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Year Two Blog Entry!
The first blog entry for Year Two is up - finally! Remember that responding with a signficant comment to the blog (as well as detailed work on the wiki - posting lesson plans, student projects, etc) will earn you valuable PD hours and help send you on your way to that coveted "Completer" status!
Year Two of TAH
In the space above, and on the Event Calendar pages, you will find the schedule for Year 2 of the Enduring Visions TAH grant. While some of the dates may change slightly over time (for example, the Summer Field Study trip to Boston), the dates for the Institutes have been set. Mark them down on your calendars!
New Blog Entry!
The TAH blog is up and running! I will try to keep the blog useful by providing a summary of new material and discussions taking place for the TAH workshops, as well as what is going on with the Enduring Visions Wiki.
Just follow the links at the top of the page to go to the onsite blog or the offsite wiki.
Enduring Visions: Historical Views of Americans and Their World
Construction on Norris Dam, TVA Historic Photo Collection
"Enduring Visions: Historical Views of Americans and their World" Teaching American History (TAH) Grant includes three school districts: Anderson (lead education agency), Sevier, and Union County Schools in the Tennessee River Valley. As the "Enduring Visions" TAH project main partners, the East Tennessee Historical Society and the history department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville provide the project staff as well as content and teaching method instruction. The "Enduring Visions" TAH project is also working in close partnership with local museums and libraries including the University of Tennessee Center for Children and Young Adult Literature, the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collections, the Knox County Archives, the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources, and National History Day.
"Enduring Visions" has 4 goals: to improve teacher knowledge, understanding and appreciation of traditional American history content; to increase local school system abilitiy to offer professional development for American history teachers; to increase teacher use of the founding documents of the United States, as well as other educational tools and strategies; and to increase student understanding of and proficiency in American history.
American history teachers and students in Anderson, Sevier, and Union County Schools will be the beneficiaries of the 3-year $968,809 "Enduring Visions" TAH project.
The "Enduring Visions" TAH project website incorporates materials created by 2 previous 3-year Teaching American History Grants (Tennessee River Valley Consortium and Americas Republic).
Events to Look For
Dr. Bruce Wheeler discusses designing the Manual for Teachers with Master Teachers. (clockwise: Dr. Bruce Wheeler, Jeff Bird, Helen Den Uyl, Tamra Lanning, Sherry Rogers, and Annette Taylor)
The "Enduring Visions" TAH project will be hosting a wide range of events for teachers year round. During the school year, approximately 60-70 East Tennessee teachers with additional school district staff and coaches can look forward to lectures and method and strategy sessions led by University of Tennessee history professors and Enduring Visions project staff, as well as tour historic sites across the region. We are also working to promote the regional National History Day competition.