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Welcome to Teaching American History 
Read about us in the UANews
This website is specifically designed for Arizona middle school teachers by the University of Arizona Department of History. Take a look around! Among the things you will find...
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Resource Materials–websites, lesson plans, images–linked directly to the Arizona State Standards for Social Studies.
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Power points, handouts, and documents sets provided by History department faculty and graduate student interns as part of the American History Seminar Series, the Lead Teacher Professional Learning Sessions, and the American History Summer Institutes.
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Links to additional materials and websites, arranged by topics and concepts
As part of the U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grant awarded to Tucson Unified School District, University of Arizona history faculty and graduate students are working with TUSD middle school teachers to improve teachers’ content knowledge of American History. For more information on the TAH grant, see the TUSD website http://edweb.tusd1.org/ushistory/details.htm
This ongoing, three-year program (2006-2009) will continue to generate materials. So check back to take advantage of the frequent updates!
American History Seminars
Start here to find Resource Materials that were user for
the American History Seminars held for TUSD's Teachers. These materials are linked directly to the Arizona State Standards for Social Studies.
| Date |
Title |
Presenter |
Concepts |
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2-6-07 |
“How to Make Learning About
WWII Fun” |
Sean Duffy |
8th Grade:
S1C8-PO 6 a. & c. |
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2-13-07 |
“Incorporating
Indigenous Perspectives in Your Classroom” |
Katrina Jagodinsky |
7th Grade:
S1C7-PO 8, S3C4-PO 5
8th Grade:
S1C8-PO 4, S3C3-PO 9 |
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2-27-07 |
“Picturing the Great
Depression” |
Genoa Shepley |
7th Grade:
S1C8-PO 1, 2, 3 |
| 10-2-07 |
“Women in Wartime” |
Katrina
Jagodinsky |
7th Grade:
S1C6-PO 3, c. &
d.
8th Grade:
S1C8-PO 4, c. |
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10-16-07 |
"Major
Factors in Immigration and the Ethnic Composition of the United States" |
Salvador Acosta |
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11-13-07 |
“Civil
Rights” |
Sigma Colon |
7th Grade:
S3C2-PO
2
8th Grade:
S1C9-PO
6 d. e.
S3C3-PO 9 a. b. |
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2-19-08 |
"The
Enemy within during World War II: Interns, Prisoners, and Social Outcasts" |
Salvador Acosta |
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3-4-08 |
“Industrialization and the American Landscape” |
Sigma Colon |
7th Grade:
S1C7-PO4,5,6;
S4C4-PO4;
S4C5-PO1,3,4; S5C2-PO3,10
8th Grade:
S1C8-PO3;
S4C4-PO4,7;
S4C5-PO1,2,4; S5C1-PO3,5;
S5C2-PO2
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3-27-08 |
“Communism in the Classroom: What is Communism and Why am
I containing it” |
Katrina Jagodinsky |
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9-24-08 |
"The
American Revolution" |
Katrina Jagodinsky |
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10-22-08 |
"Industrialization
and the American Landscape"(Repeat) |
Sigma Colon |
7th Grade:
S1C7-PO4,5,6;
S4C4-PO4;
S4C5-PO1,3,4; S5C2-PO3,10
8th Grade:
S1C8-PO3;
S4C4-PO4,7;
S4C5-PO1,2,4;
S5C1-PO3,5;
S5C2-PO2
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10-29-08 |
"WWII" |
Neil Prendergast |
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1-28-09 |
“Communism in the Classroom: What is Communism and Why am
I containing it”(Repeat) |
Katrina Jagodinsky |
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2-28-09 |
"U.S. In a Global Age" |
Sigma Colon |
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3-31-09 |
"From
Nixon to Obama" |
Neil Prendergast |
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Time Line with links to resources and lesson plans
| Concepts |
Topic |
Dates |
8.S1.C4 |
Revolution and New Nation
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1700s-1820 |
7.S1.C6
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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includes Pre-Civil War ) |
1850-1877 |
7.S1.C7
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Emergence of Modern U.S.
(includes Imperialism, Spanish-American War, Industrialization, WWI and Immigration) |
1875-1929 |
7.S1.C8
8.S1.C8 |
Great Depression and WWII
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1929-1945 |
8.S1.C9 |
Post War U.S.
(includes Civil Rights, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War, Cuban Missle Crisis and McCarthyism)
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1954-1970 |
7.S1.C10
8.S1.C10 |
Contemporary U.S.
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1970+ |
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