Fresno Pacific University's history education specialists will instruct teachers on
high quality teaching strategies, pedagogy methods, and lesson planning. FCOE'S Instructional Technology Services department will train participants how to use discussion forums, lesson plan uploading, and asynchronous communication (online) communication) with fellow TAH teachers. Participants will learn how to use this technology both within the grant and will be able to integrate it into the classroom.
Year 1 (2009-10)
Saturday, May 1, 2010 - 8:00am - 3:30pm
Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 8:00am - 3:30pm
With the Fresno Historical Society, participants will travel to Native American sites with local historians. Teachers will become familiar with all that our region has to offer, thus helping them to provide their students with a better understanding of where they live. Ultimately, both teachers and students will realize the link between local, regional, and American history.
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 8:00am - Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:00pm
Participants will attend six days of content-rich teaching on the topics of "Roots of the American Nation, Declaration of Independence, and the Beginnings of the American Revolution". Presentations are conducted by noted scholars in the field of history and history education. In addition, Fresno Pacific University specialists will spend 1 hour each day conducting lesson-integration activities with the teachers to help them with their newly acquired content knowledge. Teachers will collaborate, investigate teaching strategies, and conduct historical research.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 8:00am - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 3:00pm
Teachers will have an intensive week of history training with the experts on early American history at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Participants will be immersed in colonial life, while experiencing life just as the colonists did. Williamsburg is the restored capital city of eighteenth-century Virginia. Participants will be involved in an interdisciplinary approach to teaching social studies with colonial American history as as the focus. Teachers will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with noted historians, meet character interpreters, and take part in reenactments of eighteenth-century events. They will review various interactive teaching techniques with a mentor teacher and with each other. Instructional materials incorporating a variety of media will be provided to participants. Together with Colonial Williamsburg staff, teachers will prepare new instructional materials for use in their classrooms.
