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I also feel very strongly that history is essential for all of us, and particularly for our children and grandchildren...it's important that they know our history so they understand how our government works, so they realize the responsibilities of citizenship, and the struggles that made possible what we have.

- David McCullough, Remarks on receiving the John F. 肯尼迪奖章，2014年5月7日

 

The 历史教学中心 (CTH) at the Massachusetts Historical Society offers an engaging array of programs and resources to K-12 teachers and students, 包括车间, 奖学金的机会, 课程资源, and access to the Society’s digital collections. The MHS develops and implements a full schedule of 16-18 teacher professional development workshops per year on a variety of American history topics. Participants become historians as they investigate materials from the Society’s collections and discuss methods of using these primary sources in the classroom. Workshops often include appearances by noted scholars, 参观合作的历史遗迹, and opportunities to view treasures from the Society’s collection. The CTH is a registered professional development provider in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Teachers can also earn graduate credit for many workshops through Worcester State University, with approval of the workshop syllabus by the college curriculum committee. 

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This particular workshop should be offered often as it relates to every 状态's content standards and it helps teachers show how decisions made by ordinary people make history. It also shows how important considering different points of view is essential to the study of American history.

 

– At the Crossroads of Revolution: Lexington and Concord in 1775, 2015 NEH Workshop participant

This program was very well organized and will have significant impact on my teaching in the classroom. We dug deep into historical artifacts and these types of experiences will only continue to enrich teaching and learning in my school.

 

– Teaching Three Centuries of History, Saltonstall Workshop participant

Schools don't offer professional development in history, 只有STEM科目, 所以这些项目真的, 真正需要的.

 

– Teaching Three Centuries of History, Saltonstall Workshop participant

This workshop was extremely informative and gave me many valuable lessons and resources that I know I will use in my classroom. Professional development [workshops] like these are what keeps me excited about teaching history.

 

– Women in the Era of the American Revolution, Society of the Cincinnati Workshop participant

This program was very well organized and will have significant impact on my teaching in the classroom. We dug deep into historical artifacts and these types of experiences will only continue to enrich teaching and learning in my school.

 

– Teaching Three Centuries of History, Saltonstall Workshop participant

This was a terrific experience that connected directly to my curriculum. I appreciated the theme of "crossroads" and feeling the tensions between different view points. So often we look at the Patriots as "good" and the Loyalists and British army as "bad," but this workshop provided a variety of lenses that shined a light of the complexities of the time period.

 

– At the Crossroads of Revolution: Lexington and Concord in 1775, 2015 NEH Workshop participant

The Society has offered teacher fellowships since the summer of 2001, and we currently offer 4 fellowships each fiscal year. Teacher fellows develop 课程计划 and other classroom resources during their four-week residence at MHS. Alumni of the fellowship program continue to work with the Society as workshop instructors, 导师, 顾问, 评价者, 和推动者. In 2013 we began offering the Winthrop Fellowship to one high school student/teacher pair. The student fellow produces a piece of original research and publishes an entry about his/her work on the Society’s blog.

Through onsite programs and in-class visits, students engage with documents and artifacts from the Society’s collection and work with MHS staff to make connections to the history they are learning in the classroom. MHS serves as 状态 sponsor of National History Day, a program that encourages project-based learning among middle and high school students. Each year we work with participants presenting original historical research in various formats (papers, 纪录片, 网站, 展览, 以及当地的表演, 区域, 状态, 还有全国性的比赛.

As time and funds permit we create content-rich 网站 that include contextual essays, 纪录片资源, 课程计划, 以及补充材料. We also build on the work of the collection services department to create 课程计划 and other resources based on new and ongoing digital projects. We also post 课程计划, curriculum units, and other resources to the Society’s website. Many of these tools were created by teacher fellows and educators who have attended MHS workshops. 

MHS为学校提供建议, 大学, 博物馆, 历史的社会, and libraries on educational programming that connects local resources to key themes and topics in American history to comply with 状态 frameworks and Common Core learning standards. MHS staff members actively participates in professional organizations such as the National Council for the Social Studies, 国家历史教育委员会, the New England History Teachers Association, the American Association for State and Local History, and the National Council for Public History.