Each year, the US
Department of Education awards more than $100 million
through the Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Program
to improve American history instruction in the nation’s
schools. With more than ninety-five successful TAH grant
partnerships, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
History has an excellent track record of providing teachers
with outstanding professional development. The Institute
will partner with your school district to customize
a grant application tailored to your needs. We will
work with your district to manage all aspects of the
grant application including a needs assessment, grant
writing, and evaluation.
For more information, contact Victoria Lain at (646)
366-9666 or lain@gilderlehrman.org
The Institute offers the following to its TAH grant
partners:
Component One: Educational Resources
The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides teachers with
educational resources in three genres: visual, print,
and digital. These comprehensive resources are designed
not only to increase teacher knowledge of core American
history content, but also to offer exciting new ways
of bringing American history into the classroom. Each
teacher receives a personal copy of the materials listed
below (excluding the traveling exhibition), which are
also supported by supplemental material on the Gilder
Lehrman website. For more information about this component,
click here.
Component Two: Staff Development Workshop
During each grant year, the Gilder Lehrman Institute
will provide a planning session, one intensive staff
development workshop, and two additional historian visits
during the academic year. These workshops and visits
provide teachers with direct access to award-winning
historians, and topics tailored to teachers' needs.
Possible topics include: Causes and Principles of the
Revolution; Origins and Consequences of the American
Civil War; the Age of Progressive Reform; Immigration
and Identity; and World War I. For more information
about this component, click here.
Component Three: Summer Seminar Participation
During each grant year, the Institute will reserve places
in its array of thirty summer seminars for teachers
led by award-winning professors. Often singled out by
participants as their best staff development experience,
these one-week seminars are taught by outstanding scholars
such as Patricia Limerick, Alan Brinkley, Ken Jackson,
Gary Gallagher, and Richard Carwardine, at colleges
and universities throughout the United States and in
the United Kingdom. For more information about this
component, click here.
Component Four: Grant Administration
The Institute will manage all aspects of the grant application
process on behalf of the school district. This includes
performing a needs assessment, creating a content structure,
identifying and securing an outside evaluator, and writing
the entire grant application.
For a full brochure describing each component in detail,
click here:
Click on the navigation on the right to access
descriptions of package types.
Apply:
For application forms, go to the US DOE website at:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html
For further information, please contact:
Victoria Lain, Education Coordinator
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
19 West 44th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10036
646-366-9666
Fax: 646-366-9669
lain@gilderlehrman.org
2008-2009 School District Partners:
Alabama
Jefferson County Board of Education
Madison County Board of Education
Tuscaloosa City Board of Education
Arizona
Deer Valley Unified School District
Arkansas
Little Rock School District
California
Del Norte County Unified School District (2 grants)
Pasadena School District
San Bernadino School District
Northern Humboldt Union High School District (2 grants)
Florida
Lake County Schools
Monroe County School District
Orange County
School District of Osceola County
The School District of Palm Beach County
Georgia
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (2 grants)
Hawaii
Hawaii State Department of Education
Idaho
Madison School District
Illinois
Rockford Public Schools
Woodstock School District
Kansas
Andover School District
Valley Heights Unified School District
Kentucky
West Kentucky Educational Cooperative
Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative (2 grants)
Louisiana
Algiers Charter School Association (2 grants)
Calcasieu Parish Public School System
Maryland
Baltimore City Public School System
Washington County Public Schools
Massachusetts
Newton Public Schools
Minnesota
Lakes Region Service Cooperative
Northwest Service Cooperative
Mississippi
Jackson Public Schools
Simpson County School District
New Jersey
Newark Public Schools
Passaic County Technical Institute
New York
New York City Department of Education Citywide (2 grants)
New York City Department of Education Consortium of
Districts 3, 5, and 6 (Region 10)
New York City Department of Education District 27 (Queens)
Smithtown Central School District
Yonkers Public Schools
North Carolina
Guilford County Schools
Oklahoma
Osage County Interlocal Cooperative
Pennsylvania
Greencastle-Antrim School District
South Carolina
Orangeburg Consolidated School District
South Dakota
Mid-Central Educational Cooperative
Tennessee
Bledsoe County School System
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Williamson County Schools and Maury County Public Schools
Texas
Pasadena Independent School District
Utah
Alpine School District
Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium
Virgin Islands
St. John & St. Croix School District
Virginia
Chesterfield County Public Schools
Richmond Public Schools
Stafford County, Spotsylvania, and Caroline County Public
Schools
Waynesboro Public Schools
Washington
Clarkston School District
Vancouver Educational Service District 112
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Public Schools
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