Grants and Contracts Details
Description
Tne Harla.'1 Independent. School District, HariaI1. KQ!Ucky. a loc~ educational agency, in
partnership "'vith the Kentucky Historical Society, th~ University of KentUcky, thE:Kenrucky Heritage
Council. and the Kenrucky Department of Education, proposes to offer three one-year immersion
seminars in tTaditioDaJ American history for teachers In an eight-county region of southeastern
Kentucky. Each immersio~ seminar will involve thirty teachers for an eight~er...month commitment (one
year of stUdy followed by six months of intensive classroom support). Related activiries sponsored by the project will be open to al1his~ory teachers in the region; thus broadening our reach to teachers who are not able to commit to a yearlong program. b selec:ing teachers to participate in the immersion seminars, priority will b~ given to those teachers trom schools that have scorcC poorly in the history section of the state assessment test, the: Kcnt'J.cky Core Content Test. This project will expand upon and intensify the rrussion of the Clll"rentTARO grant underway by the project partners: American Llga.cies. In this ?roject, we are enga.ged in an intensive, tbr~.yea.r professional dev~lopment program in American history content and pedagogy witll a. select group of thirty.two American Legacies F eUows drawn from the ranks of the: region's teach-m. To magnify the impact of our :urrc:nt grant, our new project will reach an :1dditional ninety teachers in the region and position our C'..lI'!e!JtA.rnericanLegacy Fellows as peer mentors of other teachers in the region.
Partnenhip; In addition to the partn~s listed above, the project has received endorsements from the
superintendentS of fifteen school districts in the eight counties that :!lake up the Upp~r Cwnberland
Superintendents' Associatio:1. Teachers from all fift~ districts will be eligible to participate,
Project Goal and Objectives:. The project's chief goal is to improve st\1dents' understanding Of. traditional United Sta.tes h:story by
1. Engaging teachers in ~ustai.'1ed, L"1tensive,and innovative study of the American past through a
curriculum that focuses on how the past has shaped the present beth na,:ionally and r;~gionally;
2. Involving teachers in "doing history" u.sing local resources to investigate national historical patterns;
3. Providing teachers wi6 opportunities to lc::a.r:1and practice new teaching strategies to make history
learning meaningful for students while drawing conr.ecDcns:o their lives and communitias.
The project objectives include:
. To create a.community of scholars in the region with diverse backgrounds and t~chmg experiences,
. To immerse. teachers in American history content with specific att..'"Iltionto the Kentucky Department
of Education's Core Content and grade level ~pectations;
. To ex.tend the reach oftne program into low-performing schools in the region, whil~ building alliances
'between those schools and tr.ore successful ones;
. To promote enthusiasm for the study of history by sttengthening the participation of teachers 2nd
students in th.eregion in regional and state hismry organizations and activities:
. To create !l madel by which other communities in Kentucky and elsewhere ma.y replicate the project
design for professional d~velopment training for histor/ teachers.
Project Th~me: The project's theme, American Legacie.s, will focus our study on tbe question, "Vv'hatare the legacies that contemporary Americans inherit from the past?" The curriculum ""i11center on an ~ual
"Legacy" theme that is closely correlated with the Kentucky DOE's Core Content: 1) The Emergence of
American Demo~racy, 2) l'da.rkerRevolUtions: the Rise of CtJpilalism and Irs Impact on Democracy. and
3) American Homefronts.
Project Activities: Each year of the program will featUre:a combination of activities including: a semina,r.a..
on historical perspective. study group meetings, a smnmer field trip, a fall lectUre/discussion series wi~
University histori~, an~~intensive one-on-one classroom mentoring by project personnel and American
Legacy Fellows.
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Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 10/1/03 → 6/30/04 |
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