Welcome to Adapting Project HISTORY

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A project of a consortium of school districts Led by the Utica City School District and…

the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and…

Fort Stanwix The Erie Canal Museum

The Oneida County Historical Society The Oneida Community Mansion House

Adapting Project HISTORY Director: Jamie Hanretty Principal Investigators (SU) Jim Carroll, Ph.D. Asst PI/Technology Spec Joe Montecalvo

Jim Carroll, Ph.D. H. S. American history teacher: 1967—1979 Created Project LEGAL, 1976: Consortium of CNY Districts

Project LEGAL Overview

Project LEGAL New York State validation in 1979; relocated from Westhill to OCM-BOCES

Project LEGAL USDE validation in 1982, 1992 & 1996; Relocated from BOCES to SU in 1983

Project LEGAL Has been implemented in thirty four states Hungary, Croatia, and the US Virgin Islands

Since 1983, adoption schools in over 1500 school districts, including all of the Project HISTORY districts Project LEGAL

Joe Montecalvo, Asst. Director In 1993, Jim hired Joe as a one-year grad assistant ; Joe learns HTML and LEGAL strategies are revised for the Internet under $7M+ Project TIPS grant for Bronx.

Project LEGAL: 1996—2010 Multi-Million $ Grants in… gifted education (Harlem) technology (Bronx) character education (Harlem & Yonkers) civics (Yonkers) all of which use LEGAL’s Internet applications to develop WebQuests and PowerPoints, leading to Adapting Project HISTORY

Our Philosophy Before we do an overview of… Adapting Project HISTORY Let’s review the underlying philosophy of all of our projects

Adapting Project HISTORY Historians’ In-service Standards Technology integration Outside Resources Yearly

Historians’ In-service Seminars/workshops conducted by: J. Carroll J. Montecalvo Maxwell & Lemoyne American History Faculty

Historians’ In-service Maxwell & Lemoyne American History Faculty* Ralph Ketcham: The Founding Period Roger Sharp: The Age of Jackson Doug Egerton: Slavery & the aftermath of the Civil War Margaret Thompson: Religion in U.S. History Andrew Cohen: Industrialization & Rise of Labor John Briggs: Immigration in the 20 th Century David Bennett: Military History in the 20 th Century *depending on availability

Standards Align curriculum to NYS learning standards

T echnology Integration Teachers create & integrate WebQuests & PowerPoints and…

T echnology Integration …integrate our unique Internet applications: The Public Policy Analyst The American History Public Policy Analyst CompuLEGAL

Public Policy Analyst (PPA) Define the Problem Gather Evidence Identify Causes Evaluate an Existing Policy Develop Solutions Select the Best Solution

Our CompuLEGAL Application Interactive case method on-line with over 60 land- mark cases.

O utside R esources Y early Fort Stanwix Oneida County Historical Society Erie Canal Museum Oneida Community Mansion House

The CNY Consortium Districts Utica (Lead District) Holland Patent, Mt. Markham, Oriskany, Rome, Westmoreland, Whitesboro, et.al.

A Five Year Project HISTORY is an in-depth project with 2 cadres of 25 teachers, each for 30 months Substantive content will be arranged chronologically over two 30-month periods, starting with the colonial period and the founding in year 1 and ending with recent American history

Annual Teacher Requirements Attend Seminars & Museum Presentations (4 release days, several afterschool workshops) Pre-Post Testing of Teachers & Students Participants develop a WebQuest (online lesson plan) and a PowerPoint lesson, use them with students, and present results at final workshop

50 Teacher Participants 25 in each cadre (1) 7/1/10—1/31/13; (2) 2/1/13—6/30/15

Cadre 1: 25 Teachers Week of August 23, 2010: 12 hours (W—F) 4 Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan, Mar, May 4-5 after school or half day Sat. during school year Year 2: (2011—2012) repeats Year 1 schedule, with new topics and presenters Year 3: No Aug 2013 sessions; Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan; 4 after school or half day Sat. workshops (tech assistance through June 2015)

Teacher Benefits Visits to museums and historical sites Seminars on American history topics presented by distinguished faculty members from SU & Lemoyne Training on developing WebQuest and PowerPoint lessons using the AHPPA Access to helpful teaching and research resources on the Adapting Project HISTORY website Annual trips to historic Northeast cities (Boston, DC, Phil.) 3, free graduate credits from Lemoyne College (year 3)

In Closing

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