1. The Sounds of History
A collaborative funded by the Federal Government to provide
professional development to history teachers in grades K-16.
The focus of the grant experience is to teach history regionally.
The grant experience is a three-year commitment with a different focus each year. Over sixty
teachers nominated by Educational Service Centers and representing districts in seven
Northeastern Ohio counties will explore American history in Sound, explore the use of technology
in teaching history, and engage in active, research-based learning.
Benefits to Teachers Benefits to District Responsibility
Funding for substitutes
Professional Development 2-week summer institute
provided
Access to lesson plans
2-day workshop in
Books and Materials developed by teachers
fall and spring
Opportunity to build Access to distance Work collaboratively to
a learning community learning opportunities develop lesson plans
Opportunity to interact
Opportunity to develop
with internationally Use technology
learning community
known historians from in classroom
across districts
across the US
Opportunity for mini grants
Opportunity to develop Evaluate
each year of the grant
master teachers student achievement
($500/year)
Opportunity for field trips,
Opportunity to increase technology skills
actual and virtual
Opportunity to engage in research
Up to 4 hours of graduate credit from CSU History Department
Stipends for creating lesson materials (approx. $1,500/year)
Direct questions to:
James Luteran, Project Manager, at 216.524.3000 or email Jennifer Felker, Project Director and
Principal Investigator at Jennifer.Felker@LNOCA.org.