The UCI History Project
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Hot Curriculum

Humanites Out There is an educational partnership between UCI's School of Humanities and the Santa Ana Unified School District, in cooperation with UCI's Center for Educational Partnerships and UCI's California History-Social Science Project. Founded in 1997, HOT reaches over five hundred intermediate and high school students and their teachers each year through its workshops on humanities topics.

With funding assistance from GEAR UP Santa Ana and an NEH grant, graduate students work with K-12 teacher and university faculty consultants to revise their lessons for publication. The materials are designed to be user-friendly, ready to be photocopied and distributed to students. The packets also include lists of books, films, and internet resources that provide either practical background information or materials that can be adapted easily for use in classrooms.

The resulting curricula have been distributed to teachers throughout California and the nation and have been featured in the newsletter of the Organization of American Historians. Due to copyright restrictions on website availability, the CH/SSP cannot offer the entire curricula on this site. However, you may request a free copy of the curricula by contacting our grants manager, Peggie Winters. In your message, please specify which grade-level curricula you would like to receive. The materials are now available on CD-ROM as well as on paper.

For HOT curriculum resources by grade, click here.