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- LOUISIANA
- COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES
- ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- SESSION:
- LOUISIANA IN TRADITIONAL AMERICAN HISTORY PROJECT
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- PRESENTERS:
- ANN TRAPPEY
- TAH PROJECT DIRECTOR
- TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
- DR. WILLIAM MILLER
- TAH PROJECT ASSOCIATE
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- OVERVIEW
- A TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AVAILABLE TO ELEMENTARY,
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHERS WITHIN THE FLORIDA PARISHES
REGION.
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- THE TAH PROJECT GOALS:
- ENHANCE TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN HISTORY,
- ASSIST WITH CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION CREDENTIALS, AND
- IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
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- CONTENT-RICH HISTORY INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED THROUGH:
- UNIVERSITY COURSEWORK,
- SUMMER INSTITUTES, AND
- WORKSHOPS.
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- ACTIVITIES:
- TECHNOLOGIY,
- NEW CURRICULA, AND
- INNOVATIVE TEACHING STRTEGIES
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- APPEAL TO TEACHERS:
- TUITION, STIPENDS, AND CURRICULAR MATERIALS AVAILABLE;
- GRADUATE SCHOOL CREDIT TOWARDS MASTER’S DEGREES AND PLUS 30;
- CONTINUIING LEARNING UNITS (CLUs) PROVIDED; AND
- EASY-TO-USE UNIVERSITY ON-LINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
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- Special attention to these major chronological periods:
- Beginning of the American Experience; Formation of a Nation 1763-1800;
- Establishing a National Character 1800-1840;
- Growth and Division 1800-1860;
- Great National Conflict and its Aftermath 1860-1900;
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- Special attention is provided to these major chronological periods:
- A Robust Democracy 1890-1920;
- Robust to Bust 1918-1932;
- An Encroaching World 1933-1945;
- Postwar World War II 1945-1960;
- Testing the Limits of America's Character 1961-1974; and
- the U.S. in a Global, Technological Age, 1975-present.
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- Eligible participants:
- Elementary, middle, or high school teachers . . .
- With some or primary teaching responsibility for American or Louisiana
history.
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- Eligible participants:
- Special education teachers providing services to students in American
history, Louisiana Studies, American Studies, American history, or
American history specific electives are also eligible.
- Depending on circumstances and teaching assignments, nonpublic and other
teachers may be eligible to participate.
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- WHAT’S GOOD HISTORY?
- History, Democracy, and Citizenship
- The Debate over History’s Role
- in Teaching Citizenship and Patriotism
- A report commissioned by the
- Executive Board of the
- Organization of American Historians.
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- DEFINING AND TEACHING
- “GOOD HISTORY”
- IN LOUISIANA
- IN AN ERA OF HIGH-STAKES TESTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
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- RESOURCES FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS
- TAH WEBSITE
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- LEAP Assessment Guides: http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/ssa/2180.html
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- A few of the downloads available:
- iLEAP Assessment Guides: http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/ssa/2180.html
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments Teachers' Guides to Statewide
Assessment Social Studies
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments Teachers' Guides to Statewide
Assessment Social Studies
Introduction PDF
Grade 4 -- Assessment Framework PDF
Grade 4 -- Sample Test Items PDF
Grade 8 -- Assessment Framework PDF
Grade 8 -- Sample Test Items PDF
Grade 11 -- Assessment Framework PDF
Grade 11 -- Sample Test Items PDF
Standards and Benchmarks PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments Grade-Level Expectations
- A grade-level expectation (GLE) is a statement that defines what all
students should know and be able to do at the end of a given grade
level.
- GLEs add further definition to the content standards and benchmarks.
- Click here to view or print GLE-Related Materials.
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Social Studies (from the Louisiana Department of Education)
- ALL GRADES PDF MSWord
- Prekindergarten PDF MSWord
- Kindergarten PDF MSWord
- Grade 1 PDF MSWord
- Grade 2 PDF MSWord
- Grade 3 PDF MSWord
- Grade 4 PDF MSWord
- Grade 5 PDF MSWord
- Grade 6 PDF MSWord
- Grade 7 PDF MSWord
- Grade 8 PDF MSWord
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Social Studies
- World Geography PDF MSWord
- Free Enterprise PDF MSWord
- Civics PDF MSWord
- U.S. History PDF MSWord
- World History PDF MSWord
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments
- PASS on Paper (LEAP 21 and GEE 21)
- These questions are from the online practice test, PASS (Practice
- Assessment/Strengthen Skills), and are designed to give students in
- grades 4, 8, 10, and 11 who may not have easy access to a computer the
- opportunity to become familiar with the test format and a sample of the
- skills that are assessed on the LEAP 21 and GEE 21.
- PASS on Paper, Grades 4 and 8
PASS on Paper, Grades 10 and 11
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments
Model Lessons (from the Louisiana Department of Education)
Model Lessons for Social Studies
Grade 4 Lessons:
Civics
Lesson 1: Biography in a Pocket
Lesson 2: It Takes a Village
Economics
Lesson 1: Making Decisions about Economics
Lesson 2: The Price Is Right
Geography
Lesson 1: From the Mayflower to the Mall
Lesson 2: Working with Latitude and Longitude
History
Lesson 1: Louisiana's Acadian Heritage
Lesson 2: Louisiana's Early Explorers Grade 8 Lessons:
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments
Model Lessons (from the Louisiana Department of Education)
GRADE 8 LESSONS:
- Civics
Lesson 1: Political Parties
Lesson 2: Passport to the World
Economics
Lesson 1: Making Decisions about Careers
Lesson 2: All About Taxes
Lesson 3: What Will I Do?
Geography
Lesson 1: The Oregon Country
Lesson 2: Amazing Africa
History
War of 1812, Part 1
War of 1812, Part 2
Test, War of 1812; Test Map 1; Test Map 2
Answer Key; Map Key 1; Map Key 2
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments
Focused Learning Lessons: Science and Social Studies
- These Focused Learning Lessons were designed to provide lessons geared
toward the individual needs of high school students. The lessons use
effective methods to target specific content, are based on the
standards, benchmarks, and grade-level expectations, and may be used in
classes to assist students in learning content for Louisiana's high
stakes testing programs.
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments
Focused Learning Lessons: Science and Social Studies
Introduction
- Lesson 1: Civics
Lesson 2: American History
Lesson 3: American History
Lesson 4: American History
Lesson 5: American History
Lesson 6: Civics
Lesson 7: Civics
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Student Standards and Assessments
Focused Learning Lessons: Science and Social Studies
Lesson 8: Economics
Lesson 9: Economics
Lesson 10: American History
Lesson 11: World Geography
Lesson 12: World Geography
Lesson 13: World Geography
Lesson 14: World Geography
Lesson 15: World Geography
Lesson 16: American History
Lesson 17: American History
Lesson 18: American History
Lesson 19: American History
Lesson 20: American History
Acknowledgments
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Division of Student Standards and Assessments
Teacher-to-Teacher Video Series Lessons for Secondary Educators
- These are the standards-based lessons presented on the LPB series
"Reaching for Results: Teacher-to-Teacher." They are
for high school
classroom teachers and include all necessary handouts and
references.
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- LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Site: Division of Student Standards and Assessments
Teacher-to-Teacher Video Series Lessons for Secondary Educators
Lesson 1: The Declaration of Independence
Lesson 2: Qualifications to Be President?
Lesson 3: Multiple Mode Teaching Methods
Lesson 4: World War II
Lesson 5: Vietnam: A Divided Nation
Lesson 6: Having Fun with Primary Sources
Lesson 7: The Five Themes of Geography
Lesson 8: Opportunity Costs and Decisions
Lesson 9: Saving, Investing, and the Invisible Hand
Lesson 10: What Is Credit?
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- LESSON PLANS & LINKS
- This eight-day institute focused on the experience and legacy of the
Vietnam War. Drawing from panel discussions, scholars from numerous
universities, and real life participants in the war -- both American and
Vietnamese -- teacher participants synthesized the experience in a
series of reflective writings. These materials and others are available
for free on our website at http://www.choices.edu/specialprojects_tah.cfm
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- LESSON PLANS & LINKS
- A second summer institute, Slavery in New England, saw the unveiling of
our newest resource, A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in
New England. A free excerpted lesson, "Slavery Connects the North
and the South" is available on our web site at http://www.choices.edu/documents/forgottenhistory.cfm.
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- LESSON PLANS & LINKS
- The National Archives and Records Administration preserves and makes
available to the public the permanently valuable records of the United
States government. For more information about services offered to
teachers, contact the Education Staff, NWE, National Archives, 700
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., G-9, Washington, DC 20408 or e-mail education@nara.gov.
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- History Now is the newsletter from the Gilderlehrman Institute
containing American history news and lesson plans: http://www.historynow.org
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- History Lives: A Tour of the White House.
- http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_e.html
- Includes Teacher Lesson Plans.
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