This program (2010-2013) will work with 7th and 8th grade social studies teachers who teach special education and English Language Learner (ELL) students. Participants will take part in a combination of day-long seminars hosted by ASHP and additional seminars at local cultural partners (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the City of New York, Paley Center for Media, New York Public Library, and Lower East Side Tenement Museum). They will explore topics in U.S. history, share approaches to history education that address their students’ literacy challenges and wide variety of learning styles, and become familiar with a rich array of local history resources. To connect the program closely to student learning, teachers will also develop document-based activities, use them in their classrooms, and track samples of their students work.
Eligibility
Teachers from selected schools in New York City Department of Education Districts 32, 27, and 18 are eligible for this program. To enroll, please contact Deborah Nasta at (718-420-5682).
2010-11 Schedule
- INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL HISTORY: November 2, 2010 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
- U.S. CONSTITUTION: December 13, 2010 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
- U.S. IMPERIALISM IN THE 1890s: January 10, 2011 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
- U.S. TERRITORIAL EXPANSION: February 22, 2011 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
- VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: February 23, 2011 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- THE COLD WAR: March 5, 2011 at The Paley Center for Media
- EMANCIPATION: April 6, 2011 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
- THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE: May 6, 2011 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
- WRAP UP: June 9, 2011 at The Graduate Center, CUNY
