California Grantees

Mendocino & San Joaquin County Office of Education

Grant Contact: Dr. Tuyen Tran – Assistant Director, California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP), University of California
Email: tntran@ucdavis.edu
Website: http://csmp.ucop.edu

Grants awarded: February 7, 2012 & August 9, 2012
The Western Regional Center is partnering with TPS-UC Davis to facilitate sub-grants in California and extend the reach of TPS to previously un-served parts of the state. All participants will become a part of the TPS network and will be registered for the CHSSP network. The following grants are part of a pilot project in collaboration with CHSSP and TPS at University of California Davis.

The CHSSP collaborated with the Mendocino Office of Education to provide a Level I workshop for teachers and librarians. Through training teachers in the process of historical investigation, a discipline-specific model of inquiry base learning, all goals of the TPS Level I program were met. The workshop was held on March 29 and April 18, 2012.

Western Region funding allowed the SJCOE to provide discipline-specific training to teachers, librarians, and paraprofessionals from 3 remote eastern counties; Amador, Tuolumne, and Calaveras. These rural counties are comprised of many small school districts and serve over 11,000 students. They are typically only able to offer discipline-specific professional development when they are able to tap into outside funding resources. The workshop was conducted on September 22, 1012 and addressed all seven goals of the TPS Level I program. During the workshop, participants were specifically trained in developing historically relevant investigation questions to frame their lessons. They also provided critical feedback of lesson questions in grade level groups.

Grant Contact: Tom Ikeda - Executive Director
Email: tom.ikeda@densho.org
Website: http://www.densho.org

Grant awarded: June 26, 2012
Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. Densho offers these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all. Through a TPS Western Regional grant, Densho will integrate the rich resources of the Library of Congress with its own digital archives to create professional development for middle and high school teachers. Teachers will engage in historical thinking about the Japanese American WW II experience by analyzing primary sources and discussing how this can inform thinking about current events. In addition to their home base in Seattle (Washington), Densho also plans to offer TPS workshops in Los Angeles (California), Portland (Oregon) and Honolulu (Hawaii).

*Multiple States Served