History Programs Overview

History Grant Contact:

Matt Karlsen
Teaching American History Grants Coordinator
tel (360) 750 7505
matt.karlsen@esd112.org

In order for students to succeed to their highest potential, they need exceptionally well prepared teachers. The History Programs service of ESD 112 aims to develop the capacity of teachers by deepening their content knowledge and strengthening best practice strategies. This work benefits the 200 schools in six counties serviced by ESD 112. Since 2002, ESD112 has been awarded three Teaching American History Grants by the Department of Education. Causes of Conflict: Digging Deep to Understand American History is our current TAH project.

Causes of Conflict

Causes of Conflict

Awarded in 2008, Causes of Conflict: Digging Deep to Understand American History leads teachers' examination of three critical conflicts in US history: The Civil Rights Movement, the Civil War, and the Revolution. In studying each of these three episodes, participants attend Seminars with Scholars examining the legal, economic, and social histories of the conflicts; History on Location Expeditions, studying the conflict in nationally and locally significant historic sites; and the Reading History Workshop Series, focusing on the literacy skills demanded in the teaching and learning of History and the Washington CBAs.

Program Partners:

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The Center for Columbia River History

Upcoming Programs

Understanding the American Revolution

Benjamin Franklin, The Colonies Reduced. Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register. 1765
Benjamin Franklin, The Colonies Reduced. Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register. 1765

The Causes of Conflict 2010 Summer Institute, Why Declare Independence?, will be held August 2-6 at Educational Service District 112 in Vancouver, Washington.  The program will lead teachers to a deeper understanding of the legal, political, social, and economic causes of the American Revolution and guide them to successful teaching and learning of that period and historical thinking generally. 

In that work, we're thrilled to be joined by the following scholars:

Spencer Crew, George Mason University

Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School

Jenny Wahl, Carleton College

Rich Christen & Peter Thacker, University of Portland

The program is available to teachers at no charge, but seating is limited and advanced registration is required.  If you'd like to attend, email matt.karlsen@esd112.org

 

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Summer Institute 2010 Archives: Perceptions of “The Other” in Early American History

How did early colonists’ world view lead them to see Native Americans?  How did this perception impact relations between groups? Spencer Crew (George Mason University) explored these questions in a session led August 4 at Educational Service District 112 in … Continue reading - Aug 16, 2010

Summer Institute 2010 Archives: Who lived in the colonies?

Who were the colonists?  What were they running to – and from?  How does a study of their lives and histories help us understand The Revolution? Spencer Crew (George Mason University) considered these questions in this talk, delivered August 3, … Continue reading - Aug 16, 2010

Summer Institute 2010 Archives: All men are created equal?

When Thomas Jefferson and the other committee members wrote, “All men are created equal,” what did they mean?  What was unleashed through this declaration? Spencer Crew (George Mason University) answers these questions in this talk, presented August 6, 2010, at … Continue reading - Aug 16, 2010

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