Teacher leaders from the Petaluma TAH grant shared lessons. This presentation provides an overview of the TAH grant involved.

1. Sharing our experiences from
TAH4 Petaluma (CA)
March 2012
CCSS Conference.

2. Teacher Leaders:
 Leslie Ihrig, 5th gr., Petaluma City Schools
 Lisa Beaudry, 5th gr., Old Adobe Elementary School District
 Joan Newcomb, 5th gr, Cotati-Rohnert Park School District
 Shirley Jenner, 5th gr, Bellevue ElementarySchool District
 Tracy West, 5th gr, Wright Elementary School District
 Christina Lunde, 5th gr, Novator School District.
TAH Petaluma Project Co-Directors:
 Nancy Case-Rico, Sonoma State University
 Sue Olds, Petaluma City Schools.

3.  Elementary consortium project with Sonoma
State University History and Education
professors.
 8 district partners; 47 upper elementary
teachers; 8 teacher leaders.
 Three-year cohort (kept 44 for 3 years)
 3 Saturdays within year; two-week institute
each summer including a field trip.

4. • Drs. Margaret Purser and
Michelle Jolly wove
together the fabric of our
history using three
overarching themes.
• Through lecture and
hands-on activities, with
rich content, teachers
made the connections
that bring history to life
for students.
• All content was driven by
the HSS Standards

5.  Year one - “ethnogenesis” -
first contact and exploration.
 Year two - “palimpsest” –
colonial communities.
 Year three - “heritage” -
revolution and constitution

6. o Ethnogenesis describes
the process that occurs
when two or more
cultures come together.
o In TAH, teachers used
this term to analyze the
continued process of
combining cultures,
starting with “first
contact” between
Europeans and Native
Americans.
o The two-week institute
culminated in various,
teacher selected field
trips (i.e., Fort Ross,
Angel Island, and San
Francisco Maritime
Museum)

9.  Palimpsest is a parchment (or
the like) from which writing has
been partially or completely
erased to make room for
another text.
 Teachers used this term to
think about the layers of
history that have not been
entirely erased, but are just
below the surface.
 The two-week institute
culminated in a trip to
Monterey, where palimpsest is
evident at every turn; early
Native Americans, Spanish
missions, Mexican and
American influences abound
through architecture, culture,
and environment.

15.  Heritage is the stories
we tell today about
events that occurred
in the past.
 Teachers used this
term to examine
familiar and
unfamiliar American
stories.
 This institute
culminated in a field
trip to Philadelphia,
Plimoth Plantation,
and Boston.

18.  Themes helped to structure the year and
cover all the HSS content standards.
 Focus on rich history content allowed
teachers to use district purchased
curriculum and “bump it up a notch.”
 Understanding the “big picture” made it
easier to help kids make connections.
 Deeper knowledge of history created
teacher “history geeks” and infectious
learning for kids!

19. Provide a pedagogical
framework for
classroom adaptation.
Nancy

20.  Consider content goals for each
session;
 Careful selection of strategies to use;
 Each presentation was designed with
the (content) standard first;
 How to use and model the appropriate
pedagogical strategy;
 And then, how to scaffold the lesson
further.

21. THE SIOP MODEL
Sheltered Instruction Observation
Protocol
•A lesson study for creating the best
lesson for your ELL’s.
•Disclaimer.
* A 30 point check list for teachers to
assess their lesson.

22.  Content objectives
 Language objectives
 Content concepts
 Supplementary
Materials
 Adaptation of content
 Meaningful Activities

24. TO ID TERMS- LISTEN FOR-
TO SOLVE- RETELL-
DEFINE-
INVESTIGATE-
FIND MAIN IDEA-
DISTINGUISH-
COMPARE-
HYPOTHESIZE-
SUMMARIZE-
CREATE- REHEARSE-
SELECT- PERSUADE-
DRAW CONCLUSIONS WRITE
CONTENT OBJECTIVES LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES

26. Using primary
documents is
now part of my
Using art, like reading
the Lifesize program.
Explorers, is a
hook for all of I
my kids. I incorporate
can’t wait to more maps
do the Graffiti into my
Board!
lessons.

27.  Cave Time
 Planning Time
 Institute Projects
 Implementation To The Classroom

28. Before TAH After TAH
State Expo Project  tri-fold poster
 maps - salt dough map
 state research on themes -
 - tri-fold poster
culture, economy, society,
 -research the state politics, environment
 -focused on state facts  Word Brochure
 -present the facts  character study/biography
 -hand-drawn brochure role-play
 Powerpoint State Tour
 -checklist for grading
 Palimpsest Project
 scaffolded for various
language levels
 rubric gradesheet
 reading lessons using
encyclopedias

29.  tri-fold poster
 maps - salt dough map
 state research on themes -culture,
economy, society, politics,
environment
 Word Brochure
 character study/biography role-play
 Powerpoint State Tour
 Palimpsest Project
 scaffolded for various language levels
 rubric gradesheet
 reading lessons using encyclopedias

32. Students will select one historical landmark or town from their state, then
identify the themes, society, culture, environment, economics, within that
location. Students will focus on how the location has changed, stayed the
same, and been used by the different people who have been there.
Modeled after the RL Crumb Comic Strip “Short American History”

33.  Literature Circles
 Field Trips
 Graffiti Walls
 Picture File Cards
 Comic Strip
 Powerpoint Presentation
 Tea Parties
 Write Around

34.  Consistent academic staff – professors,
teacher leaders, grant directors commit for
three years.
 Teachers felt honored as professionals who
understood needs of classroom.
 Teacher leaders included as equal partners in
planning
 US History -- local, relevant, meaningful

35.  Lesson plan template
 Agendas
 Lessons developed by participants
 Professor resources
 Links include
◦ Teaching History Resources
◦ Reading and Writing Strategies
◦ Grant Generated Lesson Plans
◦ Current Calendar of Events
◦ Past Institutes and Activities

36.  Lisa Beaudry, La Tercera Elem, Old Adobe ESD,
mandlbeau@comcast.net
 Leslie Ihrig, Grant School, Petaluma SD
leslieihrig@comcast.net
 Shirley Jenner, Meadow View Elem, Bellevue ESD
sjenner@bellevueusd.org
 Christina Lunde, Olive Elementary, Novato SD
clunde@nusd.org
 Joan Newcomb, Monte Vista Elem, Cotati SD,
joan_newcomb@comcast.net
 Tracy West, Robert L. Stevens, Wright ESD
twest@wrightesd.org