The first TAH full-day seminar of the 2010 grant year will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (http://www.bos.frb.org/education/index.htm) on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

With an eye on U.S. history, the bank’s Director of Economic Education, Scott Guild, and his staff will facilitate a day of economic thinking and reasoning, specifically designed for TAH’s K–12 educators. Teachers will be treated to an extraordinary resource facility. Simulations, content-rich presentations, and grade-level breakout sessions are among the day’s features.

TAH will provide transportation from Hudson High School.

Mandatory for participants in the Windows summer institutes, this session will introduce teachers to TAH staff and scholars. Teachers will learn about course schedules and expectations. Readings will be distributed and explained.

What is the Story with United States Government and Economics?

The first summer institute, held at Hudson High School from July 6 – 10, 2010, is designed to enrich instruction in American history by examining eras of major economic change in our nation’s history. Scholars will guide teachers through the roles of local, state, and federal government in creating and adjusting to shifts in the economic landscape. Teachers will gain a deeper understanding of major economic events and trends by developing the economic vocabulary and reasoning skills necessary for instructing U.S. history. Teachers will understand how historical events are the outcomes of economic choices people and institutions make every day. Prominent scholars will weave the economic thread through a cross-section of historical events.

This institute will engage teachers in the scholarship surrounding these topics:

• Early Colonies and Mercantilism
• The Constitution and Economic Development; the Growth of Political Parties
• The Civil War: National Development and the Economy
• The Great Depression and the New Deal
• Post-War Consumerism

Instruction in the classroom application of the institute’s content will address the needs of teachers in grades K-12.

NOTE: To receive stipends, professional development graduate credits, and PDPs, participants are required to attend the mandatory Summer Institutes Orientation on Thursday afternoon, April 29, 2010.

Scheduled scholars and presenters include:
           Emerson Woods Baker II, Ph.D., Professor of History,
               Salem State College
          Dane A Morrison, Ph.D., Professor of History,
               Salem State College
          Edward T. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,
               Holy Cross College
          Andrew T. Darien, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History,
               Salem State College
          Steven Corey, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Urban Studies
               Worcester State College
          Brad E. Austin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History,
               Salem State College, NCHE Institute Coordinator
          Kevin O'Reilly, 6-12 Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator
               Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Hamilton, MA
          Tom Daccord, Education Technology Expert
               Chestnut Hill, MA

The second summer institute, held at Hudson High School from July 12 – 16, 2010, is designed to enrich instruction in American history by examining the complex relationship between labor and management throughout our nation’s history. Scholars will guide teachers through the evolving and increasing role of state and federal government in negotiating class conflict. Events will be placed in both local and international contexts in an effort to understand how economic forces – near and far – affect the lives of and decisions made by laborers, managers, and government. Teachers will gain a deeper understanding of these events and trends by developing the economic vocabulary and reasoning skills necessary for instructing U.S. history. Teachers will understand how historical events are the outcomes of economic choices people and institutions make every day. Prominent scholars will weave the economic thread through a cross-section of historical events.

This institute will engage teachers in the scholarship surrounding these topics:

• Maritime Labor and Trading; the Labor of the Seas
• Farm to Factory
• Industrialization and the Progressive Era
• Reaganomics and the New Right
• De-industrialization, Free Trade, and Globalization

Instruction in the classroom application of the institute’s content will address the needs of teachers in grades K-12.

NOTE: To receive stipends, professional development graduate credits, and PDPs, participants are required to attend the mandatory Summer Institutes Orientation on Thursday afternoon, April 29, 2010.

Scheduled scholars and presenters include:
          Matthew McKenzie, Ph.D., Assistant and American Studies Coordinator
               University of Connecticut
          Emerson Woods Baker II, Ph.D., Professor of History,
               Salem State College
          Edward T. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,
               Holy Cross College
          Avi Chomsky, Ph.D., Professor of History,
               Salem State College
          Andrew T. Darien, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History,
               Salem State College
          Kevin O'Reilly, 6-12 Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator
               Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Hamilton, MA