Teaching American History
The West Shore Consortium for Dynamic History Instruction - a joint project of the Ottawa and Muskegon Area Intermediate School Districts
Funded by a second 3-year Teaching American History Grant from the Federal Government, the purpose of the West Shore Consortium for Dynamic History instruction is to assist 5th through 12th grade teachers in Muskegon and Ottawa counties with their content knowledge and understanding of major historical themes and create new excitement about teaching and learning history.
2009 Summer Institute was Huge Success!
A whopping 50 teachers attended 8 intense days of professional development with political science and history professors from GVSU. Many teachers said this was our best summer institute yet!
NEW! TAH Wiki
At the 2009 Summer Institute we unveiled our West Shore Consortium Wiki. A wiki is a collaborative web page where users - in this case teacher participants - can edit and develop the content of the page individually to create one useful web site.
Why did we do it?
The West Shore Consortium for Dynamic History Instruction has been offering professional deveolopment opportunities to 5th - 12th grade US History teacher in West Michigan since the winter of 2006. During that time, nearly 200 individual teachers have attended at least one event. Many have attended multiple events. The result has been a huge amount of growth and learning among teachers from more nearly 20 unique school districts.
More than once, teachers have asked for a way to collaboritively share not only what they learn during events, but also what they discover once they return to their classroom with what they've learned at a Consortium event.
Please take a minute to vist the Wiki at http://tah.oaisd.org and see what we're up to. Remember, it's a living, breathing organism, so check back often to see what teachers are contributing!
Mini-Q Workshop 2009-2010
Presented by "The DBQ Project"
August 20-21, November 16, March 2, and June TBD
This project is off to a great start! 8th grade US History, ELA, and Special Education teachers have joined Chip and Phil from the DBQ Project to work on developing and implementing their proven strategies for getting students to think critically and write effectively.
New to TAH?
Click Here to get started - FAQ's, objectives, background and more!
The West Shore Consortium For Dynamic History Instruction is funded by the Teaching American History Grant. The federal grant will provide $999,999 from July 2008 - June 2011. The Teaching American History grant program is a discretionary grant program funded under Title II-C, subpart 4, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
