EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 14 for April 22, 2020
NEWS
- Today (April 22) is the last day to Register for Accessing Civic Engagement with Disabilities webinar - April 29 - 3:30-4:45pm EST.
- Earth Day & the Coronavirus - from the California History & Social Science Project. https://chssp.ucdavis.edu/current-context/earth-day.pdf Examines climate change and the current pandemic.
- Teaching Tolerance: Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distancing Resource to support a key, vulnerable group of students.
- Follow Emerging America on Twitter!
Engaging Youth in 2020.
Earth Day 1970, a Youth-Led Movement.
Screen cap from The First Earth Day, American Experience, PBS.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earth-days-first-earth-day/
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.
Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES
PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
- Accessing Civic Engagement with Students with Disabilities. Launching the discussion. Introducing resources, strategies, and tools. Facilitators: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. FREE. Register.
- April 29 - 3:30-4:45pm EST - ONLINE
- America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil war to Nuremberg and Beyond. Instructors: Peter Carroll, Stanford Univ.; Sebastiaan Faber, Oberlin College; Rich Cairn, Emerging America; Kelley Brown, Easthampton High School. $30. PDPs or (with extra fee) 1 graduate credit. Register.
- June 30 to July 28 - ONLINE
- Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Instructors: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. Meets state PD requirement, with attention to teachers of History and Social Science and the Humanities. $80. PDPs or (with extra fee). 1 graduate credit. Register.
- July 6-31 - ONLINE
NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network.
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
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Office Hours for April 14th and 16th Baseball Resources and LOC 201: Finding Resources
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Teaching the Legislative Process with Primary Sources Using Congress.gov
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Jason Reynolds, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Presents New GRAB THE MIC Newsletter
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Using Item Records to Explore Interesting Research Rabbit Holes
OTHER EVENTS:
- George Washington’s Mount Vernon - Thursday Webinars (May 7-June 11) - Scholars series speak each week about a different aspect of Washington's life and legacy - Information and Registration
- April 29 - 12pm (Webinar) - Right Question Institute: Online Workshop: The Question Formulation Technique for Research - Information and Registration
SUMMER
- Primary Source - Online Summer Courses
OTHER NEW RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ONLINE
See Resources for Education During a Pandemic for complete list.
- Jackie Robinson Institute - Online Resources
- George Washington’s Mount Vernon - Online Learning
- PBS Learning Media - Ken Burns in the Classroom
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