TEC                 A Teaching American History
          A          Federal Grant Program presented by
H                        The Education Cooperative  

WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEGENDS AND ORDINARY FOLK:
BOSTON AS BACKDROP AND BATTLEGROUND

A UNIQUE AMERICAN HISTORY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATORS


Paul RevereState HouseFanueil HallOld Sturbridge Village  
 

    The  Education Cooperative in partnership with Jonathan Chu at UMass Boston, the Freedom Trail Foundation, Old Sturbridge Village, the Old South Meeting House,the Paul Revere House and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has been awarded a Teaching American History Grant by the United States Department of Education. The grant will highlight events in Boston leading up to and during the American Revolution. Participants will learn and explore primary sources related to the work of Paul Revere and his contemporaries, learn about the past through legends and ordinary people, and study economic, social, and political life in rural New England in the early part of the century following the American Revolution.

    The cooperative of 15 member districts is offering a professional development program for library media specialists and all teachers of American history. The program includes graduate credit courses (three-credit and one-credit courses), colloquia, and online courses.  The content offered in the programs (based on the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks) will be most appropriate for middle and high school educators including library media specialists, special educators, fine arts teachers and department chairs.


PROJECT DESCRIPTION


COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

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