September 2026 Inclusive History eNews

In this Issue:

1. News of the Field
2. Disability History News & Resources
3. Events @ Emerging America 
4. Other Events
5. Teaching Resources 
6. New at the Library of Congress 

Featured post this issue: Introducing a Valuable Teaching Resource: Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History by Shuko Tamao and Michael Rembis. 

Featured Event Conversation with Dagmar Herzog: Author of the Question of Unworthy Life. - Free September 15 webinar sponsored by the Disability History Association.

News of the Field

1. Library of Congress Lewis Houghton Teaching with Primary Sources grant applications due September 18. For music and creative arts-driven history and civics instruction. Up to $100,000/year. 
2. Voting Rights Teaching Toolkits free of charge from September through Election Day - Zinn Education Project. 
3. Apply by September 18 to present at the National Service-Learning Conference in Minneapolis - March 22-24, 2027 - National Youth Leadership Council. 

Disability History News & Resources

1. This Is a Place We Made - Disability History and Public Land - University of Illinois Press. 
2. 504: A Musical About That Time, For Our Time - "504: The Musical tells the tale of a group of strangers-turned mass protesters-turned political power players." - Able News.
3. Apply by September 20 to present at the April 23-24 virtual conference of the Society for Disability Studies.
4. Disability Rights Are Voting Rights. Ford Foundation. 
5. The Promise We Made to Americans with Disabilities Is Under Attack - Barbara Merrill and Tony Coelho - August 11, 2026 - Time Magazine. 
6. A Language for Making Room: A Disability Justice Glossary for Access, Care, and Collective Survival - by mav (maryann) vega.  
7. Disability Policy Foundry - nontraditional space to develop, publish, and advance disability policy grounded in lived experience. 

Events @ Emerging America

Learn more about current Emerging America professional development events. 

Conversation with Dagmar Herzog: Author of the Question of Unworthy Life - book talk sponsored by the Disability History Association.

• September 15, 2026, 7-9pm Eastern Time. 
• Emerging America's Rich Cairn, board member of the Disability History Association will interview the author. 
• Register for the webinar. 

Teaching Disability History Interest Group

• Teachers, disability advocates, historians, higher education students and allied organizations meet quarterly to share resources and discuss how to advance the field. ASL and CART provided. Supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Next meeting is September 17, 5:00-6:00pm Eastern Time. To join the group, email Rich Cairn - rcairn @ collaborative.org. 

Recordings and Resources from Recent Emerging America Events: 

• 2nd Annual Teaching Disability History Conference - Tom Harkin Institute, Drake University - View presenter slides and materials from the July 14 conference. Featuring: Kim Nielsen, University of Toledo, Author: A Disability History of the United States; Sarah Handley-Cousins, University at Buffalo, Author: Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War in the North; Hope Bibens, Curator, Tom Harkin political papers. 

• Teaching Disability and Human Rights: 2nd Annual Virtual Teaching Disability History Conference - Find the recordings, transcript and extensive resource materials from April 7 conference. 

• Disability & Young Voters: Access, Legislation and Mobilizing Young Voters - A National Civic Learning Discussion.

Other Events

In-person, unless noted. Hybrid = in-person and virtual options. 

1. Fall schedule of free professional development for teachers from the Immigrant Learning Center. 
2. September 8 - 6pm Eastern - Hybrid - Boston/webinar - Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. 
3. September 9 - 7pm Eastern - Checks and Balances: How is the US Constitution Working? - National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).
4. September 10 - 7:30pm Eastern - webinar - Why Do We Have a Second Amendment? - University of Wyoming. 
5. September 14 - 5pm - Washington, DC - The "Brailled It" Experience: Cinema for All film screening - Library of Congress. 
6. September 15 - 7pm - webinar - From the Bench to the Classroom: A Constitution Day Conversation - NCSS.
7. September 22 - 7-8:30pm - virtual - Processing the Election Results & Promoting Civic Participation During & Beyond Elections - Facing History & Ourselves. 
8. December 4-6, 2026 - Chicago - National Council for the Social Studies 106th Annual Conference. NCSS conference info. [Join Emerging America, Keene State College and friends from the Teaching Disability History movement! - Editor] 
9. January 23, 2027 - SOURCES conference - University of Central Florida. SOURCES conference info. 
10. March 5-6, 2027 - Providence, Rhode Island - National Council for History Education conference. NCHE conference info. [Join Emerging America and friends! - Editor. 

Teaching Resources

1. 9/11 Heroes: Surviving the Biggest Attack on U.S. Soil - video and teaching materials - RetroReport. 
2. Constitution 101 Curriculum - National Constitution Center. 
3. American Social History Project - Graduate Center, City University of New York.  
4. Moonflower & Myth. Teacher Tia Hinz's new blog on children's literature and inclusion.  
5. In Pursuit video series and teacher guides examine the lives and impact of foundational figures: George Washington, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Dolley Madison - iCivics. 
6. Midterm Elections - Women's Rights - 1954 Geneva Conference - and more! - PBS Learning Media. 
7. Collection: American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos - PBS Learning Media. 

New at the Library of Congress

1. Engineering Solutions for Real-World Needs. With prosthetic design as a case study. 
2. Exploring Korean Folk Traditions Through a Hundred-Year-Old Photograph. 
3. Exploring Innovation through the Lens of Public Reactions. With Thomas Edison as a case study. 
4. "Late Reconstruction featuring the Fisk Jubilee Singers" - Join the TPS Teachers Network to sample a daily stream of teaching ideas and primary sources. Join for free. https://tpsteachersnetwork.org/. 

Image Credits

1. Brad Lomax, Judy Heumann and other disability rights activists in 1977. Photo by HolLynn D'Lil. From Hidden Voices - profile of Bradford “Brad” Lomax - New York City Schools. 
2. Screenshot from 9/11 Heroes: Surviving the Biggest Attack on U.S. Soil. RetroReport. 
3. Grip "Lumiere," adjusted to an artificial elbow arm. 1918. American Red Cross. Library of Congress. 

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