Sponsored by Franklin's Opus: the American Institute for Historians and History Educators

Franklin's Opus recognizes the need for history educators to critically review the state of history education in the United States. We also recognize that in order to successfully launch a national dialogue on history education, we must focus on several specific areas germane to our topic. As a result, Franklin's Opus is issuing a call for papers on the following topics:

1. An analysis of the history NAEP scores from 1994 and 2006
2. History Teacher Quality and Preparedness
3. Standards and Assessments in history education
4. Continuing Education and Professional Development for history teachers

The deadline for paper submission is December, 10, 2008.

Franklin's Opus will sponsor a two day forum which will be held at La Salle University in Philadelphia on January 12 and 13, 2009. A number of prominent historians and history education specialists will deliver papers, discuss the topics, and offer substantive recommendations that will eventually emerge in a White Paper that will be distributed nationally.

Invitations will be extended to those candidates whose papers are submitted to Franklin's Opus and reviewed by a team of history professionals and deemed of high enough quality to deserve further review and discussion.

All papers are to be submitted to: