Arizona Grantees

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Northern Arizona University - Dr. Wood

Grant Contact: Dr. Linda Sargent Wood – Assistant Professor of History, Northern Arizona University; Project Director, Northern Arizona History Academy TAH Grant
Email: linda.sargent.wood@nau.edu
Website: http://nau.edu

Grant awarded March 9, 2011
This grant builds on the work of previous TPS grants in Arizona and plans to take the study of primary sources to the next level. The main focus is to train teachers and students to employ inquiry into their learning process, so that they may grow in their historical thinking and 21st century skills. This will be accomplished in a variety of methodologies including; methods courses for history majors at NAU, professional development workshops for in-service teachers and integrating TPS into new graduate courses through NAU’s Teaching American History grant.

In July 2011, a 3-day workshop was presented to 24 in-service teachers by Dr. Sargent-Wood and a team of Western Region experts. As one Flagstaff teacher said, “I’m realizing that the inquiry process is not as much about technique as it is about a paradigm shift in the way that we think about learning and teaching.”

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Arizona Geographic Alliance

Grant Contact: Gale Ekiss - Co-coordinator, Arizona Geographic Alliance
Email: gale.ekiss@asu.edu
Website: http://geoalliance.asu.edu/azga_site

Grant awarded November 7, 2008
This grant provided the opportunity for TPS to pilot a new model of dissemination by having the teacher leaders who had been trained during the January 2009 workshops offer TPS presentations during the Alliance Summer Geographic Institute in June and July 2009. This grant was completed as of October 30, 2009 with a total of 117 educators reached and 39 Annotated Resource Sets completed (Sample ARS). Fifty-three teachers, representing 30 school districts, completed at a one-day TPS workshop held on June 26, 2009 in conjunction with the Summer Geography Institute. Fourteen geography teachers included primary sources in their lesson plans which were presented to Alliance Teacher Consultants on July 10, 2009. An additional 52 pre-service teachers were reached through Social Studies methods classes. It is estimated that the potential impact of this one grant was over 7,900 students.

Northern Arizona University - Dr. Collier

Grant Contact: Dr. Brian Collier - Department of History, Northern Arizona University
Email: Brian.S.Collier@gmail.com
Website: http://nau.edu

Grant awarded December 4, 2008
Northern Arizona University (NAU) effectively used the funding from this grant to organize and implement a two-day workshop for social studies and history teachers as well as faculty in northern Arizona, including several Native American communities. Teachers were required to develop active learning lessons using Library of Congress resources and share their lessons on a listserv. This grant was completed during the second quarter of 2009 with a total of 38 educators reached. A six-month follow-up survey showed that teachers were using the LOC website, at least 2-3 more primary sources and 2-3 new teaching methods than before the TPS workshop. Through this grant, teachers of Navajo, Hopi and Hualapai students were reached.

Arizona Department of Education - Inside & Outside Maricopa County

Grant Contact: Carol Warren - Social Studies Specialist, Arizona Department of Education
Email: carol.warren@azed.gov
Website: http://www.azed.gov

Grant awarded November 20, 2008
The funding from these two grants was used to organize and implement a two-day workshop for Arizona district social studies curriculum specialists and state-wide technology project specialists located in and around the Phoenix area. Carol Warren, Arizona Department of Education, worked closely with Elizabeth Hinde at Arizona State University to coordinate these workshops and develop a cadre of trained educators able to disseminate TPS throughout the state. These grants served as a model of a well-coordinated, state-wide effort and led to a sustained TPS impact throughout Arizona.

Grant activity inside Maricopa County was completed as of October 30, 2009 with a total of 322 educators reached through 13 district-level trainings and 2 additional trainings for AP American History teachers. Grant activity outside Maricopa County was also completed as of October 30, 2009 with a total of 119 educators reached through numerous county trainings. Several completed Annotated Resource Sets have been completed and disseminated (Sample ARS).

Arizona State University

Grant Contact: Dr. Elizabeth R. Hinde – The Center for Civic Education and Leadership, College of Teacher Education and Leadership, Arizona State University
Email: Elizabeth.hinde@asu.edu
Website: http://www.asu.edu

Grant awarded November 7, 2008
Arizona State University implemented a TPS workshop for social studies and history methods instructors as part of a coordinated approach to increase the use of historical resources in classrooms across Arizona. Elizabeth Hinde of the Center for Civic Education and Leadership, College of Teacher Education and Leadership at ASU worked closely with a network of other partners to bring a well-coordinated TPS outreach to Arizona. This grant was completed during the second quarter of 2009 with a total of 162 educators reached. Additional outcomes included the integration of TPS into secondary methods class syllabi and the on-going use of a curriculum guide containing primary sources developed by an ASU librarian, Capirotada Curriculum Guide.