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Auburn University Outreach Curriculum Development Awards
 

The Persistent Issues in History Network, with special funding provided by an Auburn University Outreach Scholarship Grant, proudly announces recipients of 2004-2005 curriculum development awards. Two curriculum teams were selected from a wide array of entries. Each of the four winners will receive stipends of $1000 to develop new Persistent Issues in History (PIH) curriculum materials.

Amy Foster and Denise Smith will develop lessons for a United States history unit on the 1920’s. The unit will target 6th and 11th grade students. Amy Foster teaches at Opelika Middle School in Opelika, AL. Denise Smith is employed at Greensboro West High School in the Hale County, Alabama school system.

April Threatt and Mahua Ghosh will focus on religious freedom while constructing lessons for a 7th grade Civics unit. April Threatt teaches at Opelika Middle School. Mahua Ghosh is employed at Southside Middle School in Tallassee, AL.
 
PIH-LVFE Wise Practice Development Awards
 
The Persistent Issues in History Network is pleased to announce the first recipients of wise practice development fellowships. Cory Callahan, a teacher at Auburn High School in Auburn, AL, and Mac Matthews, a teacher at Auburn Junior High School in Auburn, AL, have been awarded $1000 stipends for developing wise practice video case studies that illustrate PIH principles and learning strategies. A number of PIH-LVFE (Laboratory for Virtual Field Experiences) stipends will be awarded to teachers throughout the United States in the next three years in a project funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.

Project Directors:
Dr. John Saye, Auburn University, Phone: (334)844-6891, email: sayejoh@auburn.edu;
Dr. Thomas Brush, Indiana University, Phone: (812)856-8458, email: tbrush@indiana.edu