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A Study of American History
with a Focus on African American History in the North
Using Flint, Michigan as a Case Study |
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Welcome to the Flint Community Schools
Teaching American History Grant Program Website!
The Teaching American History Grant Program, administered by the Social Studies Department of the Flint Community Schools and funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is a professional development program for Flint Community Schools teachers. The aim of the program is to raise student achievement by improving teachers’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history.
| HISTORICAL MOMENT OF THE WEEK |
| Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) |
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Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the new national cemetery in Pennsylvania on this date. Click here to read a copy of the document.
Source:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/gadrft.html
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| PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT OF THE WEEK |
| State of the Union Address, Harry S. Truman 1947 |
| Click here to view the document. |
| HISTORICAL LECTURE OF THE WEEK |
| "Duty, Honor, Country" Audio Speech |
| General Douglass MacArthur delivered this speech in 1962 upon his receipt of the Sylvanus Thayer Award at West Point. Click here, select "play" to listen to this speech. This video is provided by American Rhetoric. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS: |
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS TAHG Fellows: Our Winter Evening Colloquium Session will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm at Sarvis.
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| The Flint Community School's Teaching American History Grant (TAHG) Program makes every effort to provide a high quality website with information and links that facilitate the accomplishment of our educational mission. However, because of the unpredictable nature of the Internet, we cannot be responsible for the content of pages not directly created by this webpage. |
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