Cohort Highlights – Everyday Americans, Exceptional Americans https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun A Teaching American History Project with the Loudoun County Public Schools Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Through Many Lenses https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/2012/10/17/through-many-lenses/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/2012/10/17/through-many-lenses/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:06:31 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?p=791 This post features materials created by Kimberly Rouse and Martha Potts, two elementary cohort teachers, as part of a collaborative project to support student historical thinking through inquiry based learning. The unit was presented at the innovative teaching and learning conference, sponsored by microsoft in April 2012.

Students from two states join together on a journey through the American Civil War using a flipped classroom model. Utilizing primary and secondary sources, students gain multiple perspectives on the war. Students learn through inquiry-based lessons how the Civil War affected different groups: the government, soldiers, generals, people living in the North or South, slaves, and many more. The primary and secondary resources add a sense of authenticity to the lessons and allow the students to use evidence to support historical ideas they formulate throughout the lessons. Students examine and evaluate the primary and secondary resources for historical context in relation to war. By taking on a flipped classroom approach, these inquiry-based lessons garner more motivation, discussion time, Skype time, hands-on learning time, and engagement with students.

Explore the materials selected for this unit, which are organized in an online skydrive. Materials include lesson plans, sample video, primary sources, and examples of student work.

You can also go behind the scenes of this project:

  • Learn how the teachers encouraged their students to think historically;
  • View step by step instructions on how to use photo story as a teaching tool (Introduction | Part 2);
  • Use google forms to help flip your classroom
    • ]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/2012/10/17/through-many-lenses/feed/ 0 America on the World Stage https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/2011/03/25/summer-institute/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:28:17 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?p=90 Everyday Americans, Exceptional Americans is pleased to announce the program options and dates for the second cohort, which will begin meeting this summer. Those accepted to the cohort will attend the program orientation scheduled for May 24, 2012.

    The new theme this year is “American on the World Stage”. Past TAH-teachers are welcome!

    Summer Institute Week-1:
    Interested in learning more about the American Revolutionary era? The content in the upcoming cohort will focus on the crisis with Britain, the American Revolution, and transnational slavery through the early Republic. All U.S. history teachers, including ELL and special education, are welcome. Apply online and reserve June 25th – 29th on your calendars for this year’s summer institute!

    Summer Institute Week-2:
    Explore the late 20th century from multiple perspectives. The documents presented during this week will center the discussion around the Cold War, including McCarthyism, the Vietnam War, and the beginning of the war on terror. All U.S. history teachers, as well as ELL and special education teachers are welcome. Apply online and reserve July 9th – 13th for this year’s summer institute!

    Interested in learning more? Visit our application page to read about the benefits of the program and learn about course requirements.

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