| The American Institute for History
Education can partner with the Bill
of Rights Institute on your US DOE Teaching
American History grant program. The AIHE
will coordinate with the Bill of Rights Institute
and provide substantive content sessions and high
quality Bill of Rights Institute classroom material
for your teachers. The Bill of Rights Institute The mission of The Bill of Rights Institute is
to strengthen civic education by training and equipping
teachers with the tools they need to educate their
students about the historic words and ideas of the
Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding
documents, and how America’s Founding principles
affect our society. Our programs offer:
- Increased Background Knowledge – Each
full day of intensive training includes two in-depth
lectures by a constitutional scholar, providing teachers
with the background knowledge they need to educate
their students about America ’s Founding documents,
Founding principles, and the link between their lives
and our constitutionally protected rights.
- New Teaching Strategies – Master
teacher demonstrates research-based and classroom-tested
teaching strategies that will assist teachers in
leading their students to understand the roots of
our fundamental freedoms, the rights and responsibilities
of citizens, and the role that the law and the courts
play in their daily lives.
- Primary source activities using historic
documents.
- FREE Instructional Material to take back
to the classroom.
- Ongoing Support – Provided
each week through e-mail newsletters and access to
the Institute’s password-protected web site,
teachers would be given lesson plan ideas, additional
educational resources, and curricular updates.
Bill of Rights Institute programs encourage teachers
to use the teaching strategies identified as most effective
in the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the University
of Maryland’s Center for Information and Research
on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE 2003) Report,
The Civic Mission of Schools, including:
- Emphasize knowledge, skills and attitudes.
- Engage students in classroom discussion
about historic and current issues.
- Encourage student participation in simulations
of democratic processes and procedures.
- Provide instruction in U.S. history,
government, law and democracy.
- Show students ways to get involved in
their schools and communities.
For more information about program topics,
please contact Kim Ash at 703-894-1776,
ext. 18, or e-mail kash@billofrightsinstitute.org. |
