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For Teachers and Students...
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The
California International Studies Project (CISP) conducts a
statewide project, the Contemporary World History Project (CWHP), to
prepare high school World History teachers for leadership roles in
engaging their students in the complexity, excitement and intrigue of
history and world politics. CWHP is particularly interested in
involving classrooms with a high proportion of English learners or
at-risk students. While the content is rigorous enough to
challenge college students, the program's groupwork strategies and
focus on content literacy successfully engage students who normally
tend to have little interest in World History or commitment to school.
It is this type of student who consistently makes the greatest gains.
What is particularly remarkable is that in other states, this
program's prototype is only offered to honors and college students. CWHP operates at two levels:
Over 60 teachers and their students in northern
and southern California participate in a typical year. CWHP staff
include master teachers and specialists in curriculum development and
academic technology. Explore these pages to learn more about what we do, download a CWHP Brochure, or visit our Equity and Access website. Equity and Access is the heart of what teachers practice through CWHP.
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CWHP is a project of the California International Studies Project (CISP), a state-funded Subject Matter Project designed to strengthen student performance through the preparation of exemplary teacher leaders. CISP headquarters are based at the School of International Studies, University of the Pacific. For comments or questions about this web site and its content, please contact the webmaster at gstearn@surewest.net.
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