NCHE, Boston, March 14, 2010 – 5th grade team presented the American Revolution Model Lesson
TAHG, New York, NY, January 7, 2009 - 8th grade team presented the State Constitutions Model Lesson
NCSS, Santa Clara, September 26, 2008 - 5th grade team presented the Colonial Participation Model Lesson
CCSS, Oakland, March 7, 2008 - 11th grade team presented the Cold War Model Lesson
NCSS, San Diego, November 30, 2007 - 11th grade team presented the Cold War Model Lesson
Lectures
"Church and State in the Early Republic", Mark
Peterson, University of California,
Berkeley
"The United States and the Middle East since 1945: Oil Security and Interdependence",
Daniel Sargent, University of California, Berkeley
"Illness and the Political Economy of Suffering in Early America", Ben Mutschler, Oregon State University
"Settling the North American Southeast: Indians, Slaves, Spaniards and Some Men from Barbados", Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California, Berkeley
"Spending to Save: Fighting the last Great Depression With Public Works", Dr. Gray Brechin, California's Living New Deal Project.
"The Unknown American Revolution", Gary Nash, UCLA
Guest speaker Professor Brian DeLay
at the March 18, 2010 in-service day
MDUSD > TAH GRANT II March 18, 2010
"The US Civil War"
Professor Brian DeLay discusses the onset and significance of the US Civil War. He also presents a timeline of events in both the eastern and western theaters of the war.
Guest speaker Professor Robin Einhorn
at the March 18, 2010 in-service day
MDUSD > TAH GRANT II March 18, 2010
"Colonial Governments"
Professor Robin Einhorn discusses the organization and structure of British colonial governments in North America as well as the Navigation Acts of 1651 and 1660 and their impact on life in colonial America.
Professor Mark Peterson
guest speaker at February 24, 2010
MDUSD teacher in-service meeting
for 8th and 11th grade history teachers.
MDUSD > TAH GRANT II February 24, 2010
"The Dangerous Game of Literary Interpretation: Politics and Violence in the Early Republic"
Professor Mark Peterson discusses the development of politics in the early years of the American republic. He illustrates how US politics were shaped in those early years by competing interpretations of a series of documents, including the US Constitution.
The Chaco supernova illustrating
the Chaco solar calendar from
Professor DeLay's lecture.
MDUSD > TAH GRANT II February 24, 2010
"Pre-contact North America"
Professor Brian DeLay explores the diversity and dynamism of pre-contact civilizations in North America at the MDUSD TAH In-Service for grade 4 and 5 history teachers.
Professor Brian DeLay was the
keynote speaker at the MDUSD
TAH In-Service, February 11, 2010
MDUSD > TAH GRANT II February 11, 2010
"What is Political History?"
Professor Brian DeLay, academic advisor for our second grant, gave the keynote address at the kickoff meeting for our second grant "American Democracy in Word and Deed". The theme for year one of our grant is political history.
Professor Brian DeLay was the
featured speaker at the MDUSD
TAH In-Service, November 12, 2009
GUEST SPEAKER November 12, 2009
"Reinterpreting the
US-Mexican War"
Professor Brian DeLay reframes the story of the U.S.- Mexican War by putting Indians at its center. In this talk, he argues that one cannot fully understand the political implications of the US-Mexican war without addressing the conflict between the Mexican government and Indians in its northern territories --the "War of the Thousand Deserts".
Professor Gary Nash was the
keynote speaker at the MDUSD
TAH Conference, October 24, 2009
GUEST SPEAKER October 24, 2009
"The Unknown American Revolution"
Gary Nash, UCLA History Professor Emeritus and Director of the National Center for History in Schools discusses the American Revolution from the perspective of the ordinary people who shaped the event. His talk draws upon many examples from his book The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America.
LESSON PLAN UPDATE October 2009
Teaching American History Grant
Lesson Plans Online
New and updated lesson plans for grades 5, 8 and 11 developed by staff and participants from the 2009 MDUSD Teaching American History Grant summer institute.
NEW MDUSD TAH GRANT
New 5-Year Teaching American History Grant with the theme "American Democracy in Word and Deed" Awarded to MDUSD
This project is a partnership between the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, the UC Berkeley History Department, the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project, and the Oakland Museum of California. >>>
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The keynote address will be
delivered by Dr. Gary Nash
TAH GRANT CONFERENCE
"Building Academic Literacy
in the History Classroom"
The BuildingAcademic Literacy in the History Classroom Conference held on October 24, 2009 was a great success. This one-day conference was hosted by Mt. Diablo Unified School District teachers that are members of the district’s Teaching American History for All Grant.
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