Summary of Programs with Northwest Suburban American History Consortium Funded by the Teaching of American History Grant awarded through the Department of Education

Graduate Classes – Starting Fall 2008- Eight classes to be offered in total - each has 4 hours of Graduate credit

• 15 participants per course
• The grant will pay for all of the tuition, fees, and books for the course
• Priority registration based on the following criteria:
  • teachers without a Master’s Degree,
  • those who teach the students most at-risk for not meeting AYP under NCLB
  • those teaching in schools on Academic Warning Status
  • those with the least teaching experience
  • all teacher applications will be considered with input from individual school’s Department Chair
• Teachers may take whichever courses meet their needs; the cohort is not closed
• Classes during the school year will meet at Palatine High School; those taught over the summer will meet at UIC
• Classes may be applied toward a M.A. or M.A.T. through UIC, provided the teacher is admitted or has applied to the program
• The classes are:
  • Fall 2008 – Problems and Cases in American History Before 1877
  • Spring 2009 – Problems and Cases in American History After 1877
  • Summer 2009 – American Indian History as United States History
  • Fall 2009 – 1970 to the Present
  • Spring 2010 – The Age of Reforms 1900-1945
  • Summer 2010 – Race and Politics in the United States since Emancipation
  • Fall 2010 – American Women’s History
  • Spring 2011 – The Role of Religion in Shaping the American Experience
• Each class will culminate in a symposium at the Newberry Library, at which the teachers will present their lesson plans. Teachers will be invited from not only member schools but from the Chicago area.

Summer Programs – Starting Summer 2009- and for subsequent summers, the NSAHC will offer two programs with ample opportunity for total staff development

1) One program will be coordinated by the National Council of History Education (NCHE) 2) The other program will be coordinated by a Northwest Suburban American History Consortium (NSAHC) in conjunction with on site historically based resource partners.

1) NCHE Sessions:

• open to 32 participants
• three day programs designed to provide intense immersion in content, with particular focus on primary sources
• NCHE team consists of a Historian, a Master Teacher, and a Learning Specialist

• Planned topics are :
  • Summer 2009 - American Reform Before the Civil War – Historian Dr. Lois E. Horton, George Mason University
  • Summer 2010 - The Great Depression, New Deal, and World War Two – Historian Dr. David Kennedy, Stanford University
  • Summer 2011 - 1960s – Historian Dr. Mitch Yamasaki Chaminade University of Honolulu
• Each teacher can earn CPDU credit and will be paid a stipend ($150 daily- total of $450.00) for their participation
• These three day sessions will be held at a member school- All materials and lunch will be provided and paid for

2) NSAHC Sessions:

• open to 32 participants
• three day programs; two utilizing a local on site historical source and one to develop lessons based on the experience
• Planned topics are:
  • Summer 2009 - Two days on site at Newberry Library in Chicago ~ “The Real War Will Never Get In the Books": Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching the American Civil War” – Dr. Margaret Storey, DePaul
  • Summer 2010 – days on site at the Hull House in Chicago ~“Participatory Democracy and the Legacy of the Hull-House” – Led by Hull House staff
  • Summer 2011 - “Working People and the Struggle for the American Dream” – Dr. Leon Fink, UIC – includes bus tour of Chicago’s labor history sites
• Each teacher can earn CPDU credit and will be paid a stipend ($150 daily- total of $450.00) for their participation
• The third day will be held at a member school for instructional development planning- all materials and lunch will be provided

Participation in Professional Organizations

• All member schools will receive membership in the Newberry Teachers’ Consortium
• All teachers who participate in the NCHE summer programs will receive membership in the NCHE
• All teachers will receive membership in the Organization of American Historians
• Seven teachers per year will have the opportunity to travel to the OAH convention.