With the support of the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History Program, elementary and secondary teachers from public schools in Central Maryland have participated in professional development activities at the UMBC Center for History Education and other locations.

The programs provide:

• Graduate Summer Institutes conducted by UMBC historians, public historians, and master teachers;
• In-service professional development workshops;
• Follow-up mentoring sessions and access to instructional resources during the school year.

Teachers are invited to join a growing learning community dedicated to improving the teaching of American history in Maryland schools through:

• Specialized lesson plans and activities that develop historical thinking skills.
• Detailed History Labs that teach students historical thinkings skills while investigating the past through primary sources.
• A wealth of historical resources for studying and teaching history.

Teachers can also discover local, state, and national resources from the Maryland State Archives, National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress, State Library Resource Center/Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the Martha Ross Center for Oral History.

The Maryland State Archives has incorporated primary-source materials from its collections and national repositories into Teaching American History in Maryland: Online Documents for the Classroom, a comprehensive classroom resource.

The contents of the Web site were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.