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1997
Summer Institutes English Language Arts and History/Social Science Curriculum Frameworks Summer Institutes Dear Educators:

This summer, for the first time,we are pleased to announce a comprehensive program of professional development opportunities in English Language Arts and History/Social Science for individuals or teams of teachers, administrators, and district partners. These institutes focus on the learning standards in the state curriculum frameworks and will also offer educators strong support for improving teaching, learning, and assessment in classrooms and schools. I hope you will consider participating in these institutes.

Sincerely,

Robert V. Antonucci,
Commissioner of Education

English Language Arts
and History/Social Science
Content Programs In partnership with the
educational community The fifteen institutes offered this summer are co-sponsored by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the providing organizations. The variety of providers includes colleges and universities, schools and districts, cultural institutions, and educational collaboratives. These institutions are offering programs that explore exciting English Language Arts and History/Social Science content, technological resources for the classroom, and standards-based projects derived from the curriculum frameworks. All institutes provide opportunities for inquiry, interdisciplinary connections, authentic assessment strategies, and the use of educational technology to support student learning.

Eligibility

The number of spaces reserved for ESE-sponsored participants is indicated in each program listing. Teams from within or across school districts will receive priority registration. Districts should identify appropriate team members, who may be teachers, administrators, community partners, or school improvement leadership team members. Adult Basic Educators and Preschool teachers are encouraged to register. Registration

Please note: The following institutes are offered contingent on the approval of the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework by the Board of Education:

Institute 5: Teacher Leadership for English Language Arts and History/Social Science
Institute 6: Project ISSLA: Integrating Social Studies and Language Arts
Institute 11: Using Project-Based Learning to Implement the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework

In the event that the History/Social Science Framework has not been approved, only the English Language Arts portion of Institutes 5 and 6 will be offered.

For specific registration information, please refer to the contact individual(s) indicated for each program. For general information, contact the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 781-338-3000.

Since spaces are limited, please plan to register early. Each team member should commit to attend the entire selected program, including follow-up days. PDPs will be issued at the completion of each program. Many of these programs also offer graduate credit and a weekly stipend. Please refer all questions concerning graduate credit registration and cost to the provider.

List of Programs

"Ancestors: The History and Peopling of Massachusetts"
"Enriching the History/Social Science Curriculum: State and Community Resources"
"The Lesley Literacy Institute: Teamwork and Frameworks"
"Integrated Learning Through the English Language Arts Framework"
"Teacher Leadership for English Language Arts and History/Social Science"
"Project ISSLA: Integrating Social Studies and Language Arts"
"Reading and Writing About History"
"Black Yankees: New England's Hidden Roots"
"Nineteenth-Century America: The Second American Revolution"
"English Language Arts and Contextual Learning"
"Using Project-Based Learning to Implement the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework"
"Using Project Based Learning to Implement The English Language Arts Framework"
"Teaching About Places: Social Studies for the Integrated Curriculum"
"Portraits of a Port: New Bedford, 1847-1947"
"Making Frameworks Work For Students: Standards Based Curriculum In English Language Arts And History/Social Studies"

	"Ancestors: The History and Peopling of Massachusetts"
Northeastern University, History and Social Studies School-College Alliance Grade Levels: 5-12 Location: Northeastern University, Lexington High School, and partner sites Registration: 50 participants Date: July 22 - August 1 Call: Gerry Herman 617-373-4441 Fax: 617- 373-2661 Email: gherman@lynx.dac.neu.edu 9 days plus 3 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available	In this 9-day institute participants will develop curriculum using the History, Geography, and Economics Strands of the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework. During field trips to partner sites, they will learn to use the resources of the Oral History Center at Northeastern University, the Massachusetts State Archives, the Museum of Our National Heritage, Lowell National Park, and the Computer Museum. Teachers will study specific content, concepts, and research skills while learning about the human and physical environment and history of Massachusetts through historical narratives, cultural and economic history, technological applications, oral history, and data interpretation. Three follow-up days will help participants with curriculum implementation in the classroom.
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	"Enriching the History/Social Science Curriculum: State and Community Resources"
UMass Boston Institute for Learning and Teaching, Massachusetts Studies Project and Massachusetts Geographic Alliance Grade Levels: 5-12 Location: UMass Boston Registration: 30 participants Date: July 7-18 Call: Barbara Robinson 617-287-7654 Email: k12_msp@umbsky.cc.umb.edu 10 days plus 3 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available	Participants in this 10-day institute will learn about state and community resources for studying the history, geography, and government of Massachusetts. They will use the Massachusetts Studies Project (MSP) website, as well as historical and contemporary information such as census data, street directories, and vital statistics, as resources for designing curriculum about our state. Case studies on the Neponset watershed, the architecture of Belchertown, and the city of Quincy during wartime will serve as models for participants as they prepare their own state/community case studies. Online discussions through the school year, as well as 3 follow-up days will help them field test, share, and assess their projects.
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	"The Lesley Literacy Institute: Teamwork and Frameworks"
Lesley College Literacy Institute Grade Levels: Pre K-4 Location: Lesley College, Cambridge Registration: 30 participants Date: July 25, July 28 - August 1 Call: Patricia Crain de Galarce 617- 349-8225 Fax: 617-349-8607 Email: literacy@lesley.edu 6 days plus 4 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available	There are two parts to this institute. First, a week-long literacy institute will examine models of natural social literacy development with an emphasis on building a literature-based integrated curriculum that mirrors our diverse schools. Second, a 5-day extension called "Teamwork and Frameworks" will explore the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, sound literacy theory, and models of good practice. In a one-day preinstitute workshop and in four follow-up days, participants will develop instructional and assessment strategies to build effective language arts curriculum, and will collect data on student learning to analyze in follow-up sessions throughout the year.
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	"Integrated Learning Through the English Language Arts Framework"
Arts Are Academic Grade Levels: 5-8 Location: Museum of the National, Center of Afro-American Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Huntington Theatre Company Registration: 50 participants Date: June 30, July 1,2 (team leaders); August 18-22 (all participants) Call: Pamela Hill 508-779-6644 Email: hill01740@aol.com 5 days plus 4 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available	This institute focuses on the Literature and Composition Strands of the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework. Participants will align curriculum to Learning Standards and develop projects in which students read, write, and make oral or media presentations about literature, dance, music, theatre, and/or visual arts. Educators from museums and performing arts organizations will collaborate with teachers to develop and implement standards-based projects that make use of cultural institution resources. Teachers will document and evaluate their curriculum units in preparation for publication. Teams of 4-10 are encouraged to apply and may include teachers, administrators, and cultural institution partners. Team leaders finalize institute plans June 30-July 1; priority for 30 spaces will be given to Arts Are Academic member schools.
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	"Teacher Leadership for English Language Arts and History/Social Science"
Institute 2000 Grade Levels: 5-8 Location: Medford High School Registration: 40 participants Date: August 11-14, 18-21 Call: Beverly Nelson 617-393-2364 or Richard Trotta 617-393-2279 8 days plus 4 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available Note: The history/social science component is offered pending the approval of the History/Social Science Framework.	This institute will focus on designing middle school curricula and assessments that integrate Learning Standards in the Massachusetts English Language Arts and History/Social Science Curriculum Frameworks. Participants will concentrate on student strategies for reading and analyzing nonfiction, developing open-ended research questions and procedures for self-assessment. Standards from History/Social Science will be applied to topics in history and economics. Two sessions will be devoted to the use of electronic technology as a tool for research, communication, and presentation. Four follow-up sessions will allow participants to share progress and refine curricula and assessments for publication and dissemination. Teams of 4-8 participants are encouraged.
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	"Project ISSLA: Integrating Social Studies and Language Arts"
Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District Grade Levels: PreK-4 Location: Westminster Village Inn, Overlook MS, Westminster Registration: 40 participants Date: August 11-15 Call: Christine Battye 508-827-1422 5 days plus 4 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available Note: The history/social science component is offered pending the approval of the History/Social Science Framework.	This institute is designed for PreK-4 teacher teams whose members represent each of the grade levels in their schools. Participants will write an overview of an integrated elementary curriculum in Social Studies/Language Arts based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and current educational research. They will design grade level content and performance standards, and develop one thematic unit at each grade level. Proposed by a district that has received a Technology Lighthouse grant, this institute will help teachers evaluate print and electronic media resources, and explore computer networks as they plan curriculum. Each team will assign one member as a coach to provide follow-up classroom support, extend the project to other faculty members, communicate with parents, and involve the community. Teams will reconvene on four follow-up days for collegial problem solving and sharing effective practices.
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	"Reading and Writing About History"
Old Sturbridge Village Grade Levels: 5-8 Location: Old Sturbridge Village Registration: 25 participants Date: July 14-24 Call: Eric White 508-347-3362 Fax: 508-347-5375 8 days plus 2 follow-up days Graduate Credit: Negotiable	Long recognized as a provider of unique learning experiences for students and teachers, Old Sturbridge Village is well positioned to offer this institute designed to engage teams of teachers in reading, writing, researching, and analyzing history. Primary sources, historical narratives and artifacts will bring post-revolutionary New England to life and also provide effective means for linking historical content to other content areas of the elementary curriculum in English language arts, science, and mathematics. Throughout the institute, the content will illustrate the Learning Standards from the History Strand of the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework. Participants will be able to put the techniques and strategies to work in their classrooms, including ways of making accommodations in curriculum materials for students with special needs.
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	"Black Yankees: New England's Hidden Roots"
Primary Source Grade Levels: 5-12 Location: Bentley College, Waltham Registration: 15 participants Date: July 7-18 Call: Clara Hicks 617-923-9933 Fax: 617-923-0975 Email: primary@tiac.net 10 days plus 6 follow-up days Graduate Credit Available	This institute focuses on the History Strand of the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework. It will focus on New England history to give teachers and their students a clearer understanding of the comparison of contemporary and historical issues. The institute offers teachers and their students the tools to describe, analyze, and make judgments about historical events. Throughout the course, connections are made among the literature, the history, the art and the music of African American culture. A major component of the institute program is devoted to advancing the research skills of teachers so they can cultivate those skills in their students. Each participant will develop an independent research project which will be pursued under the guidance of a researcher/scholar.
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	"Nineteenth-Century America: The Second American Revolution"
UMass Lowell (Tsongas Center) Grade Levels: 5-8, 9-10 Location: Tsongas Industrial History Center, Lowell Registration: 26 participants Date: August 18-22 Call: Peter O'Connell 508-970-5080 Fax: 508-970-5085 5 days plus 9 follow-up days Graduate Credit Available	This institute is designed to produce maximum impact on 12-15 school systems by training teams of history and English language arts teachers to function as team leaders for their grade-level colleagues. The institute will interweave concepts and skills drawn from the History, Economics, Geography, and Civic & Government Strands to explore aspects of industrialization in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Participants will collaborate with math and science teachers, involve administrators in shaping in-service and assessment activities, and engage families in projects. By using primary source materials and a variety of teaching approaches, teachers will simultaneously strengthen their historical knowledge and their ability to evaluate the materials for use with students. Teachers will be expected to use these packets to assemble a specific teaching approach for their classes and curriculum.
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	"English Language Arts and Contextual Learning"
Massachusetts Center for Career and Technical Education and Tech Prep Roundtable Grade Levels: 9-12 Location: Session 1 - Minuteman Science and Technology High School Lexington; Session 2 - Central Mass Area Registration: Session 1 - 12 participants; Session 2 - 30 participants Date: Session 1 - June 30 - July 3, July 7-10 & July 14-17; Session 2 - August 18-21 Call: John McDonagh 617-863-1863 Session 1 - 12 days plus follow-up sessions; Session 2 - 4 days plus follow-up sessions Graduate Credit in Negotiation	Session One of the Institute, open to English language arts and applied communications teachers, will focus on developing connecting materials for the alignment of applied communications curricula with the Grades 9-12 standards of the English Language Arts Curriculum Framework. Curriculum will include SCANS(The Secretary's Commission of Achieving Necessary Skills) and appropriate career development information. Session Two will provide training for 30 English language arts and applied communications teachers involved in Tech Prep and other career preparation programs. Participants will use the materials developed in Session One to realign their curricula in applied communications to meet the standards of the English Language Arts Curriculum Framework. Participants from Sessions One and Two will provide two one-day trainings for an additional 200 teachers in the fall and spring.
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	"Using Project-Based Learning to Implement the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework"
Western Region Tech Prep and School-to-Work Collaborative: Chicopee Public Schools Grade Levels: 9-12 Location: Chicopee Registration: 40 participants Date: July 28 - August 1 Call: Kathleen M. Baker 413-594-2016 5 days plus 6 follow-up days Graduate Credit Available	The History/Social Science Curriculum Framework Institute and follow-up sessions will provide participants with intensive instruction which introduces, teaches, reinforces, extends, and applies the content outlined in the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework through project-based learning. Teachers will address all Learning Standards for grades 9-12 by providing instruction which engages students in complex real-world issues in which they can acquire and apply knowledge and skills related to the content of the History/Social Science Framework. Teachers will be involved in on-going assessment activities in each phase of implementation, assessment, and revision of projects.
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	"Using Project Based Learning to Implement The English Language Arts Framework"
Western Region Tech Prep and School-to-Work Collaborative: Chicopee Public Schools Grade Levels: 9-12 Location: Chicopee Registration: 40 participants Date: July 28 - August 1 Call: Kathleen M. Baker 413-594-2016 5 days plus 6 follow-up days Graduate Credit Available	The English Language Arts Curriculum Framework Institute will train and provide sustained support for teacher teams in the design and delivery of project-based learning activities aligned to the grades 9-12 Learning Standards of the English Language Arts Curriculum Framework. Through project-based learning, teachers will address learning standards by the development of authentic learning experiences for all students and by providing multiple opportunities for students to acquire and use new knowledge and skills related to the content of the curriculum frameworks. Teachers will address the integration of SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) and career development information with the English Language Arts Learning Standards.
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	"Teaching About Places: Social Studies for the Integrated Curriculum"
UMass Dartmouth Grade Levels: 5-8 Location: Fall River Public Schools Registration: 30 participants Date: July 28 - August 1 Call: Katherine Stygall-O'Sullivan 508-999-8801 Fax: 508-999-8802 Email: KOSULLIVAN@UMASS.EDU 5 days plus 5 follow-up days 3 Graduate Credits Available	This intensive one-week institute focuses on the Geography Strand of the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework. Participants will learn to develop curricula based on the four Geography Learning Standards. Socratic questioning is the primary instructional method teachers will practice throughout the week. The concept of location will be explored in a variety of hands-on, interdisciplinary ways. Teachers will make maps and models, learn creative uses of globes and printed maps, explore planet Earth's seasons and climates, topography, and tectonics. The challenge of social studies, and the goal of this institute, is for teachers to learn how to bring together many geographic facts into coherent, meaningful contexts, and to apply this knowledge repeatedly. In the 5 follow-up sessions participants will discuss how they are implementing the standards-based curriculum.
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	"Portraits of a Port: New Bedford, 1847-1947"
Old Dartmouth Historical Society Grade Levels: 9-12 Location: Various sites in New Bedford Registration: 26 participants Date: July 28 - August 8 and November 15 Call: Candace L. Heald 508-997-0046 x33 Fax: 508-944-4350 10 days plus 1 follow-up day Graduate Credit in Negotiation	This institute will be offered to two teams of 13 participants. Each team will address the History, Geography, and Economics Strands and Learning Standards of the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework. Teams will look at regional, statewide, and world history by studying the port of New Bedford, including its geography and economics. The institute participants will use world-class archival resources, and will learn by sailing aboard the 103-year-old Grand Banks schooner, Ernestina. In the sailing component, participants will sail together for three days while working on integrated history/social science curriculum development, as well as working on interdisciplinary connections and grade transitions.
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	"Making Frameworks Work For Students: Standards Based Curriculum In English Language Arts And History/Social Studies"
Learning Innovations Grade Levels: K-3 Location: Cambridge College, Cambridge Registration: 32 participants plus 16 parents Date: August 18-22 Call: Nick Donohue 617-279-8211 5 days plus 5 follow-up days Graduate Credit Available	This institute focuses on developing skills and strategies for early literacy and is based on the goal of the English Language Arts Curriculum Framework that "all students will become effective readers and writers in the English language by end of grade 3." Designed for teams of elementary school teachers, administrators, parents, and community members, this institute will explore teaching and assessment strategies for all students including students with limited English proficiency (LEP). Participants will design curriculum that applies early literacy research to the concepts and knowledge in the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework. Follow-up sessions will include after-school group meetings, and peer observation and coaching in school. Teams of 6 are encouraged to apply.

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