Teaching American History Project
  VHT Meeting: Sept. 16, 2010

Teaching American History Vertical Team Meeting

September 16, 2010

Time Presenter Topic
8:30-9:15    Sue Welcome!
Importance of TAH Assessments
Pre-Assessment & Fellows Survey
9:15-9:45 Sue New TAH Grant
Goals of Year 3 Grant
Schedule & Sign-ups for History Workshops
NCSS – Denver “Past as a Puzzle: Using Essential Questions to Piece Together History”
Pass Out Media Books
9:45-10:15 Angela Cold Document Analysis (Developing Questions for John)
10:15-11:00 John Introduction to “Media, History, Society” by Cramer
Lecture: Ch. 1
11:00-11:30 John Hot Document Analysis – Historian Orientation To Documents
11:30-12:00 Angela/ John Introduction to Year-Long DBQ Project
12:00-12:45   Lunch
12:45-1:15 Angela What the heck is a DBQ?
1:15-2:00 Angela/John Linking Documents to EQs & HQs
“Thinking Like a Historian” with DBQ Documents
2:00-2:45 Angela DBQ Scaffolding Questions with Documents
2:45-3:15 Angela Chicken-foot Essay Prep
3:15-3:30   Meet with Grade Level Teams to Determine Curriculum Mapping Steps

 

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