Welcome to

Project HISTORY

A Project of the Central New York Consortium of School Districts Led by the North Syracuse Central School

District and…

The Syracuse University

Maxwell School of

Citizenship

and Public

Affairs

and…

St. Marie among

the Iroquois

Museum

and

The Erie

Canal

Museum

The Onondaga

Historical

Association

and

The Everson

Museum

Project HISTORYDirector: Dr. David Morton

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

Project LEGAL

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

Joe Montecalvo, Asst DirectorIn 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—2009 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

Project HISTORY

Our Philosophy Before we do an overview of…

Project HISTORY

Let’s review the underlying philosophy of all of our projects

Project HISTORY• Historians’

• In-service

• Standards

• Technology integration

• Outside

• Resources

• Yearly

Historians’ In-service

Seminars/workshops conducted by:

• J. Carroll

• J. Montecalvo

• Maxwell American History Faculty

Historians’ In-serviceMaxwell American History Faculty*

Ralph Ketcham: The Founding Period Roger Sharp: The Age of JacksonBruce Wicek: Aftermath of the Civil War Margaret Thompson: Religion in U.S. HistoryAndrew Cohen: Industrialization & Rise of Labor

John Briggs: Immigration in the 20th CenturyDavid Bennett: Military History in the 20th Century

*depending on availability

Standards

Align curriculum to NYS learning standards

Technology Integration

Teachers create & integrate WebQuests & PowerPoints and…

Technology Integration

…integrate our unique Internet applications:

The Public Policy Analyst

The American History Public Policy Analyst

CompuLEGAL

Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle

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.

Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle• Volunteer Lawyers

answer questions on-line

Outside Resources Yearly

• St. Marie Among the Iroquois

• Onondaga Historical Assoc.

• Erie Canal Museum• Everson Museum

The CNY Consortium Districts• North Syracuse (Lead)

Liverpool Oswego Fulton

Utica Oneida

Clinton Cortland Solvay Syracuse

Jamesville—Dewitt Fabius—Pompey

Syracuse Diocese Auburn Central Square

Chittenango East Syracuse Minoa So Cayuga

Port Byron Fayetteville—Manlius

A Five Year Project• HISTORY is an in-depth project with 2

cadres of 30 teachers, each for 30 months

• Substantive content will be arranged chronologically over 2—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

• 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

60 Teacher Participants 30 in each cadre

(1) 7/1/09—1/31/12;(2) 2/1/12—6/30/14

In each cadre, a district has

1 grade 5 teacher,

1 grade 7 or 8 teacher, and

1 grade 11 teacher

Cadre 1: 30 Teachers: 3 per district (ideally)

Week of August 24, 2009: 15 hours (M—F)

5 Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan, Mar, May

5 after school or half day Sat. during school year

Year 2: (2010—2011) repeats Year 1 schedule, with new topics and presenters

Year 3: No Aug 2012 sessions; Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan; 4 after school or half day Sat. workshops (tech assistance through June 2013)

Cadre 2: 30 Teachers: 3 per district (ideally)

Release Day: Jan. 2013

Week of Feb Break, 2013: 15 hours (M—F or W—F)

5 Release Days: Mar, May

5 after school or half day Sat. during school year

5 Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan, Mar, May

2013—2014) repeats Year 1, cadre 1 schedule, with new topics and presenters

Year 3: No Aug 2012 sessions; Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan (tech assistance through June 2013)

60 Teacher Participants 30 in each cadre

(1) 7/1/09—1/31/12;(2) 2/1/12—6/30/14

In each cadre, a district has

1 grade 5 teacher,

1 grade 7 or 8 teacher, and

1 grade 11 teacher

In Closing

Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing

Forward!!!