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	<description>a Teaching American History Grant</description>
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		<title>American Dream Teacher Leadership Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so impressed with the new cohort of teachers who will begin the American Dream Teacher Leadership Program this spring. From your applications and from talking with some of you, I can see that this group is dedicated, articulate, passionate and smart. I am really looking forward to working with you all and crafting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=224</link>
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		<title>National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, eight teacher leaders and I headed off for Atlanta for the NCSS conference (www.socialstudies.org).  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=210</link>
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		<title>National Middle School Association Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was very fortunate to attend the National Middle School Association Conference in Indianapolis from November 4-7. www.nmsa.org/ ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=207</link>
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		<title>Political Cartoons On Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Opper Project website (http://hti.osu.edu/opper/)  provides instructors with the information necessary to introduce students to using editorial cartoons as primary sources. Named after Ohioan Frederick Burr Opper, the first great American-born cartoonist, the Opper Project is an on-line collection of historic editorial cartoons. The cartoons, which span over one-hundred years of American history, are organized topically [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=123</link>
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		<title>Curriculum Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Templates for curriculum writing
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		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=115</link>
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		<title>Field Trips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[field-trips
New York City has a wealth of field trip opportunties, especially for the teaching of American history. There are advantages and challenges to field trips. The LAH teacher leaders weighed in on this issue during their January session at the New-York Historical Society.  Please add a comment.
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		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=110</link>
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		<title>A New Web Site for African American History in NYC:  “Mapping the African American Past”</title>
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This is a web-based project that showcases 52 historic sites associated with the African American history of New York City on a new interactive website.
Funded by a grant from JP Morgan, this project is a collaboration of the Center for New Media Teaching and Learning at Columbia University, Creative Curriculum Initiatives, and Teachers College, Columbia University.
At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=15</link>
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		<title>LAH Partners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brooklyn Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS), founded in 1863, is dedicated to the exploration and preservation of documents, artwork and artifacts representative of Brooklyn’s past and present. Its extensive education programs include museum/teacher partnerships, professional development workshops, curriculum materials for classroom use drawn from the collections, and student workshops on a range of historical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyctah.org/leadershipblog/?p=14</link>
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