• With Increased Subject Matter Knowledge

• Using Effective Instructional, Reading, and Writing Strategies

Dr. Gary Nash, History Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Internationally renowned historian, Dr. Nash presents scholarly and engaging stories that effectively model to teachers how to explore the past with students.  His presentations include important issues, engaging questions, and insightful analyses of primary sources that are useful in understanding American history.  

Using Reading and Writing Strategies to Effectively Teach American History

Phyllis Goldsmith, Academic Literacy Specialist, UC Berkeley, History Project

 From her extensive classroom and UC Berkeley experience, Ms. Goldsmith demonstrates research-based and classroom-tested reading and writing skills that effectively teach history.  She models strategies that enhance English Learner language proficiency and students’ reading comprehension of history textbooks, primary sources, biographies, and literature.

Complimentary lunches and grade level application groups typically follow these presentations, as part of the Berryessa, Oak Grove; Evergreen Teaching American History Project. Teachers participating in the entire project receive a $2,000 annual stipend.