Organized by county, local resources for teachers, parents, students, and community members are included below.
Humboldt County
- Humboldt County’s Teaching American History Grant Program
Each year for three years, three groups of 35 teachers will receive content, thematic, and pedagogical instruction in traditional American History and proven historical teaching techniques. Over the course of three years, these 105 teachers will be encouraged to share what they are learning with a partner teacher and/or a student teacher.
Los Angeles County
- Center for History-Social Science Education at the Los Angeles County Office of Education
The Center is dedicated to the advancement of an educated, civic minded, actively engaged citizenry for ensuring the future of democratic institutions and global interdependence. They are proud to offer a variety of services, information, and resources for improving the academic achievement of kindergarten through grade twelve students through high quality history-social science education. - Los Angeles Service Learning Web Site Directory
On this site you will find information about utilizing service learning as an instructional strategy to meet academic content standards, educational goals and community needs while fostering a sense of civic responsibility among young people. - Law and Society in Modern America: Teaching 20th Century American History in Alternative Education Settings
This project of the Los Angeles County Office of Education developed in collaboration with the National Center for History in the Schools is designed to improve the teaching of 20th Century American History to students largely under-served in conventional history education programs: students in juvenile hall, court and community schools, continuation schools, and other alternative education settings. It includes scholar lectures and field study of historic sites to improve the content knowledge of teachers and lessons designed specifically for struggling students who attend alternative education sites for limited periods of time. The lessons are short, concise, have motivational “hooks” that connect learning to prior experiences and include a number of strategies to support English Learners and struggling readers.
