UCI History Project

01/20/2021

Are you ready for the inauguration? Resources for teaching linked here

On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the United States' 46th President. Kamala Harris, formerly US Senator from California and our Attorney General, will be sworn in as Vice President. The inauguration will be historic and unprecedented, given the recent insurrection on Capi...

03/16/2020

Needs some tips for shifting instruction online? Check out this article:
https://teacheracademy.uci.edu/creating-and-orchestrating-online-instruction/

12/12/2018

Interested in including more local history into your lessons? Check out our OC Resource Guide.

The Bay Area is rich with libraries, museums, and historical sites to visit!

09/06/2017

Learning about the new Framework in Ventura today

06/05/2017

Why should we teach students to curate sources? Find out why and how here
https://www.iste.org/explore/articledetail?articleid=970&category=in-the-classroom

With so much information available, it’s imperative that students develop the skills to effectively find and evaluate sources of information, categorize what they have found and create new meaning from those materials.

03/07/2017

February 19, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066, which sent 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II.

02/01/2017

Join educators from across the state as we learn about California's new Framework.

12/07/2016

Teachers and administrators: are you looking for resources to implement the FAIR Act? We have some suggestions at our website to get you started:

Introduction In 2010, the California legislature passed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act. Known informally as the FAIR Education Act, the LGBT History Bill, or simply as SB 48, the law made multiple changes to the state Education Code. While usually identified as the law t...

11/17/2016

Interested in considering an international perspective to the American election? Come to this pop-up event at UCI:
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/commons/calendar/events.php?recid=6205&dept_code_val=999-7&css_path=commons&file_name=events

UCI Humanities Commons

11/17/2016

With the adoption of the Framework, teachers wonder will there be a test...

http://chssp.ucdavis.edu/blog/testing/

“Yes, but what about testing in history-social science?” This is the refrain I hear again and again from teachers, generally after we talk about the new HSS Framework . This is especially true for ...

11/07/2016

Who were California's first immigrants? Working with 4th grade teachers to consider the mission system:
https://padlet.com/lhutton5/sefj824f6kbv

Made with a curious mind

10/21/2016

Inspired by SoCal teachers working on creating and implementing inquiry questions from the new California Framework.