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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - September 2024

Published on Fri, 08/30/2024

A stack of old photos and forms, including a marriage license, are spread across a table.
5 Ways to Teach Disability History in Social Studies Class - KQED

Emerging America History eNews is now: Inclusive History News

Committed to Access and Inclusion of All Learners in Civics, History and Social Studies 

Created in response to teacher requests in 2013, the History eNews emailed monthly short descriptions and links of quality history and social studies events and resources. Now to make news more current and to ease production, items will appear on an Emerging America blog page from the first of each month, with a monthly Constant Contact email notice to our 3,000+ subscribers. Sign up free at the bottom of the page. 

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field 
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Professional Development Events
  • New Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

News of the Field

 

Disability History News & Resources

 

Events @ Emerging America

Info on Emerging America professional development events: upcoming presentations, past recordings and more.

  • October 10 - 3:30-5:00pm Eastern - online CES Social Studies PLC - Register

    • Facilitated by veteran teacher-leader Peter Vamosy. Optional PDPs. 

 

  • October 21 - 8am-3:30pm at The Vogel in Red Bank New Jersey. - Making History Visible: Creative and Dynamic Learning with LGBTQAI+ and Disabilities Histories - Register.

    • Full-day professional workshop sponsored by: NJEA Consortium, Count Basie Center for the Arts, Make it Better for Youth, Emerging America and others.  

 

  • "A large handmade outdoor sign reads "We want white tenants in our white community". The sign is flanked by American flags. "
    Detroit, 1942. A. Siegel. Library of Congress.

    November 21 - CES - Northampton, Massachusetts Teaching about Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement Outside the South

    • Alice Levine (See blog post.) - Explore how we can bring stories about segregation and civil rights struggles that occurred in the North, West and Midwest into our teaching. We will share examples and discuss ideas while browsing books and materials for use with students this school year. Register

 

  • November 22-24 - Boston - 2024 Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies - Watch our NCSS page for details. 

    • Emerging America and Easterseals Massachusetts: #TeachDisabilityHistory - How to integrate voices of people with disabilities into the curriculum. 
    • Emerging America and Mass Council for the Social Studies: Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners on the Document Based Question Essay. 

 

Other Professional Development Events

Free, flexible civics professional learning from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Civics Pathways. Created by Harvard's Project Zero in collaboration with iCivics and Emerging America. Interactive Virtual Workshops begin on September 26: student-led civics project, managing difficult conversations, and supporting English Learners with student-led civics projects. Self-Guided Online Modules open on November 12: conducting research, connecting with stakeholders and decision-makers, and reaching a wider audience. Info and registration. (Now open to teachers from any state; small registration fee from outside Massachusetts.) 

Civics Pathways logos shows multicolored arrows indicating movement on multiple paths
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First African church, Richmond, Virginia - drawing shows hundreds of people watching the preacher on a pulpit in the interior of the church
First African church by W.L. Sheppard. Library of Congress. 1874.

New Teaching Resources

 

New at the Library of Congress

 

 

 

About Emerging America's Inclusive History News

We welcome your news & events! 

Rich Cairn

Civics and Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, Collaborative for Educational Services
Rich Cairn founded Emerging America in 2006, which features the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program at the Collaborative for Educational Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History program, "Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry." The Accessing Inquiry clearinghouse, supported by the Library of Congress TPS program promotes full inclusion of students with disabilities and English Learners in civics and social studies education.