An image of the American flag, and glass lenses. It reads,Teaching American History, Annual Project Directors Conference, August 8—10, 2011, Washington, D.C., Lens on Talent: Portraits of Great History Teachers, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement.

Agenda

Please note that the structure of this year's conference includes four main strands that are color coded as follows:

(A) Providing History Content Through Quality Professional Development Implementation

(B) Gaining New Perspectives from Teachers and Administrators

(D) Teaching American History Technical Assistance and More

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	PLENARY SESSION
Grand Ballroom	LEarning to Think like a history Teacher: Understanding the Distinctive Challenges and practices of history teaching Bob Bain, University of Michigan, MI To view a video of Dr. Bain's presentation, please click here
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Breakout Sessions
Renaissance West A	The Busy Project Director’s Toolkit: Teachinghistory.org Jennifer Rosenfeld and Kelly Schrum, George Mason University, VA
Renaissance West B	DocsTeach — Providing Digital Tools for Teaching with Documents from the National Archives Stephanie Greenhut and Lee Ann Potter, National Archives, DC
Renaissance East	Reading a Work of Art as a Primary Source Handout Suzannah Niepold, Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
Meeting Room 12/13/14	The Holocaust as American History: Timeline and Case Study with Primary Sources Christina Chavarria, United States Holocaust Museum, DC
Grand Ballroom South	Thinking Like a Historian: Using Primary Sources to Explore Point of View Danna Bell-Russel and Cheryl Lederle, Library of Congress, DC
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Lunch (on Own)
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions
Meeting Room 2	A (1) – History as Stories: The Art of Teaching through Field Studies Minuette Floyd, Valinda Littlefield, and Bob Petrulis University of South Carolina, SC Delores Pringle, Williamsburg County School District, SC Larry Watson, South Carolina State University, SC
Meeting Room 3	A (2) – Best Practices for Special Education and ESL/ELL US History Instruction Deborah Nasta, New York City Department of Education, NY Ellen Noonan, American Social History Project, NY
Meeting Room 4	A (3) – Beyond the Archive: Art, Music, and Literature as Primary Sources Tutti Jackson and Molly Uline-Olmstead, Ohio Historical Society, OH
Meeting Room 5	B (1) – How TAH Petaluma Enriched our Classrooms: The Teachers’ Perspective Nancy Case-Rico, Sonoma State University, CA Christina Lunde, Novato Schools, CA Leslie Ihrig and Susan Olds, Petaluma City Schools, CA
Meeting Room 8/9	B (2) – Strengthening our Practice and Perspective through Cooperative Learning Study Rose Darrough and Laurie Mosier, San Diego County Office of Education, CA Michael Henderson, Southwest Evaluation Research, CA
Meeting Room 10/11	B (3) – Padlock: Unlock the Mystery of Teaching History Katie Hoerner, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education, IL
Meeting Room 12	B (4) – Teaching and Learning Historical Thinking in the Digital and Mobile Age Gail Greenberg, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, OH Nadine Grimm, Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County, OH Robert Grossman, Bay Village City Schools, OHMark Tebeau, Cleveland State University, OH
Meeting Room 13/14	C (1) – The Perfect Storm: Combining High-Impact Strategies to Achieve Predictable Results Tracie Audifferen, San Diego County Office of Education, CA James Marshall, San Diego State University, CA
Renaissace West A	C (2) – Utilizing Data to Direct Instruction: The Data Informed History Instruction Model Jim David, Tennessee Center for Civic Learning and Engagement, TN
Renaissance West B	D (1) – Department Resources and Initiatives: Implications for TAH Grants Adam Bookman and Christine Miller, U.S. Department of Education, DC
Renaissance East	D (2) – Project Sustainability and the Future of TAH Bonnie Carter and Margarita Melendez, U.S. Department of Education, DC
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	BREAK
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Breakout sessions
Renaissance West B	A (1) – Keeping the Study in TAH Summer Travel Trips Lori Campanile, Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified, CA Michelle DenBeste, California State University, Fresno, CA Jenny Herrick and Sabrina Mills, Clovis Unified School District, CA Robin Sischo, Fresno Unified School District, CA
Renaissance East	A (2) - Session Cancelled
Renaissance West A	A (3) – African-American Struggle for Equality: Modeling an Inquiry-Based Approach to the Common Core State Standards Richard Cairn, Collaborative for Educational Services, MA Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse, Collaborative for Educational Services, MA
Meeting Room 2	B (1) – Down from the Ivory Tower: Co-Teaching to Enhance Professional Development Laura Beth Arnold, Little Rock School District, AR Michael Grady, Saint Louis University, MO James Ross, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR
Meeting Room 3	B (2) – Connecting the Founding Fathers and their Friends…or Not! Debra Cline, Jan Rolan, and Pamela Smith, Granite School District, UT
Meeting Room 4	B (3) – Telling America’s Story: Museum Fair and Pass Program in the Bronx, NYC Docuemnet 2, Document 3, Document 4 Brian Carlin and P hilip Panaritis, New York City Department of Education, NY Myrna Cortes, Teaching American History – Bronx, NY Mia Nagawiecki, New-York Historical Society, NY E.Y. Zipris, Museum of the City of New York, NY
Meeting Room 5	C (1) – Utilizing Mixed Methods to Evaluate a Teaching American History Project: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Enhance Understanding Daniela Schiazza, Loyola University, IL
Meeting Room 12/13/14	C (2) Teaching American History National Evaluation Beth Yeh, U.S. Department of Education, DC
Meeting Room 10/11	D (1) – Keeping the Dream Alive: Recruitment, Networking and Resources Mia Howerton and James Nosal, U.S. Department of Education, DC
Grand Ballroom South	D (2) – TAH Meetings with Grantees All Program Officers, U.S. Department of Education, DC

End of Day TWO