Cleveland History Blogs

All CCC America Teachers attend Summer Institute 2011 – at the ESC and WRHS June 20-29 and July 25 and 26 Monday: June 20 Theme: Landscape as History Presenter: Mark Tebeau, Ph.D. Conserving Landscapes, Methods for Teaching Theme: Recovering the City: Physically and Figuratively Presenter: Mark Souther, Ph.D. Physically: Urban renewal, slum…[Read more]

Everyone is invited to participate in the culminating GALA for CCC America to be held on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Dr. Harry E. Eastridge Professional Development Center, 5700 W. Canal Road, Valley View, OH 44125 from 4:00-6:30 p.m. All are invited to participate in the rollout of Cleveland Historical, a mobile app that [...]

The third and final session of Mobile Apps training takes place on Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Teachers in the group will meet at CSU at 8:30 a.m., and take the trolley to downtown, then walk to the Federal Reserve Bank at E. 6th and Superior Ave. Agenda: Bank [...]

A third session for mobile apps training is scheduled for Friday, April 8th in the Tremont area of Cleveland. The group will meet in the historic Pilgrim Congregational Church. The day’s agenda includes mobile apps training by Mark Tebeau, Erin Bell and Mike Rotman, a tour of the historic church, lunch, a walk-about in Tremont demonstrating [...]

All CCC America Teaches should attend the lecture by Prof. Holly Tucker of Vanderbilt University on Monday, April 4, 2011, 5:00 p.m. at the CSU Student Center Room 311 Professor Holly Tucker will speak about Why the Past Matters: What History Can Tell Us About Our Biomedical Future Prof. Tucker is author of Blood Work: A Tale [...]

The second mobile apps training session for CCC America teachers takes place on March 11th at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The day’s agenda will include a tour of the Federal Reserve Bank and the Money Museum, overview of mobile applications project for CCC America, walk-about in downtown Cleveland (dress for the weather), and [...]

Ed Pershey, VP at the Western Reserved Historical Society, and Carolyn Hufford, librarian and master gardener, presented about Cleveland’s urban and school gardens at the Feb. 5th book discussion for CCC America teachers.  Their presentations are available for participants. Additionally, Carolyn offered a  list of urban garden resources: Local…[Read more]

CCC America teachers will participate in Mobile Apps training sessions during February, March, and April. The first group will meet at WRHS on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. for overview, mobile apps training, walk-about in University Circle, lunch, and brainstorming sessions. Think about the potential uses for mobile apps for [...]

CCC America teachers will meet on Saturday, Feb. 5th, 2011 at the Western Reserve Historical Society from 9:00 a.m. to noon for the Spring Book Discussion of City Bountiful by Laura Lawson (U Cal Press, 2005). Agenda: 8:30-9:00    Registration, coffee service 9:00-9:45    Urban garden overview – Mark Tebeau, Ed Pershey 9:45-10:15  …[Read more]

Erin Bell of CSU’s Center for Public History and Digital Humanities and Nadine Grimm, program manager for CCC America at the ESC, will co-present at the eTech Ohio Conference on Feb. 2nd. Out of the Classroom and Into the Community will include the history of the CCC American grant collaboration between the ESC and CSU, and [...]

Teachers can subscribe to the News for Teachers section of the Library of Congress site. This month’s blog contains information about the Primary Source Sets compiled by the LOC. Sets include many of the topics we have been learning about and relecting upon for CCC America: Immigration, The Industrial Revolution, Westward Expansion, The Dust Bowl, [...]

ALL CCC AM PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE THE

AP PRE-TEST PRIOR TO OCT. 20TH!

Focus Year 3 teachers participating in CCC America, should attend:

Workshop with Prof. David Stradling

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

WRHS 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Morning Sessions:
The Uses of Environmental History: Culture, Politics, and Economics
Conservation: Coal, Water, and Forests

Afternoon Session: Hands-on Applications for the…[Read more]

The public is invited to a lecture hosted by CCC Amerca. Historian David Stradling (University of Cincinnati) will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at the Western Reserve Historical Society: 5:30 p.m. Reception 6:00-7:00 p.m. Burning River, Carl Stokes and the First Earth Day Historian David Stradling teaches  urban and environmental history…[Read more]

For those teachers and students who are conducting veterans’ interviews, the Library of Congress Veterans History Project offers an interview kit and extensive resources, such as a “how to” video, release forms, etc. For information about the Veterans History Project resources, visit http:// http://www.loc.gov/vets/youth-resources.html For interviews…[Read more]

Visit the National Archives’ new online tool combining primary source documents with interactive tools:

http://www.DocsTeach.org

You may browse the site by era, based on historical thinking skills, by keyword, or other criteria.

Read the recent posts for pedagogical  insights and best teaching practices for the recently revised History Exhibits and History Posters for CCC America. The Exhibits and Posters, available at the Teaching & Learning Cleveland website, focus on local history in the Northeast Ohio area. In the posts, teachers speculate about how they will use…[Read more]

The CCC America Summer Insitute 2010 takes place June 14 through June 23rd. We will be continuing our themes of consumerism, urban to suburban growth, and historical landscapes. Technology training will focus on blogposts for history discussions and narratives, and enhancing online history exhibits with Google maps. Week One meets at the ESC…[Read more]

Friday, May 7, 2010 – Western Reserve Historical Society – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Teachers in the CCC America and Sounds of American History TAH grants will participate in a workshop with the historian/musicians of the 198 String Band. The band is from Buffalo, NY. Tom Naples (guitar, banjo, autoharp) has researched music of [...]

All are invited to attend the Sounds of American History Gala on May 6, 2010, 4:30-7:30 pm at Cleveland State’s Main Classroom Auditorium. Highlights include presentations by teachers who have incorporated primary audio resources into their history lessons and the 198 String Band. The 198 String Band combines large-screen sequences of…[Read more]