Over the course of the grant we will be adding websites and downloadable information that is relevant to the topics presented during the workshops and summer sessions.

We think you will find these resources as an excellent way to strengthen lesson plans and promote an increase in student learning.

Participant Resources

Contract for Participants

Reading Book List for 2005-2006
Children's Literature Bibliography on the Constitution (ERC)
Guiding Questions for a Briliant Solution
Lesson Plan Template -- Microsft Word Format
Lesson Example from Year 1 -- PDF Format
Lesson Plan Rubric -- Microsoft Word Format
Assessment Item Template (Extended Response) --Microsoft Word Format
Assessment Item Template (Selected Response) -- Microsoft Word Format
Lesson Plan Collaboration Form -- Microsoft Word Format

Summer Institute 2006

Multi-Genre Text Sets in the Classroom (PDF) - Peggy Dillner
Teaching American History's Immigration/Migration Resources
Website Links and Resources
Website Links from Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
Understanding Text Structure (PDF) - Bill Lewis
Opportunities and Challenges for Migrant and Migrant-Background
Youth in Developed Countries - Mark Miller (Long Version PDF, Short Version PDF)
Madeline Hsu Documents (PDF)
Various Handouts from the Institute (Word Format)

May Workshop 2006
Here Come the Irish!

Guiding Questions

February Workshop 2006
Migration into the American West

Agenda
List of Links from the Workshop
Guiding Questions
Bill Lewis' 'Metaphorical Construct Outline Sheet
Lesson Plan Collaboration Info for Lesson 1 and 2 -- Microsoft Word Format
Barry Joyce's Handouts -- pdf
US Map -- pdf
Peggy Dillner's Handouts -- pdf

November Workshop 2005
The Atlantic World in the 17th and 18th Centuries: European Migration to America and the African Diaspora

Agenda
Lesson (partially developed) - Atlantic Crossing Immigration Simulation.
Mock Trial - Gregson v Gilbert.
Documents for the Workshop
List of Links from the Workshop
Matson's Hand-Outs from the Workshop
Lewis' Hand-Outs from the Workshop

Summer Workshop 2005
The American Constitution: Our Nation’s Framework
The American Constitution as an Organic Document

List of Links from the Workshop
Word Documents
-- Child Labor Provisions
-- Child Labor Activity
-- Child Labor Station Questions
PowerPoints Courtesy of Bill Lewis
-- Jeopardy
-- Lesson and Formatting and Text Selection

May Workshop 2005
Launching the Grand Experiment
Documents for the Workshop (PDF)
List of Links from the Workshop

February Workshop 2005
1787: Behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention
Documents for the Workshop (PDF)
List of Links from the Workshop
Common-Place - Online articles - Vol. 2 No. 4

October Workshop 2004
The American Constitution: Origins and Influences
American Constitution Workshop Website List -- Collection of sites from the workshop
American Constitution Presentation from the workshop (PDF)
Essential Questions from the Workshop
Guiding Questions for Workshop #1 Selected Documents from Historian James Magee

Summer Institute 2004
Week 1: Social and Cultural Aspects of Colonial America
Week 2: The American Revolution
Website List from the Summer Institute -- Collection of sites from the institute.

May Workshop 2004
Work and Family in Colonial America
Strategies for Reading Primary and Secondary Sources
Colonial Workshop Website List -- Collection of sites from the workshop

February Workshop 2004
Pre-Columbian Civilizations in America
The Witch, Yazzle, and the Nine of Clubs by Tony Hillerman
Note: You will need the password that was emailed to you in order to access the above file.
Selection Criteria Presentation
Four Reader Roles Presentation
Pre-Columbian Workshop Website List -- Collection of sites from the workshop