
A Brilliant Solution (5)
Revolutionary Mothers
(women
in the revolutionary era), (6) A
Midwives Tale (the true story of a woman living and working in turn of the
nineteenth century New England, (7) Roll Jordan Roll (slavery
and Reconstruction), (8) Warriors Don’t Cry, (the true story of the
desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock High School), (9)
Little White Father (about local American Indians and their contact
with European Americans—by local author Ray Raphael)(10)
Walking With The Wind, (the autobiography of Civil Rights leader and now
Congressman John Lewis), and (11) The Uprooted (a history of
immigration and discrimination in American history.)
To
help you get ahead on your reading, you will receive a copy of at least half
of your books by June 15, 2006.
In-service
Schedule:
At least two in-services will be held at HCOE or elsewhere each
semester on Fridays and Saturdays. To
receive a fourth unit per semester, participants will need to attend at least
two of these Friday or Saturday workshops to accrue at least fifteen hours of
seat time and thereby earn the fourth unit.
Substitute costs to be covered by the grant.
Questions:
Call Jack Bareilles at
What
we need from you: If you’re
interested, PLEASE fill-out the attached survey and send it to Jack Bareilles
at the jbareilles@nohum.k12.ca.us e-mail address or mail the survey to
Jack at