Teaching American History Grant Program
for the
Danvers, Dracut, Haverhill, Lowell, North Reading,
Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, & Wilmington Public Schools

The Teaching American History grant program supports projects to improve teachers' appreciation for and knowledge of traditional American history through intensive, on-going professional development.  The History Connected grant will be used to improve the quality of history instruction by supporting professional development for middle and high school teachers of American history.  As part of the History Connected project, the Reading Public Schools will work in partnership with the Department of History at Boston College, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell Graduate School of Education, the Tsongas Center for Industrial History, and Primary Source, a nonprofit history professional development organization based in Watertown.

History Connected draws connections across time and place to the enduring themes and issues of American history.  Global connections between the United States and the world are an important feature of the program.  So too are connections between ideas, individuals, documents and events as they developed on the local, national, and international levels.  Over the course of three years, program participants will explore the connections that have shaped American history through three themes.

Yearly Themes:
Year One:  Equality, Citizenship, and the Law
Year Two:  War and Society:  The Civil War to Vietnam
Year Three:  American Encounters:  The Movement of People and Ideas

This grant is made possible by the United States Department of Education
Award #: U215X090089