Date: Apr 26 2017
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Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 16 for APRIL 26, 2017
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Library of Congress makes 40 PD videos available. (See below.)
Date: Apr 18 2017
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Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 14 for APRIL 19, 2017
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Hope you’re having a great Spring Break!
A quick eNews this week.
Teachers discuss strategies to address “presentism” (projecting our worldview into the past) with Stanford’s Peter Carroll in recent Emerging America course on World Fascism.
Date: Apr 18 2017
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[caption id="attachment_10193" align="alignright" width="300"] Dionysus and Hephaestus riding donkey, Caeretan black-figure hydria C6th B.C., Kunsthistorisches Museum[/caption]
The following lesson plan 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 a…
Date: Apr 5 2017
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Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 13 for APRIL 5, 2017
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April 18 - 8:30am-1:00pm - Mass Board of Ed to discuss civic engagement. http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/boedate.html
Final 2017 Mass ELA Frameworks.
Little Africa on fire, Tulsa, Okla.
Date: Apr 7 2017
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WordSift.com
WordSift is a Swiss Army Knife of a literacy tool a colleague shared with Rich Cairn, Emerging America director, at the TESOL conference in Seattle in March. Social Studies and Humanities teachers can use this tool to enhance interaction and understanding of longer informational texts.
Options:
First copy your text selection and paste it into WordSift. (We used the Chinese Exclusion…
Date: Apr 12 2017
Author:
Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 14 for APRIL 12, 2017
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Registration is now open for all Emerging America summer programs.
April 18 - 8:30am - 1pm - Malden - Mass Board of Ed will discuss Civic Literacy and Engagement. http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/boedate.html
Lots of new events this week!!! We do not repeat every event each week.