This new website presents a lot of resources that may be of interest.
http://teachinghistory.org/
jk

*HNN History News Network : National History Education Clearinghouse
launched*

The National History Education Clearinghouse, an online project that brings
U.S. history teachers high-quality support and resources, has been launched
by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media (CHNM) and
project partner Stanford University. The clearinghouse is now available to
the public at http://teachinghistory.org.
   In October 2007, the U.S. Department of Education awarded a $7 million
contract, if fully funded over five years, to CHNM, in partnership with
Stanford University, the American Historical Association, and the National
History Center. The online project focuses on historical thinking and
learning and is designed to help K-12 history teachers become more effective
educators, thereby expanding student knowledge of U.S. history and its
relevance to their daily lives and future. The clearinghouse provides links
to the most informative and comprehensive history content on the Internet.
It also provides teaching tools and resources such as lesson plan reviews,
guides to working with primary sources and models of exemplary classroom
teaching. The clearinghouse will link to a number of national history
education organizations and associations. The website is interactive,
allowing teachers to ask questions, comment on topical issues and share
information on what and how they teach.
   "The National History Education Clearinghouse will put into the hands of
any teacher with an Internet connection the highest quality materials for
teaching U.S. history," says Sam Wineburg, professor and chair of curriculum
and teacher education at Stanford and executive producer and senior scholar
of the clearinghouse. "We are honored to be part of the digital revolution
that is changing history teaching."
   The clearinghouse is funded under Teaching American History (TAH), a
federally funded program created to raise student achievement by improving
teachers' knowledge and understanding of traditional U.S. history. TAH has
funded more than 800 projects across the country since 2001.
   "We are thrilled to play such a prominent role in helping K-12 U.S.
history teachers and in bringing together the many communities involved in
history education," says Kelly Schrum, director of educational projects at
CHNM and clearinghouse project co-director. "The Teaching American History
program and the clearinghouse demonstrate the federal government's
dedication to improving history education, and we know that the
clearinghouse will continue to improve and educate as it develops."
   The website, co-directed by Schrum and Sharon Leon at CHNM, and Daisy
Martin at Stanford, is organized around seven features: history education
news, history content, teaching materials, best practices, issues and
research, professional development and Teaching American History grants. The
clearinghouse uses the latest advances in digital technology to explore
history teaching through interactive images as well as audio clips and
videos of classroom teaching and historians discussing primary sources.
   Offline support will include a yearly conference, a newsletter and an
annual report on the state of history education in the United States.
Posted on Wednesday, June 4, 2008


-- 
Jon Kukla
www.JonKukla.com

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