History Grows in Oakland
The Oakland History Collaborative
Teaching American History in
an Urban School District

funded by the US Department of Education in partnership with
the University of California, Berkeley, the Oakland Museum,
and the Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, California

Visit our previous grant websites
#1: DeTocqueville's Ghost
OUSD TAHG 2001 - 2004

#2: History Grows in Oakland
OUSD TAHG 2004-2007

Events
(2010 - 2011)
May 19, 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4 & 5
May 10, 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 8 & 11
April 27 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 8 & 11
April 7 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4,& 5
Mar. 24, 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4,& 5
Mar. 22, 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 8 & 11
Feb. 10, 2011
8:30 - 3:30		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4 & 5
Feb. 8, 2011
8:30 - 3:30		 In-Service Day
Gr. 8 & 11
Jan. 13, 2011
4-6 p.m.		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4,5,8,11
Dec. 7, 2010
8:30 - 3:30		 In-Service Day
Gr. 8 & 11
Dec. 2, 2010
8:30 - 3:30		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4 & 5
Oct. 28, 2010
8:30 - 3:30		 In-Service Day
Gr. 4 & 5
Oct. 26, 2010
8:30 - 3:30		 In-Service Day
Gr. 8 & 11
Oct. 12, 2010
4-6 p.m.		 Grant
Kick-off

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Resources

link to OAH website
member services online for OUSD TAHG participants
Magazine of History
October 2010
Cold War Revisited
OAH members may download a PDF of this entire issue. Please login using your OAH ID number

 

Suggest an Internet Resource
submit a resource to this site

OUSD Historical Thinking Standards
(Kindergarten - Grade Twelve)

OUSD History Assessment Resources

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SUMMER INSTITUTE
June 22 - June 28, 2011

2011 OUSD Teaching American History Grant, Summer Institute at UC Berkeley

Guest speakers, lesson study planning, field trips and more at the 2011 OUSD TAHG Summer Institute to be held at UC Berkeley, 370G Dwinelle Hall. (see map)

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Alex Sargagoza gave a presentation to
grades 8 and 11 teachers at the March 24th
OUSD TAH in-service workshop.
GUEST SPEAKER
March 22, 2011

“The Zoot Suit Riots: War Hysteria, Race Riot, or Both?”

Professor Alex Saragoza chronicles the history of the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots as depicted in several films and documentaries.

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Alex Sargagoza gave a presentation to
grades 4 and 5 teachers at the March 24th
OUSD TAH in-service workshop.
GUEST SPEAKER
March 24, 2011

“From Zorro to Buzz Lightyear: Latinos and Representation”

Professor Alex Saragoza shows how the representation of Latino culture in cinema has evolved over the past fifty years.

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Ceremic teapot protesting the Stamp Act
produced in England for American custormers
- a testimony to the vital economic life of
the transatlantic empire
GUEST SPEAKER
December 2, 2010

"Culture and Consumerism in Early America”

Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, UC Davis History Professor uses images from material culture and documents to discuss the culture of commerce in 18th century America.

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Guest speaker Brian DeLay
at the October 28, 2010
in-service day.
GUEST SPEAKER
October 28, 2010

"Material Culture as a Window into Early American and Native American History"

Brian DeLay illustrates some of the ways historians use material culture and visual analysis to illuminate early American history.

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Grades 8 & 11 Assessment
Support Materials
New feature in RESOURCES
RESOURCES
April. 2009

"Grades 8 & 11 American History Writing Assessment: A History Grant and OUSD District Collaboration"

Assessment questions, support materials and newsletters focused on reading, writing, and thinking historically

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