The UCI History Project provides an institutional framework for collaboration between the UCI History Department and K-12 history/social science teachers in Orange County, San Diego and greater Southern California. We offer Common Core-aligned teacher training institutes in the subjects of academic literacy, world history, and United States history as well as workshops on Lesson Study, digital humanities and curriculum development. These institutes aim to equip teachers with resources and expertise to meet the challenges of the classroom in a changing educational landscape.
The UCI History Project is dedicated to the mission of providing a space for history teachers at varying points in their career, from credential candidates to veteran teachers, to engage in high-quality professional development. Teacher participants will experience a collaborative, scholarly environment that supports the development of historical thinking, content knowledge, and pedagogical expertise. To this end, the UCI History Project staff, which includes scholars and teacher leaders, are dedicated to building a model of professional practice within their own site in order to demonstrate the habits of mind, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to continuously improve the way history is taught, as well as to more deeply understand and appreciate the discipline of history itself.
The UCI History Project is one branch of a much broader program of regional outreach at UCI that is part of the Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) . In addition, the UCI History Project is a regional branch of the California History and Social Science Project (CHSSP), a statewide umbrella organization that promotes university-public school collaboration.
For a short overview of UCI History Project’s partnerships over the last year, please click here.
