American Social History Productions Incorporated
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Program 1
WHO BUILT AMERICA? AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE BASED ON OUR GROUNDBREAKING TWO VOLUME HISTORY TEXTBOOK WHO BUILT AMERICA? WORKING PEOPLE AND THE NATION'S HISTORY IN COMBINATION WITH OUR AWARD-WINNING HISTORY TEACHING WEBSITE HISTORY MATTERS: THE U.S. SURVEY COURSE ON THE WEB. THE OER WILL OFFER INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS A WHOLLY FREE, MULTI-LAYERED, AND CUSTOMIZABLE RESOURCE FOR U.S. HISTORY CLASSROOMS.CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE OMISSION US: DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIES OF AWARD-WINNING, FREE, ONLINE HISTORY GAMES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THIRTEEN/WNET PUBLIC MEDIA. THE SERIES HAS BEEN USED BY OVER 3,000,000 STUDENTS AND 80,000 TEACHERS NATIONWIDE. IN FY22, PRODUCTION CONTINUED ON MISSION 7, NO TURNING BACK: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN 1960S MISSISSIPPI. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IDEAS AND STRATEGIES FOR CONTINUING FUNDING, TESTING, AND UPDATING OF THIS SERIES.LGBTQ+ HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES: IN JULY 2022, TWENTY-FIVE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT/CENTER FOR THE MEDIA AND LEARNING'S SUMMER INSTITUTE LGBTQ+ HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. THE TWO-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE, FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, MET VIRTUALLY FOR AN IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE WITH PRESENTATIONS BY SEVENTEEN NOTED HISTORIANS AND ARCHIVISTS REPRESENTING THE RANGE OF WORK IN THE FIELD. THE INSTITUTE COVERED HISTORICAL CONTENT, INTRODUCED PRIMARY SOURCES USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY, AND CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATORS TO DISCUSS PEDAGOGY.CONNECTING TO THE PAST: RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS:RECEIVED $75,000 GRANT FROM THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (AHA) TO RESEARCH AND CLASSROOM TEST MATERIALS TO ADD TO THE SITE, SOCIAL HISTORY FOR EVERY CLASSROOM. THOSE RESOURCES INCLUDE PRIMARY SOURCES, TEACHING ACTIVITIES, AND INTERPRETIVE ESSAYS THAT WILL HELP MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS PLACE CURRENT EVENTS IN A BROAD HISTORICAL CONTEXT. PODCAST: CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A PODCAST SERIES, MAKING QUEER HISTORY PUBLIC, THAT EXPLORES HOW THE WORK OF HISTORIANS, ACTIVISTS, EDUCATORS, AND ARCHIVISTS HAVE PRESERVED AND RECLAIMED THE TELLING OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY. ASHP/CML WILL PRODUCE TWO EPISODES AND SCRIPT FOUR ADDITIONAL EPISODES FOR THE SERIES.
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