Grant to give history teachers a boost

This grant will help history teachers get their kids excited about American history. They will also teach how immigration helped shape our country and is still shaping it. - - Donna Poisl

By Sylvie Belmond

A federally funded program designed to educate fifth- through eighth-grade teachers on how to get kids excited about studying American history will soon be available to educators in Moorpark, Pleasant Valley, Rio and Ocean View school districts.

Marilyn Green, director of grants for Moorpark Unified School District, received word this month that her application for a Teaching American History grant had been approved.

Teachers who volunteer to take part will have the opportunity to visit historic sites and museums across the nation to acquire firsthand knowledge of peoples, cultures and ideas from preColonial times to the present. They'll receive additional training and personal coaching from history professors.

Aside from general history, the grant's teaching curriculum will focus on the diversity of America and the impact of internal migration and immigration.
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