Secondary Teaching and Learning Project

Redesigned US History curriculum is now online!
You will have to login using the same username and password that you use to login to your computer at school.

The T&L Project in social studies will continue in 2005-2006, but professional development institutes will now be tailored by content area and offered to teachers of that particular content. This year, we will continue with T&L institutes in US History, and will begin the redesign process for Civics and Geography through the work of the design workgroups as outlined in the Denver Strategic Plan.  Please read/download the Denver Strategic Plan at: http://thedenverplan.dpsk12.org/ and refer to pages 14-15 for the social studies timeline (note: there is a typo regarding the middle school social studies. US History will remain at the 8th grade level only). The following are the distinct workgroups we have recruited teachers for:

Social Studies Program Advisory Workgroup – ECE-12
Elementary School – ECE-2 Advisory and Design Workgroup
Elementary School – Grades 3-5 Advisory and Design Workgroup
Middle School Social Studies – Grades 6-7 Advisory and Design Workgroup
Middle School – Grade 8 US History Advisory and Design Workgroup
High School – Civics Advisory and Design Workgroup
High School – Geography Advisory and Design Workgroup
High School – US History Design Workgroup (will refine the pacing and planning guides, current assessments and rubrics based on the feedback we've collected from the field).
 
For more specific plans regarding each of the grade levels and content areas, please check back soon.

• Next US History T&L Institute for high school: Thursday February 23, 2006
  For details, please check back soon.
  
• The 8th Grade US History Redesign project kicked off in June 2005!
  Download the project description and timeline here

• The Redesigned US History curriculum is now online!  You will have to login using the same username and password that you use to login to your computer at school.  
  

Results of US History 1 Curriculum Survey

Overview/Description of Project

The Teaching & Learning Project is the district's first attempt at providing content-based professional development for its teachers.  In the social studies, we will begin with US History.  Many of you have been very actively involved in the many opportunities that have been presented on this web site and elsewhere. Now, the district will be more actively supporting teacher professional development with a concerted and thoughtful initiative.
The institutes will provide teachers with opportunities to network with other district colleagues while being engaged in exciting ideas, units, and free materials for teaching US history.  The institutes will focus on content and instructional strategies aimed at making your course more engaging to students.  The first institute in February focused on the Boston Massacre and the Constitution as a vehicle for discussing and exploring the habits of thinking students need to develop in order to be able to think historically.

Substitutes:  Release time for the institute (one day) will be paid for by the TAH grant (i.e. Curriculum will pay for the subs). When requesting substitutes, please email Linda Brown at linda_y_brown@dpsk12.org, and she will send you the appropriate form with the account number.

*For a complete description of the project, including the rationale and the scope/action plan, please download the Overview/Description of Project.  

Last Updated: January 30, 2006