| Grantee Name: | Albuquerque Public Schools, NM | | Project Name: | Reading, Writing and Researching American History in the Rio Grande Valley | | Project Director: | Martha Fenstermacher | | Funding: | $998,929 | | Number of Teachers Served: | 132-152 | | Number of School Districts Served: | 4 | | Number of Students Served: | 116,746 | | Grade Levels: | 3-12 | | Partners: | University of New Mexico's History Department, the American Institute of History Education, the Albuquerque Historical Society, and the Sandoval County Historical Society, the Center for Performance Assessment, and the City of Albuquerque Special Collections Library | | Topics: | Year 1, Foundations of the American Nation; Year 2, Documents of the Nation; Year 3, American Foundations and Documents in Action | | Methods: | Colloquia, summer seminars, travel study |
While the Southwest setting of the school districts are removed from much of the history that occurred in the East and Midwest, many key threads of traditional American history are reflected in this project's student populations: conflicts between indigenous peoples and colonialism, immigration, and the birth and evolution of a nation seeking freedom and justice for its diverse citizens. In the first year, teachers will study individuals, ideas, and events that influenced establishment of American democracy: the ancient Greeks and Romans, philosophers, medieval Europe, early American thinkers, the scientific revolution, the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Exploration. Year 2 focuses on key documents in the nation's development: antecedent and colonial charters, the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. Thomas Jefferson and civil liberties will be the focus of the book selection. Year 3 deals with the application of founding ideas: Civil Rights, African Americans and slavery, Supreme Court decisions, and periods before and after World War II.
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