What is "Telling America's Story"?
Telling America's Story (TAS) is an intensive, federally-funded professional development project for American History Teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools in the Bronx Community School Districts 8, 11, & 12.
TAS is a partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the history and education departments of major universities and cultural institutions.
The program combines content-rich traditional American History and teaching skills development for Teacher-Historians. Workshops take place in museums, historic houses, and universities. Instruction and content is provided by nationally-known historians and educators. Teachers develop original US history curriculum units and activities. Trips, book signings, and walking tours of historical sites are also important aspects of the TAS program.
TAS is a partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the history and education departments of major universities and cultural institutions.
The program combines content-rich traditional American History and teaching skills development for Teacher-Historians. Workshops take place in museums, historic houses, and universities. Instruction and content is provided by nationally-known historians and educators. Teachers develop original US history curriculum units and activities. Trips, book signings, and walking tours of historical sites are also important aspects of the TAS program.
Current Programs
The following Telling America's Story Programs are ongoing in NYC CSDs 8, 11, and 12.
- Traditional American History for Small Schools (Middle & HS Teachers, Summer Institutes)
- Traditional American History Through a Local Lens (Elementary & MS Teachers, Summer Institutes)
- Language and Literacy for Learning Traditional American History (MS & HS Teachers, Saturday Institutes during the school year)
- Teaching American History Through Arts and Artifacts (ES & MS Teachers, Saturday Institutes during the school year)
