“The qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. They are the result of habit and long training.”

Thomas Jefferson, 1824.

Major funding provided by: Teaching American History grants, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, Auburn University, Indiana University

Major funding provided by: Teaching American History grants, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, Auburn University, Indiana University

Plowing Freedom’s Ground Spring RetreatApril 9, 2010

HISTORY DOESN’T MATTER

• 5 % rate Washington in top 5 presidents

• More people can name the 3 Stooges than the 3 branches of government

• 91% do not know that Brown v. Bd. declared separate but equal unconstitutional

• 66% believe “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” is part of the Constitution

The PIH Mission: Making History Matter

To refocus the study of history to promote informed democratic citizenship

Making History Matter

History is a tool that helps students reason together about the challenges of democratic living

Promoting Civic Competence

The PIH Network: Who we are

A Community of School and University Teachers

A Support Network Helping Each Other Re-Imagine What Teaching

History and Citizenship Can Be

The PIH Network Classroom-based Curriculum Development

Hands-on History and Social Studies

A Framework for Planning and Implementing Teaching

Technology as a Facilitator

Classroom-tested Strategies and Materials

The PIH Network Staff Tom Brush Kathryn Braund David Carter Jay Howell Jada Kohlmeier Lamont Maddox Theresa McCormick Angela Parsons John Saye David Shannon

Overview of Year One

2010 Spring Retreat

PIH Summer Seminar: July 6-9 Historian Sessions

• Civil Rights and Social Movements: 1940-1980• Expansion and Reform: 1801-1861

PIH Curriculum Experience Sessions

PIH Lesson Study Workshop: July 19-23

Academic Year Lesson Study: 2010-11

Overview of Day PIH Seminar Introduction

Project Evaluation-Part 1 Planning History Instruction

Historian Sessions Civil Rights: Mississippi 1963-64 Expansion and Reform: Summer Preview

PIH Powerful Learning Strategy Historical Think-Aloud: 1964 Democratic Convention

Project Evaluation: Planning a Unit

Making History Matter:

PIH Organizing Principles

Big ideas make history matter

Persistent Issue Representative Topics Topic-Specific Issue

When are citizens justified in resisting governmental authority?

American Revolution

English Civil War

Palestinian Intifada

Revolution: Were the colonists justified in revolting from Great Britain?

What is the best way to distribute a society’s resources?

New DealChinese Revolution of 1949 Gilded Age/Robber Barons

New Deal: Were New Deal policies the most appropriate solution to the economic crisis caused by the Great Depression?

When are nations justified in intervening in the affairs of other countries?

Crusades

Cold War

Age of Exploration

Exploration: Should we celebrate or mourn the arrival of Europeans in the Americas?

The study of history is organized around fundamental, recurring societal questions.

Students need to experience historical thinking first-hand

Teachers engage students in work with real historical artifacts

Technology tools facilitate thinking

Technology provides more realistic encounters with history and tools for supporting student thinking.

History becomes a tool for making sense of the world

Students can make informed, evidence-based judgments about historical and present-day issues

Problem-Based Historical Inquiry (PBHI)

Focus on Reasoning about Ethical Issues

Issue: When are citizens justified in resisting governmental authority?

Unit Question: What actions were civil rights activists justified in using to achieve social justice in the 1960s?

PIH Learning Strategy: Historical

Think-Aloud

Historical Perspective TakingThe Think-Aloud Strategy

Goal: Support deep thinking about complex historical issues.

• Perceive the issue as someone in a particular historical moment might

• Consider conflicting perspectives about the best solution to a historical dilemma

Perspective TakingThe Think-Aloud Strategy

Topic: The Civil Rights Movement

Central Question: What actions were civil rights activists justified in using to achieve social justice in the 1960s?

Think-Aloud: Should the Credentials Committee seat the MississippiFreedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic Convention?

Perspective TakingThe Think-Aloud Strategy

Expert Groups

LBJ Patterson Hamer FormanAngela Brandon Brandi SheliaAmanda Sabrina Gertha ChrisSherry Renee Jean LindseyMark Scharlotte Deena BethKelvin Bentley Julie Mitchell Shawn

Perspective TakingThe Think-Aloud Strategy

Decision-making Groups

Where do we go from here? Using Technology to Collaborate

PFG Web Portal PIH Website Using Skype

Teacher Texts & Resources