Louisiana's Role in TRADITIONAL AMERICAN HISTORY (TAH) PROJECT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Current:

• 21st Annual Deep Delta Civil War Symposium June 8-9 FREE! • Cities, Rivers, Bayous: Locals and Locales in Louisiana's Civil War • Charles Elliott has organized this year's symposium so that it addresses many of the GLE's, benchmarks, and key concepts in Louisiana's state standards. Many teachers in our TAH program attended last year and loved it, and this year should be even better.• Participants will hear lectures by 9 top-notch scholars, in addition to a Roundtable Discussion featuring several of those historians and focusing on how to teach Louisiana's Civil War. • There a catered reception on Friday night, coffee and doughnuts Saturday morning, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and two South Louisiana-style Social Hours with the participating scholars. • Qualifying Region II teachers can attend free of charge with either of two options:(1) Attend the Symposium and earn 10 CLU's and a $65 stipend. or (2) Register for History 602, do some additional reading, and earn 10 CLU's, 3 hours graduate credit, and a $200 stipend. • The Symposium is an opportunity for teachers to learn more about the Civil War in Louisiana, upgrade their ability to address state standards, meet leading historians, network with teachers from other parishes, and have fun! Click for MORE!

• Natchitoches Trip June 1-3 • Night Classes May 15-31, 2007. Go There: Know Where: (Re)Considering Poverty Point and Natchitoches • A Teaching American History Travel Class in Louisiana History • Details: pdf. Extended Details at COURSES.

• Summer Institute 2007. Limited to 30 participants • Registration: pdf or dot.

• Win a free professional development opportunity to study President Lincoln! The Horace Mann Companies and the Abraham Presidential Library and Museum Foundation in Springfield, Ill, want to reward you with a professional fellowship experience. For more details on the fellowship, eligibility requirements, the benefits included with the fellowship and to apply, visit www.horacemann.com and click the “Go” button next to the Lincoln icon.

• S.O.S.: Help for Busy Teachers! Sites of the School Days a weekly update to Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators on DiscoverySchool.com This is a great site. This site has lots of information for anticipatory sets and activities. Also, tests in areas that are covered on the LEAP and GEE. Check it out. Please share with a friend or co-worker.

• Check it out! The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) website has recently been re-designed and now offers over 1,500 teaching and learning resources addressing 100 different educational topics, all available free-of-charge from the federal government. Go to free.ed.gov/ for more information.

• The Center for Civic Education has again received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host a three-week Institute at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The Institute is entitled Political and Constitutional Theory for Citizens: The National Academy for Civics and Government. It will take place July 7-28, 2007, and all expenses for travel, books, and per diem are covered by the grant, with a modest amount left over for a stipend. Go to www.civiced.org for more information.

• Spring 2007: SOUTHEASTERN OFFERS TUITION-FREE GRADUATE COURSE TO QUALIFIED SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS THROUGH TAH PROGRAM (pdf)

• TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY GRANT YEAR TWO (PART 2) AND YEAR THREE JANUARY 2006—JULY 2007
Schedule of Events for Teaching American History
Schedule handout

• Talking History Features the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Listen to an episode of Talking History • http://talkinghistory.oah.org/

• Congratulations to the three new TAH Grantees in Louisiana!

• Secure Link to Archived Streaming Media http://www.selu.edu/thesoutheasternchannel/archives

• Survey for the graduate courses section which needs to be completed before teachers can receive their final grades. ...(or pdf format)

• Field Trip photos: Magnolia Mound, October 2005

• Field Trip photos: Reuion at La Caretta, October 8, 2005

• Field Trip photos: New Orleans, July 2005

• Teaching American History Grant Saturday Workshop (November 6, 2004: Photo gallery

• “Fine Tuning Your Textbook” Workshop, May 7, 2005: Photo gallery

• Noodle Tools, NoodleTeach-Teaching Intelligently: Choose the best search for your information need.

Secure Link to Archived Streaming Media http://www.selu.edu/thesoutheasternchannel/archives

Southeastern offers tuition-free Louisiana history graduate course to qualified Social Studies teachers (Press Release) http://www.selu.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice//TAHFall05.html

For more information about the TAH Grant Summer Institutes: http://www.selu.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice//TAHsummerinstitutes05.html

For more information about the Master of Arts in History: http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/HIPS/graduate.htm

The Presidential Academy for American History and Civics.http://www.PresidentialAcademy.org.

• LPB Learning Port
The LPB CyberChannel and TeacherConnection are part of the LPB Learning Port (www.lpb.org/learningport, LPB's new educational portal that also provides PBS TeacherLine continuing education courses for teachers, Parents' Pier information on educational resources for parents and games for children, LPB's Instructional Television Schedule, a Lesson Plan Storeroom containing 3,000 standards-based lesson plans and a calendar of educational events occurring around the state. For more information, call 1-800-272-8161, extension 4261 or e-mail edserv@lpb.org.

• LPB-PBS TeacherLine
Will teachers meet the May '06 deadline for NCLB's "highly-qualified" status?  Many districts are turning to LPB-PBS TeacherLine.  Contact Nancy Thompson at 225.767.4445 or toll free 888.767.7267 or email nthompson@lpb.org. The Web site is available at https://secure.lpb.org/teacherline/. For more details: LPB’s winter schedule of courses in pdf.

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.

The Renaissance Living History Center, a non-profit educational support organization, in conjunction with the Louisiana Renaissance Festival for topics such as: Renaissance history, art, and music; lesson planning; building student-centered activities; and integrating technology. (http://www.larf.org/sub_educate.html)

The National D-Day Museum: America's World War II Museum New Orleans, Louisiana. http://www.ddaymuseum.org/.

Archives:
Subject: Free Graduate School Tuition for Social Studies Teachers in the Region II Area

The Teaching American History Grant, Southeastern Louisiana University, and the Tangipahoa Parish School System announce free graduate school tuition for social studies teachers in the Region II Area.

The Region II area consists of the school systems of East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, the City of Baker, the City of Bogalusa, and the Zachary City School System.

Classes will be available online, on the SLU campus, in Baton Rouge and in St. Tammany Parish.

Regular registration begins on January 10^th and ends on January 13^th. Classes begin on January 18, 2005.

For more information, contact

Ann Trappey at 985-748-2443,

Dr. Gerald Guidroz at 1-800-256-2771,

or Dr. Bill Robison at 985-549-2109.

Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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