The Teaching American History for All: Changing Definitions of Citizenship in United States History grant is a three-year grant awarded to the Mount Diablo Unified School District, by the U.S. Department of Education. The grant serves teachers of U.S. History and English-Language Arts at the 5, 8, & 11th grade level and is a partnership with the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Lauren Weaver, Grant Coordinator, at lweaver@berkeley.edu. The grant's website is: http://tah4all.org/.
Goal for the grant: Increase student understanding of and appreciation for American history, improve students’ content literacy, and encourage active involvement in the American democratic process. To that end, this grant will address the particular needs of underperforming students (English learners and low literacy students).
Goals for professional development: 1. Deepen teachers’ knowledge of American history content and historical thinking skills and 2. Enhance teachers’ ability to translate this knowledge into student learning through the use of expository reading and writing strategies.
California History - Social Science Project