Cody Henault November 26, 2012 Thesis: History education in public schools has taken less of a priority in recent

years due to the push for high standardized test scores in Math and English. Historical education, however, should be addressed more thoroughly through a living history program, a push for a legislative change as well as more a thorough usage of 21st century skills. O'Connor, Sandra Day. "Executive Command." ICivics. Filament Games, 21 Jan. 2009. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. <http://www.icivics.org/>. (iCivics) Hocking, William. "History Education." Interview by Cody E. Henault. n.d.: n. pag. Print. (Hocking) Chester, Mitchell D. "Educator Services Career Advancement Educator Recognition Programs." 2012 History Teacher of the Year. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 17 Dec. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.doe.mass.edu/Educators/recognition/pahtoy/>. (Chester) 76. MCAS history and social studies testing have been halted due to budget. (Chester) 77. History teacher of the year recognizes the importance of creativity and innovation. (Chester) 78. Recognizes the need for primary sources to engage students. (Chester) 79. Better teaching skills with oral histories and presentations. (Chester) 80. Statewide event that rewards history teacher with $1,000 and supplies. (Chester) 81. iCivics created to help educate on judicial matters. (iCivics) 82. Created by Sandra Day OConnors in 2009. (iCivics) 83. Created for declining American knowledge of civics. (iCivics) 84. Much teach what a democracy is to understand it. (iCivics) 85. Made up out of teachers, secretaries of states, court justices and volunteers. (iCivics) 86. Uses 16 educational video games. (iCivics)

87. Highlight of social studies conference in Seattle is civics. (iCivics) 88. San Francisco Chronicle published article about iCivics and the importance. (iCivics) 89. Complex government needs to be taught to each generation. (iCivics) 90. Poll that more people could name an American Idol judge than a member of the Supreme Court. (iCivics) 91. Baylor University did a study with iCivics in schools for 3 months. (iCivics) 92. No civics is equal to criticism without knowing why. (iCivics) 93. Study shows 4th to 12th grade. (iCivics) 94. Statistical improvement from students in Texas. (iCivics) 95. One game involves running for president and trying to gain favor with both sides. (iCivics) 96. Study took place at Fulmore Middle School in South Austin, TX. (iCivics) 97. Designed to break educational barriers. (iCivics) 98. Do I have a right game: run own firm of lawyers. (iCivics) 99. Supreme Decision game: help cast deciding vote in matters of court. (iCivics) 100. Peoples Pie game: control budget of federal bank. (iCivics) 101. Argument Wars game: tries to win argument and sway Supreme Court decision. (iCivics) 102.Executive Command game: be president and make decisions. (iCivics) 103. New unit on Media and Influence and what influences decisions. (iCivics) 104. Separation of Powers, Executive, Judicial, Legislative branches and Constitution/Bill of Rights all curriculum topics. (iCivics) 105. Immigration Nation: who has rights to be in a country. (iCivics) 106. Responsibility Launcher: teach civics to others. (iCivics)

107. Activate: how to propose new ideas. (iCivics) 108. Animated games with music and American backdrops as well as narratives. (iCivics) 109. Crisis of Nations: help with domestic and foreign affairs. (iCivics) 110. We the Jury: decide on a tough court case. (iCivics) 111. Those who have most impact on society gets a prize every 3 months. (iCivics) 112. Play games, earn points, spent points, post about what you learned and be entered to win $1,000. (iCivics) 113. Main problem for not enough history is MCAS. (Hocking) 114. Teachers were to write tests but had less of a thematic approach. (Hocking) 115. Schools are taught to MCAS focusing on math and English. (Hawking) 116. 45 minutes per week on social studies in Jordan/Jackson. (Hocking) 117. Foundations include geography and basic history. (Hocking) 118. High school expects things have been taught before. (Hocking) 119. Less emphasis on history due to math and English focus. (Hocking) 120. Time constraint due to less focus. (Hocking) 121. Some talk for high school Juniors to have even more focus on ELA and math. (Hocking) 122. In the elementary schools Midnight Ride By Paul Revere is taught as history as well as English. (Hocking) 123. Consistent lack of history all over southeastern Massachusetts. (Hocking) 124. Push in legislature for a civics course. (Hocking) 125. History department has 12 teachers and the most students whereas each other subject has 3 more teachers and less students. (Hocking) 126. Cuts in social studies staffing. (Hocking) 127. Success in primary sources and a recognized need for that. (Hocking)

128. The debate if it should be a history class or a research class. (Hocking) 129. With history you are able to write an opinion with fact. (Hocking) 130. Enables students to analyze and synthesize information in a new way. (Hocking) 131. Able to see from different viewpoints. (Hocking) 132. If students learn about geography they are able to access the ripple effects of decisions. (Hocking) 133. Opens a new perspective on countrys decisions. (Hocking) 134. European history is important in order to avoid a too nationalistic view. (Hocking) 135. European history is important in order to understand that different perspective. (Hocking) 136. History is important for diplomacy. (Hocking) 137. Politics are not taught and it is important to see what candidates views are on values such as civics. (Hocking) 138. Mass Council For Social Studies meets monthly to discuss the apparent issues. (Hocking) 139. Budget and lack of money seems to be the main issue with the lack of resolution. (Hocking) 140. Band students have strong voice in school board, but not history. (Hocking) 141. There are no parents to advocate to save the history as opposed to the save the arts movement. (Hocking) 142. Teaching has improved and has gained importance in the past 30 years. (Hocking) 143. Universities dont have to worry about this so there isnt a push for more historical studies at a graduate level. (Hocking) 144. Issues for Mansfield are across the street in terms of foundations for elementary and middle school students historical knowledge. (Hocking)

145. The DBQ Project has been designed to introduce history into classes other than the AP classes and is focusing towards the younger crowd. (Hocking) 146. Scaffolding technique taught in middle school to better critical analysis and essay writing skills. (Hocking) 147. In the 1990s there was history MCAS. (Hocking) 148. History MCAS dropped due to miscommunication and two years worth of content. (Hocking) 149. Senator Richard Moore is pushing for civic education. (Hocking) 150. Having a history standardized test would be helpful but not worth the expense of narrowing the curriculum. (Hocking)