OUSD Teaching American History Grant II

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Place: Oakland High School Library 1023 McArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94610 Time: 4-6 PM		Booknotes: Life Stories Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America is the second collection of essays from C-SPAN popular weekly Booknotes program. Website has extensive on-demand video archives. CLICK HERE The OAH publishes the quarterly Journal of American History
I.	Introductions and overview of project goals Project Overview Project Staff
II..	Speaker: Candace Falk, University of California, Berkeley “Why Study and Teach Biography in American History” More information
III.	Evaluating the Work of the Project – Overview and Discussion Handout: "TAH Biography Questionnaire"
IV.	Preparing for the November 9 full day session Handout: "Identifying Important People In American History" download document TAHG_people.pdf Handout: Directions to Mills (for November and May meetings) download document Mills.pdf Handout: "Substitute Request Form"
V.	Other: Handout: "OAH: Membership Application for Grant Participants" http://www.oah.org/ List of videos available for grant participants download document videos.pdf