This county office of education works with 5 other southern California county education offices and partners with National History Day, the Organization of American Historians, University of California-Los Angeles, Colonial Williamsburg, the National Council for History Education, and the California Professional Development Committee. Three cohorts of 32 teachers, each in teams of two representing all the counties involved, will concentrate on 17th and 18th Century U.S. history in Year 1; 19th Century History in Year 2, and 20th Century History in Year 3. They will work with 65 primary source-based teaching units. The teacher fellows will research historical subjects, help train other teachers, and develop classroom lessons.

The project will establish 14 institutes on the theme of American History and the Evolving Constitution and serves 400 teachers in grades 5, 8, and 11. Priority will be given to teachers who teach in under-performing schools. The objectives are to: improve the new teachers' knowledge base and systemic instructional practices; provide teachers with instructional strategies; expose teachers to museums and library resources; and use technology and web-based learning to build a community of learners. The partners include the University of California at Los Angeles, the California State University at Los Angeles, the Henry Huntington Library, the Constitutional Rights Foundation, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.

This Southern California district plans to involve more than 25 high school and middle school instructional staff in an intensive series of professional development programs. Their partner is the Glendale Community College. There will be a heavy involvement with coaches and mentor teaches in order to help the teachers apply the state standards to the classroom and to increase content knowledge and awareness.