Teaching American History

Grant Funding by the U.S. Department of Education

TIMELINE

Date Strategies and Activities Person(s) Responsible
Tuesday 11/4/03 Meet with area superintendents;
Candidates for Master Teachers
submitted to selection committee
Project Director;
Consortia Administrators
Friday 11/7/03 Master Teachers selected and informed Project Director;
Selection Committee
Friday 11/14/03 History Mentors from each district selected and informed Project Director
Thursday 11/20/03 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
December, 2003 Master Teachers will apply for admission to SRSU and pre-register Project Director;
Master Teachers
Thursday 12/18/03 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Thursday 1/15/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Saturday 1/17/04 SRSU Orientation;
Teacher Knowledge Pre-Test;
Alpine Public Library Orientation
Project Director; Area Participant Teachers;
SRSU Liaison;
Verna Bonner, Dir. APL
Saturday 1/24/04 Registration for SRSU Spring Semester;
First Class Meeting (20 minutes);
History Seminar: Larry Francell, Director of Museum of the Big Bend; "Using Museums to Enrich Teaching of American History"
Judith Parsons;
Larry Francell;
Master Teachers
Saturday/Sunday
1/31/04-2/1/04
SRSU Class Meeting Judith Parsons;
Master Teachers
Saturday 2/14/04 History Seminar: Melleta Bell, Archivist with Archives of the Big Bend; "Using Archives to Enrich Teaching of American History" SRSU Library Orientation Melleta Bell;
SRSU Library Staff;
Area Participant Teachers

Thursday 2/19/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Saturday/Sunday
2/21/04-2/22/04
SRSU Class Meeting Judith Parsons;
Master Teachers
Thursday 3/18/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Saturday 3/20/04 Technology Workshop: Powerpoint EBigBend;
Area Participant Teachers
Saturday/Sunday
3/27/04-3/28/04
SRSU Class Meeting Judith Parsons;
Master Teachers
Saturday 4/3/04 History Seminar: Dr. Mark Saka, SRSU 
Professor of History; "Mexican-American 
Studies"
Mark Saka;
Area Participant Teachers
Thursday 4/15/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Saturday/Sunday
4/24/04-4/25/04
SRSU Class Meeting
(Last Class Meeting for Spring Semester)
Judith Parsons;
Master Teachers
Saturday 5/8/04 History Seminar: Judith Parsons, SRSU
Assoc. Prof. of History; "Women in the West"
Judith Parsons;
Area Participant Teachers
Thursday 5/20/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
May, 2004 Data analysis of student achievement by TAKS objectives Project Director
Saturday 6/5/04 Registration for Summer I Session;
First Class Meeting (20 minutes);
History Seminar: Dr. Wayne Sheehan, SRSU Chair-Dept. of History; Topic-TBA
Wayne Sheehan;
Master Teachers
Thursday 6/17/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Saturday 7/10/04 Registration for Summer II Session;
First Class Meeting (20 minutes)
History Seminar: Dr. Mark Saka, SRSU Professor of History; "Modern Middle East"               
Mark Saka;
Master Teachers
Thursday 7/15/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
August, 2004 Technology Workshop: Topic TBA EBigBend; Area Participant Teachers
Thursday 8/19/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
Saturday 8/21/04 Teacher Content Knowledge Post-Test Project Director; SRSU Liaison; Area Participant Teachers
Fall Semester, 2004 3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor; 
Master Teachers
September, 2004 Teacher Content Knowledge Pre-Test Project Director;
SRSU Liaison;
Area Participant Teachers
September, 2004 History Seminar: Larry Francell, Director of Museum of the Big Bend; "Living History"; Fort Davis National Historic Site Larry Francell;
Area Participant Teachers
Thursday 9/16/04 Community Movie Night-History Series Alpine Public Library
10/1/04-9/30/05 8 History Seminars Provided by SRSU;
4 Technology Workshops Provided by EBigBend
SRSU Faculty and Staff 
EBigBend Staff
Area Participant Teachers
Spring Semester, 2005 3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
4/1/05-4/2/05 West Texas Historical Association Conference SRSU History Department
Area Participant Teachers
May, 2005 Data analysis of student achievement by 
TAKS objectives
Program Director
Summer Session I,
2005
3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
Summer Session II,
2005
3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
August, 2005 Teacher Content Knowledge Post-Test Projector Director;
SRSU Liaison;
Area Participant Teachers
10/1/05-9/30/06 8 History Seminars Provided by SRSU;
4 Technology Workshops Provided by EBigBend
SRSU Faculty and Staff;
EBigBend Staff;
Area Participant Teachers
Fall Semester, 2005 3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
September, 2005 Teacher Content Knowledge Pre-Test Projector Director;
SRSU Liaison;
Area Participant Teachers
Spring Semester, 2006 3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
April, 2006 Historical Conference SRSU History Department
AREA Participant Teachers
May, 2006 Data analysis of student achievement by TAKS objectives Project Director
Summer Session I,
2006
3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
Summer Session II,
2006
3 Hour Graduate Class at SRSU SRSU Professor;
Master Teachers
August, 2006 Graduation of Master Teachers;
Teacher Content Knowledge Post-Test
Project Director;
SRSU Liaison;
Master Teachers;
Area Participant Teachers
 
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