HIST681  - Special Topic: Teaching New American History

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This course prepares teachers to offer a professional development workshop based on the principles of Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS), a program developed by the National Council for the Social Studies. Teachers will learn the three criteria of PASS and how these are applied to standards for developing curriculum, creating assessments, and providing effective instruction. Using content from “new” American history that reflects a change in perspective or interpretation, teachers will learn how to critique and create their own curriculum units, assessment tasks, and instructional video-recordings. Teachers will consider a variety of factors in providing PASS workshops to others.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 07/22/12 Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session
01/30/12 - 06/24/12 07/02/12 - 10/21/12 Summer 2012 Session A - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: PASS: Powerful and Authentic Social Studies – A Professional Development Program for Teachers General Manual. This may only be ordered from NCSS.To Order Contact: Msimpson@ncss.org (Put “ PASS manual for APUS HIST681” in the subject line)
ISBN: PASS Manual Note
Publication Info: N/A
Author: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Unit Cost: N/A

Book Title: New American History, Revised and Expanded
ISBN: 1566395526
Publication Info: Temple University Press
Author: Foner, Eric (Ed.)
Unit Cost: $30.95

 
 
 

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