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Tennessee's First Frontier Teaching American History Consortium
Implemented by the Heritage Alliance and Johnson City Schools
Project Abstract
The Tennessee's First Frontier Teaching American History Consortium Project will implement a systematic array of strategies over three years including Summer Institutes at ETSU, follow-up Mini-Institutes offered throughout the region during the academic year, innovative workshops on "Teaching History through Storytelling," and other activities designed to enhance the teaching of American history in the classroom. The TFFC Project will enhance teachers' knowledge of and instructional abilities in traditional American history in a variety of ways. The project design has three main areas of focus for teachers: 1) creating academic dialogues among teachers and professional historians; 2) developing and communicating a range of teaching strategies to increase students' interest in and understanding of American history; and 3) providing access to technology integration strategies for teaching American history. Dragonfly Enterprises provides the external evaluation for the First Frontier project.
Client
Heritage Alliance
Jonesborough, TN 37659
http://www.heritageall.org/
Project Director
Deborah Montanti
Funding Agency
US Department of Education: Teaching American History Grants
Timeline
October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2008
Partners
The Tennessee's First Frontier Teaching American History Consortium is a partnership among a Lead Educational Agency, Johnson City Schools, a regional nonprofit history organization, the Heritage Alliance, and East Tennessee State University including its Department of History, College of Education and Center for Appalachian Studies and Services. The consortium includes 13 school districts in the Northeast Tennessee region of Southern Appalachia: Johnson City, Unicoi, Sullivan, Carter County and Elizabethon City Schools, Washington, Hawkins, Greene, Johnson, Hancock counties.
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