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HISTORY-GEOGRAPHY

PROJECT

Collaborating with teachers to make history
relevant and empowering for students

The UCLA History-Geography Project is one of the sites of the California History Social Science Project.  We collaborate with educational researchers, historians and practitioners to design and lead professional development programs that enrich K-12 history-social studies instruction.

Professional Development

Lesson
Study

How do we build a culture of collaboration and data analysis in order to improve teaching, pedagogy and student engagement?

Ethnic
Studies

How do we empower students to become engaged citizens and change makers in their communities?

Literacy
Workshops

How do we ensure that our students become critical thinkers, readers, and writers?

K16
Collaborations

How do we ensure that our courses and curriculum reflect the latest historical scholarship?

Curriculum
Writers

How do we ensure that our history curriculum reflects our community so that our students are engaged and empowered?

Course
Design

What does my course look like when it’s redesigned through the lens of inquiry, literacy, and civic engagement?

The History-Geography at UCLA acknowledges our presence on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples.

Indigeneity lesson

What is the local indigeneity of where we live?
– Classroom Activity by Teacher Leader Amanda Sandoval