This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.

This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.

The Historical Society of Cheshire County's Director of Education, Tom Haynes, will be available to work with any educator between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. who is seeking to use local history in their classroom.

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This session features a talk from History Project favorite Dale Crandall-Bear, historian and instructor at Solano Community College. Three teachers will also demonstrate lessons they have developed.

Roman traditions appear in the history standards for several grades. Teacher-created lessons will provide participants with new angles on teaching Rome and the "classical liberal tradition" referenced by the U.S. history standards. Teachers will demonstrate lessons; University of California, Davis historian Ellen Haritgan O'Connor will speak.

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A new interactive online exhibit from the California Council for the Humanities (CCH)—"We Are California"—will explore the history and stories of those who have immigrated or migrated to California. A new partnership between the Council and the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) will help to bring this exciting resource to the classroom. The topic of these workshops will be "The Era of Great Internal Migrations to California" between World War I and World War II. It will discuss, contrast, and analyze the experiences of Dust Bowl migrants to California, Mexicans, and Mexican Americans.