Teaching American History Grant
The program is designed to raise student achievement by
improving teachers’ knowledge and understanding of and
appreciation for traditional U.S. history. Grant awards will
assist LEAs, in partnership with entities that have content
expertise, to develop, document, evaluate, and disseminate
innovative and cohesive models of professional development. By
helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and
appreciation of U.S. history as a separate subject matter within
the core curriculum, these programs will improve instruction and
raise student achievement.
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The Teaching American History Grant program is a discretionary grant
program funded under Title II-C, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act. The goal of the program is to support programs
that raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge,
understanding, and appreciation of American history.
The program supports competitive grants to local educational agencies.
The purpose of these grants is to promote the teaching of traditional
American history in elementary and secondary schools as a separate
academic subject. Grants are used to improve the quality of history
instruction by supporting professional development for teachers of
American history. In order to receive a grant, a local educational
agency must agree to carry out the proposed activities in partnership
with one or more of the following: institutions of higher education,
nonprofit history or humanities organizations, libraries, or museums.
The Teaching American History Grant program will support programs to
raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge,
understanding, and appreciation of American history.
Grant awards will assist local educational agencies (LEAs), in
partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise, to
design, implement, and demonstrate effective, research-based
professional development programs.
By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation
of American history as a separate subject matter within the core
curriculum, funded programs will improve instruction and raise student
achievement.
The goal of this program is to demonstrate how school districts and
institutions with expertise in American history can collaborate over a
three-year period to ensure that teachers develop the knowledge and
skills necessary to teach traditional American history in an exciting
and engaging way.
Through these projects, districts will demonstrate comprehensive
professional development approaches for providing high-quality American
history instruction. Students will develop an appreciation for the great
ideas of American history.
You may read the
Wichita Public School's Teaching American History
grant proposal
if you like. |
