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LEAD Program Calendar

3- Year LEAD Calendar At a Glance

K-8 COHORT	Year 1-COMPLETED (2019-2020)	Year 2-COMPLETED (2020-2021)	Year 3 (2021-2022)
NCHE Webinars	2020: Feb 27, Mar 31, Aug. 18, and Sep 22 (for 6-8 grade only)	2020: October 13, October 22, November 5 (K-5 only) 2021: February 10, February 24	Thursday October 14, 2021 at 7:30 PM - Kristy Brugar, University of Oklahoma, and Kathryn Roberts, Wayne State University "Talk to the Authors of Real Classrooms Real Teachers" Wednesday November 3, 2021 at 7:30 PM – Sean Adams, University of Florida “Strong Links, Corrupt Lines: How American Railroads Reshaped the Landscape of the West and the Politics of the East”
Online Course at learning.nche.net (ongoing)		Teachers complete online course by March 31, 2021	Historical Figures Inquiry by March 1, 2022
Saturday LEAD Academy	Spring- 3/7 8 a.m.-3 p.m. PDLC	January 23, March 27, April 10-11 (NCHE Conference)	October 2, 2021 The Civil War: Difficult Conversations (John Sacher, UCF (historian); Jim Garrett, UGA (Education Specialist) January 22, 2022 Topic TBD
Summer 3 Day NCHE Colloquium	Summer-July 13-15, 2020	June 7-9, 2021	June 27-29, 2022
Curriculum Writing	Summer-July 16-17,2020	June 10-11, 2021	June 30-July 1, 2022
Field Experience	Colonial Williamsburg (Cancelled due to Covid)	Gettysburg & Washington DC July 12-16, 2021	February 18-20, 2022 Civil Rights Movement in Alabama June 6-10 Colonial Williamsburg

HIGH SCHOOL COHORT	Year 1-Completed (2019-2020)	Year 2-COMPLETED (2020-2021)	Year 3 (2021-2022)
NCHE Webinars	2020: February 20, March 31, August 18, September 22	2020: October 13, October 22, December 8 2021: February 10 and 17, 2021	Wednesday November 3, 2021 at 7:30 PM – Sean Adams, University of Florida “Strong Links, Corrupt Lines: How American Railroads Reshaped the Landscape of the West and the Politics of the East”
Online Course at learning.nche.net (ongoing)		Teachers complete online course by March 31, 2021	Historical Thinking and Historiography
Saturday LEAD Academy	Cancelled due to Covid	January 30, March 6, April 10-11 (NCHE Conference)	October 9, 2021 (Virtual) - “The 1950s and the Cold War” Steven Noll, University of Florida (historian) and Michelle Mar, Miami Dade Schools (master teacher) January 29, 2022 Topic TBD
Summer 3 Day NCHE Colloquium	Summer-July 13-15, 2020	June 21-23, 2021	July 11-13, 2022
Curriculum Writing	Summer-July 16-17,2020	June 24-25, 2021	July 14-15, 2022
Field Experience	New York City (cancelled due to Covid)	Washington, D.C. July 5-9	February 18-20, 2022 Civil Rights Movement in Alabama June 13-17, 2022 New York City

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Annual Topic Overview

The LEAD Program is a multi-year grant featuring a different historical topic that centers its work for each year of the grant.

Program Year	Content Focus Years	LEAD Theme	Teacher Cohort
2019-2020	1492 -1789	Creating and Defining a Nation	K-8 teachers
	1878 -1920	Industrialization, the Great War & Civic Evolution	9-12 teachers
2020-2021	1789 -1865	Preserving and Redefining a Nation	K-8 teachers
	1920 -1945	Executive Power and World War	9-12 teachers
2021-2022	1865 - 1920	Reconstruction, Expansion and Civic Evolution	K-8 teachers
	1945- present	American Identity in a Global World: Cold War, Civil Rights and the Judiciary	9-12 teachers

NCHE

The National Council for History Education provides professional and intellectual leadership to foster an engaged community committed to the teaching, learning, and appreciation of diverse histories.

National Council for History Education
13940 Cedar Rd. #393
University Heights, OH 44118
www.ncheteach.org
nche@nche.net
Phone: 240-696-6600

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