Welcome to the Northwest PEERS Teaching American History Grant. This grant is a partnership between Western Buckeye Educational Service Center in Paulding, Ohio and the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.
As a part of this grant, social studies teachers from participating school districts in Paulding, Van Wert, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Williams, and Wood counties in northwest Ohio may participate in intensive week-long summer institutes at Ashland University. These institutes are designed to assist teachers in deepening and broadening both their understanding and appreciation of American history. The focus of the institutes will be the substantive study of American history. The discussions will revolve around original historical documents and their use in the classroom.
These institutes are offered at no charge, and each teacher will receive a $500 stipend for participating. All meals and on-campus housing at Ashland University will be provided.
Each institute will be a rigorous, six-day, graduate-level program that begins on a Sunday afternoon and concludes on a Friday afternoon. Because of the intensive nature of the program, students should make no other plans during the institute. Books and other readings will be mailed four-to-six weeks before the institute. Students in the summer institutes will be participating as audit students in courses that are a part of Ashland University's Master of American History and Government degree program. Teachers may choose to receive two hours of Master's degree credit from Ashland University. The two credits will cost $440.
Additional information about the institutes, including the on-line application, is available on-line at: www.TeachingAmericanHistory.org/institutes.
For additional information, please contact:
Chris Feichter
Director of Instruction and Grant Coordinator
Western Buckeye Educational Service Center
202 North Cherry Street
Paulding, Ohio 45879
(419) 399-4711
cfeichter@wb.noacsc.orgor
Christian Pascarella
Associate Director, Master of American History & Government program
Ashland University
401 College Avenue
Ashland, Ohio 44805
(419) 289-5411
cpascare@ashland.edu