To increase the historical content knowledge of American History and improve relevant classroom instruction, through content sessions and discussions with scholars, collaborative narrative and lesse\on development, and from year-round, in-class assistance and mentoring from scholars, the AIHE staff, master teachers and colleagues.

For three consecutive years, 100% of the fellows will receive sustained, intensive professional development in traditional American history content and application. They will implement these practices to convey substantive information in their classrooms on a regular basis as measured by session critiques, reflections, lesson plans and pre/post tests scores.

To develop a permanent professional learning community that will provide teachers with substantive traditional American historical material and rigorous activities to improve and enliven the teaching of traditional American history on a continuing basis.

Over three years, 100% of the fellows will create lessons using primary sources, such as: documents, journals, and letters, along with lessons investigating contemporaries’ opinions and modern historiographies, as measured by the completion of three historical narratives.

To form a cadre of trainers who will replicate portions of the Liberty Fellowship and train peers at in-service professional development days and in vertical teams, within their own districts and/or in other districts.

Over three years, a minimum of 75% of the fellows will conduct turnkey training for history teachers at in-service sessions in their home districts, or by modeling learning for peers as measured by workshop critiques, model lessons, or informal peer feedback.

To create three “historical narratives and lesson activities” teacher-guides on a Liberty Fellowship interactive website to help sustain this program, along with use for further dissemination. These media will focus on teaching traditional American History to modern-learners, using web-based and/or interactive lessons.

Over three years, 100% of the fellows will design and create electronic resources for publication on the Fellowship website, as measured by published material.

To train teachers in the use of historical landmark sites to assist them in elaborating the story of traditional American history, thus providing students with a multi-dimensional view of traditional American History.

Post-field trip evaluations will be administered to collect teacher and student data, assessing the impact of a field trip experience on their knowledge of traditional American History .

To train teachers to elaborate the story of traditional American History, through the use of visual enhancements found in Fellowship DVDs, the Fellowship website, AIHE CD-ROMS, and Cicero tm that is consistent with the Fellowship content.

Over the three years, the American Institute for History Education and Cicero tm . will identify resources and provide training, thus increasing technology use as indicated in lesson plans and program journals.

To improve the achievement of students and increase their knowledge of traditional American History as a direct result of Liberty Fellowship sessions, lessons, methods and resources.

Over three years, students will demonstrate a continual attainment of knowledge in American history as measured by pre/post test assessments, comparisons of their scores each year with students of nonparticipating teachers over the three years, and through student reflections.

To improve teachers’ historical content knowledge and give them the means to bring the substantive content to students, The Cicero: History Beyond the Textbook™ will provide teachers with the resources and means to effectuate salient increases in student achievement..

Over three years, teachers will use Cicero™ to access substantive classroom lessons, resources, maps, videos, audios, etc. 100% will use Cicero tm to incorporate empirically proven history teaching methods and lessons in their classrooms.