Teaching American History

The National Teaching American Histroy site:

The Teaching American History Grant program is a discretionary grant program funded under Title II-C, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The goal of the program is to support programs that raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history.

http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html

Statewide: Teaching American History (TAH) Grants in Louisiana

TAH Calcasieu
Years: 2001-2004
Area Covered: Calcasieu Parish Public Schools
Grant Sponsor: Calcasieu Parish Public Schools
Partnering Institutions: Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, Louisiana State
University’s Middleton Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The National D-Day Museum, the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, Region V Technology Center, and Active Learning Systems
Project Director: Charlotte Gallemore – 337-491-1669

TAH in Louisiana (TAHIL)
Years: 2001- 2005
Area Covered: River Parishes between West Feliciana and Plaquemines Parish
Grant Sponsor: East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Partnering Institutions: Louisiana State University Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, LSU’s Louis Digital Library, Louisiana State Museum, Louisiana State Archives, Historic New Orleans Collection, Tulane University Special Collections
Project Director/Manager: Phyllis Heroy, EBR PPS
225-226-7610 PHeroy@ebrpss.k12.la.us

TAH Assumption Parish
Years: 2002-2007
Area covered: Region III School Districts: Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St.
James, St. John, St. Mary, and Terrebonne
Partnering Institutions: Nicholls State University, Region III Service Center
Project Director: Mr. Glenn Ledet
Project Contact: Janel Bourgeois, M. Ed., Coordinator – 985-513-0611
janel.bourgeois@charter.net

TAH Lafayette
Years: 2003-2007
Area Covered: Lafayette Parish Public Schools
Grant Sponsor: Lafayette Parish Public Schools
Partnering Institutions: Lafayette Parish Public Schools, University of Louisiana
Lafayette, Smithsonian Institution, National Council for History Education, and South Louisiana Community College
Project Director: James H. Easton 337-236-6825
Curriculum Coach: Donald Thornton dxt6980@louisiana.edu

TAH in New Orleans (TAHINO)
Years: 2003-2007
Area covered: Orleans Parish Public Schools
Grant sponsor: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Partnering Institutions: Caddo Public Schools, Loyola University
Project Director: Michael Sartisky
Project Manager: John Kemp kemp@leh.org

TAH Tangipahoa (Tangi)
Years: 2004-2007
Area Covered: Cities of Baker, Bogalusa, and Zachary; Parishes of East Baton
Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Point Coupee, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana; Louisiana School for the Deaf.
Grant Sponsor: Tangipahoa Parish School District
Partnering Institutions: The Tangipahoa Parish School System, Southeastern
Louisiana University, Louisiana Department of Education’s Region II Service Center; Louisiana Public Broadcasting; Louisiana State Archives, Louisiana State Museum; Louisiana State Libraries; Historic New Orleans Collection, Louisiana Office of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Project Director/Contact: Ann Trappey ann.trappey@tangischools.org or tah@lpb.org

TAH Lafourche-Terrebonne
Years: 2006-2009
Area covered: Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes
Grant Sponsor: Lafourche Parish Public Schools
Partnering Institutions: Lafourche School Board, Terrebonne Parish School
Board, Laurel Valley Museum, Nicholls State University, and NSU’s Allen Ellender Archives
Project Director/Manager: David G. Miller dmiller@lafourche.k12.la.us
985-532-3319

TAH in Caddo Parish
Years: 2005-2008
Area covered: Caddo Parish Public Schools
Grant sponsor: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Partnering Institutions: Caddo Public Schools, Louisiana State University
Shreveport
Project Director: Michael Sartisky
Project Manager: John Kemp kemp@leh.org

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