SUBJECT: History eNews from Emerging America – MAY 17, 2017 Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 19 for May 17, 2017 NEWS August 1-2, “Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources” will be the last opportunity this year for teachers who need this course to meet state requirement for 15 hours PD on […]

Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 18 for May 10, 2017 NEWS Due to high enrollment, Emerging America has added a section of the online course “Black Community and Agency: Fighting the Color Line (1877-1940).” REGISTER. Due to low enrollment, we cancelled the face-to-face course ““Teaching Civics, Civic Action, and American Ideals through Early […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (part of the U.S. Department of Labor) is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working, conditions, and price changes in the economy. Educators can tap into this valuable resource online using the website: https://www.bls.gov/home.htm Features of the website allow students and teachers to explore data including: […]

The following lesson plans offers a very unique set of activities focused on both world history and people with diverse needs in ancient society. Students will engage in a pre-teaching activity to learn important lesson and unit vocabulary featured as “brick”, “mortar”, and “disciplinary words” to focus on the few words most necessary to understanding […]