Table I: The Presentations and Activities of HISTORY’s Partners (and the NAEP Periods Covered): Two cadres, 30 Teachers per Cadre:

Cadre 1 (Aug 2009—through Jan 2012); Cadre 2: (Feb 2012—Jun 2014)

Yr1: NAEP Periods	Partners	Presentations & Sample Activities
Beginning - 1607 Colonization, Settlement, and Communities 1607-1763 Aug. 2009 (6 hrs)	SU Maxwell School Carroll & Montecalvo Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois Museum	Carroll and Montecalvo introduce HISTORY and the IAH and OCH Internet applications; These websites are arranged chronologically and aligned with both the national and state learning standards in American history; teachers use IAH to analyze colonial issues and evaluate turning points in colonial America Trip to Sainte Marie among the Iroquois, a re-creation of the French Mission that once stood on the shores of Onondaga Lake from 1656-1658. Teachers learn about the 17th century culture of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), the French and their meetings there
The Revolution & the New Nation (1763-1815) Aug.-Sept.2009 (15 hrs) Oct (3 after-school hrs)	SU Maxwell School Ralph Ketcham ( 2 sessions) Carroll/Montecalvo Ketcham and Carroll Historian: Ralph Ketcham (2 sessions) Historian: James Roger Sharp	Ketcham discusses dissatisfaction under British Rule, background to the Revolution, the Revolutionary War, the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the need for a Constitution, the debates in Philadelphia in creating the Constitution, and the subsequent Ratification Debates period. Teachers use IAH to analyze issues and evaluate turning points during the Revolution & Founding Carroll and Ketcham do an interactive role-play (period costumes) of the Ratification Debates between George Clinton (anti-federalist) and Alexander Hamilton (federalist) Ketcham discusses how the words and deeds of Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison shaped our nation’s future. Professor Ketcham will give a presentation based on his book, Presidents Above Party: The First American Presidency, 1789-1829. Followed by a discussion session with teacher/participants on readings related to the Early Republic. Sharp examines the Election of 1800 and Jefferson; the Age of Jackson and Jacksonian Democracy; the formation of the National Bank and the Panic of 1837 and the rise of the Supreme Court.
Expansion & Reform (1801-1861) Nov 2009 .-Jan 2010 (12 hours) Dec.-Apr. (9 after-school hrs)	Erie Canal Museum SU Maxwell School Historian J. Roger Sharp Carroll and Montecalvo	Fieldtrip: A presentation, tour and exhibition held at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY by museum docents. Teachers view a short video presentation, original maps and documents, photographs, and equipment related to the early to mid- nineteenth historical period. Sharp will next discusses the Age of Jackson. More specifically he will examine the pivotal Election of 1800, the advent of Jacksonian Democracy, the Erie Canal, the Panic of 1837 and the rise of the Supreme Court Afterschool workshops will be conducted by Carroll and Montecalvo to assist teachers in creating WebQuests using the IAH. These on-line lesson plans will center on an American history topic. These WebQuests will use primary source materials available on-line so that students can better answer document-based questions (DBQs) on mandated state Regents tests.

Yr2: NAEP Periods	Partners	Presentations & Sample Activities
Crisis and the Union: Civil War & Reconstruction (1850-1877) Aug.:2010 (15 hrs)	Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center SU Maxwell School Historian: Bill Wiecek ( 2 sessions) Carroll and Montecalvo	Trip to the Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center for presentations on their permanent interactive, multi-media exhibit on the Underground Railroad; their collection is part of New York’s Excelsior archive and manuscript system Wiecek examines in detail the background leading up to the Civil War and landmark Supreme Court cases on the topic of the anti-slavery (Dred Scott) ; Wiecek’s second session will focus on the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction, the issue of equal justice under the law as codified in the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments which were passed in the aftermath of the Civil War, segregation and equal protection, concluding with Plessy v. Ferguson Carroll & Montecalvo will introduce teachers on how to use the OCH to do research on Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson and other cases in Wiecek’s presentations; then, they will incorporate the OCH into their WebQuests
The Development of Modern America (1865-1920) Sept.-Jan. (18 hours) Oct.-Jan 2011 (9 after-school hrs)	SU Maxwell School Historian: Andrew Cohen Carroll and Montecalvo Historian Margaret Thompson Historian John Briggs Briggs (cont.) Everson Museum Carroll & Montecalvo	Cohen will discuss the Industrial Revolution and the economic turning points events such as the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the rise of unions, while also looking at the causes and results of the Great Depression. Carroll and Montecalvo will mentor teachers who wish to use the IAH to further analyze the turning point events contained in Cohen’s presentation, and assist them with WebQuest development Thompson presents the role of religion in U.S. history from the period of the Great Awakening, through the anti-slavery movement, and the Twentieth Century. Dr. Thompson will also spend time on the woman’s suffrage movement culminating in the 19^th Amendment. Briggs examines the different waves of 20^th Century immigrants and their contributions, as well as the adverse reactions by the Know Nothings, the Nativist Party and the Ku Klux Klan. The Everson Museum of Art has an extensive collection of historical portraits of leading individuals in 19^th Century American history. Afterschool sessions will include Carroll and Montecalvo showing teachers how to create and implement interactive PowerPoint lesson plans that can be integrated into teachers’ American history classes which make use of on-line resources and landmark events in American history using the OCH.
Modern America and the World Wars (1914-1945) Mar.-May (12 hrs) Apr.-Jun. (6 after-school hrs)	SU Maxwell School Historian Andrew Cohen Historian David Bennett (2 sessions)	Professor Cohen will discuss the factors leading up to America entering World War I, the period of American involvement in World War I as well as the post-war period. Professor David Bennett has published articles on the United States during period between the two World Wars, and discusses some of the highlights of this research. Professor Bennett teaches a course at Syracuse University on American involvement in World War II as well what was happening on the home-front.

Yr3: NAEP Periods	Partners	Sample Activities
Contemporary America (1945-present) Sept.-Jan. (18 hrs) Oct.-Jan. (15 after-school hrs)	SU Maxwell School Historian David Bennett Historian Elizabeth Lasch-Quinn Everson Museum Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center Carroll and Montecalvo	This lecture/presentation will be on post-war issues in American history such as the emergence of the U.S. as a world power. Professor Lasch-Quinn specializes in Twentieth Century American history with an emphasis on cultural and intellectual history. She also has written on the role of race in post-war America and the Civil Rights movement. The Everson Museum of Art has a strong holding of images from the post-World War II era which offers particular insight into that time. The final presentation will be on cultural history of the United States and the challenges facing the country. An opportunity for te4achers to showcase their in-depth WebQuests among their colleagues, and a final evaluation of the 30-month project by the teachers that will yield excellent formative data to make changes for Cadre 2 which begins during February break week of 2012
Prior to the start of each year, the directors will meet with the Maxwell historians to develop and update a list of required readings related to each faculty member’s particular presentation. During the February break of 2012, Cadre 2 will begin a very similar agenda, with some possible changes based on feedback from Cadre 1 assessments