This online catalogue is a comprehensive effort to explain and schedule all of the professional development opportunities offered by the Teaching American History grant. All workshops offer either a stipend or state in-service credit. For more information, contact Sue Davis at shdavis@washoe.k12.nv.us.

Saturday Dialogues
Saturday Dialogues in American history present opportunities for teachers to expand their content knowledge through dialogue with university professors and colleagues. During the 2008-2009 school year, TAHP will sponsor 4 dialogue sessions on American history. Teachers will have the opportunity to explore American history content and talk with colleagues about how to incorporate topics into their classroom.

Primary Source Workshops
These workshops are hosted by our community partners with the purpose of developing lessons that incorporate the use of primary sources in the history classroom. The Nevada Museum of Art  and the National Automobile Museum will host a primary source workshop, to help teachers offer U.S. history instruction through visual art representations. Teachers will work with a UNR faculty member, who will provide content of selected topic in American history. Each participant will develop a lesson that will incorporate primary sources into the classroom.

Teaching with Technology
Addressing the millennial learners, teachers will be introduced to various strategies using technology including iPods, PhotoStory, virtual museums, and  Webquests. Teachers will work with a UNR faculty member, who will provide content of a selected topic in American history to incorporate the use of featured technology.

Teaching with Chautauqua
Using Chautauqua as a strategy to help our students understand historical figures provides an interesting approach in teaching history. UNR historian and Chautauquan scholar, Doug Mishler, will provide strategies to create your own classroom Chautauqua performance. 

History Seminars
Specialty workshops connecting history with national programs will be offered throughout the year, including Project Citizen, National History Day in Nevada, and Teaching the Holocaust.

Summer Institute
The week-long Summer Institute introduces teachers to historical content, the use of technology in pedagogy, and creative approaches to history education. The institute will be facilitated by a UNR historian and distinguished scholars will provide additional content.   A master teacher from northern Nevada will complete the teaching faculty. 

Scholarship Funds
To encourage teachers to take graduate courses in history, the TAH grant provides $1,000 scholarships to complete UNR graduate courses in history.   There is an application process for these funds and the course must be completed with a “B” or better.

Vertical History Teams
Beginning in 2008-2009 the Teaching American History Project will form American history vertical teams, using the Professional Learning Community model.   Over a three-year period, vertical teams will align curriculum with the new history standards, scaffold historical thinking skills, and create common grade-level assessments and unit plans in American History.