Warren and History Department Awarded Third Million Dollar Grant
Warren and History Department Awarded Third Million Dollar Grant
The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded Western Michigan University's History Department, the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (KRESA), and the Kalamazoo Valley Museum their third $1,000,000 Teaching American History (TAH) grant to help southwestern Michigan teachers improve their teaching of U.S. history. The new TAH grant, the third such grant which historian Wilson Warren has had a hand in, will focus on colonial U.S. history instruction for fifth grade teachers. The lead faculty include Wilson Warren (who also oversees the grant for the history department) and Joe Brandao from WMU as well as Sean O'Neill from Grand Valley State University and Tim Hall from Central Michigan University. Instruction will take place in two-week summer workshops from 2008 through 2010.