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The History Project at UC Davis is a community of K-16 educators in the greater Sacramento area.
We are:
- committed to raising student achievement by teaching history in challenging and exciting ways, which expand content knowledge and develop a literate citizenry.
- dedicated to supporting and challenging one another in pursuit of excellence in history and social-science education.
“The History Project has been invaluable in providing teachers with useful, timely, and rigorous hands-on activities for Geography, World History and US History. Having the opportunity to hear and speak with university professors who are experts in their fields and actually having time to collaborate with educators throughout the region are certainly strengths of the program. Educators, take advantage of the History Project offerings; they will take your teaching to a much higher level, and you'll have fun in the process!”
Carrie Malenab
Vice Pricipal
Pleasant Grove High School
We are part of UCD's Department of History, one of seven California History-Social Science Projects, and part of the larger network of the discipline-specific sites known as the California Subject Matter Projects commissioned by the California State Legislature.
Welcome to our community!
“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” — Pearl S. Buck
UCD History Project Tackles the 8th-grade CST Conundrum
A team of HP teacher-leaders, concerned about student performance on the California Standards Test given at the end of 8th grade that covers the previous three years of study, have developed a 3-day symposium in consultation with historians. Entitled Building Thematic Bridges Across the History Curriculum, the program promises to expand teachers' understanding of the content assigned to each grade level, six through eight, so they can capitalize on opportunities to preview and review content with students. Participants will learn how continuity and change can be observed across three themes: commerce, religion, and government. Two historians will participate in the symposium, each giving a formal talk and helping us make connections within the wide-ranging content. In addition, six practicing teachers will demonstrate model lessons and quick review activities like "Six Degrees of Historical Separation." If you teach 6th-, 7th-, or 8th-grade history, this symposium is for you! See the July calendar for further details.