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Teacher Created Materials Timeline
Travel through time with Teacher Created Materials from a two-person operation to the innovative, quality-oriented company we are today.
- 1977
Publication of Quick Fun Art
- 1980
Publication of My Body
- 1983
TCM exhibits at the International Reading Association (IRA) conference for the first time
- 1983
Rachelle leaves the classroom and moves TCM out of her house into the first office building in Huntington Beach, CA
- 1987
Launch of the International Division
- 1988
TCM continues to grow and moves into a larger building in Huntington Beach, CA
- 1988
First published Literature and Critical Thinking books
- 1988
First TCM "Make it and Take it" seminar
- 1990
My Body activities appear on the set of the movie Kindergarten Cop
- 1991
My Body activities appear in Life Magazine
- 1991
The growth continues as TCM moves into a larger building in Westminster, CA
- 1994
First "Technology for Terrified Teachers" user-friendly seminar
- 1996
Launch of the TCM Curriculum Division with TechWorks
- 1998
TCM breaks ground on the second building in Westminster.
- 2000
Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist - TechWorks
- 2000
Partnership with TIME For Kids® Magazine to publish Write Time for Kids
- 2001
Launch of the TCM Social Studies Division with Exploring History
- 2001
Write Time for Kids wins the Golden Lamp Award from the Association of Educational Publishers
- 2002
Distinguished Achievement Award - TechTools Resource Kits
- 2003
Distinguished Achievement Award - Primary Sources
- 2003
Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine - Exploring Nonfiction: Reading in the Content Areas
- 2003
Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine - TechTools Resource Kit for Inspiration®
- 2003
Teacher Raves from Scholastic Instructor Magazine - TechTools Resource Kit for Kidspiration®
- 2003
Orange County Contractor of the Year for working with persons with disabilities and economic disadvantages
- 2004
TCM makes its latest move back to Huntington Beach, CA
- 2004
Launch of the TCM Math Division with Exploring Math
- 2004
Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine - Exploring History: Ancient Rome
- 2005
Best Product of 2005 from Instructor Magazine Primary Source Readers: Expanding & Preserving the Union
- 2005
Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine Social Studies Strategies for Active Learning
- 2005
Primary Source Readers: Early America wins the Golden Lamp Award from the Association of Educational Publishers
- 2006
Partnership with Texas Instruments to publish TechTools Resource Kit for TI Graphing Calculators
- 2006
TCM products are sold into 89 countries
- 2007
Launch of Sally Ride Science: Science Readers
- 2007
Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine - Exploring Writing