History, First Hand
This southern Manhattan school district will provide intensive professional development to 120 third through eighth grade teachers and an annual professional development conference for 600 other teachers. Its partners are Bank Street College, City Lore, and the Gotham Center for New York City History. The program includes four semester courses, a student-teacher history conference, a mentorship program for history teachers who develop into mentors themselves, a 4-day history-technology course, a conference for 600 teachers, and a teacher-friendly publication with teacher-generated project ideas, lesson plans, and curriculum models.
