EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 12 for April 8, 2020
NEWS
- Curated resources for teaching Social Studies online:
- Update re Covid-19 from Massachusetts Commissioner of DESE Riley - http://www.doe.mass.edu/covid19/ed-resources.html
- Massachusetts Center for the Book announces Must Read Long Lists
- Massachusetts economic reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An important time for comparison.
- And looking beyond the current crisis… Teaching with Primary Sources Internship at the Library of Congress Young Readers Center - Fall 2020 application period is open!
Resources for Education During a Pandemic
(See blog post and new resources below.)
“Hospital slippers…” (1861)
Do you know people who are making Covid-19 masks for hospitals? Philadelphia women used this pattern during the American Civil War to make slippers for convalescing soldiers.
“Providing Comfort for Veterans: Primary Sources from the Civil War and Beyond” - blog post for teachers from the Library of Congress.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES AT EMERGING AMERICA
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.
- April 29 - 3:30-4:45pm EST - ONLINE. Register.
- America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond. Featuring five live webinar sessions, Tuesdays at 7:00 - June 30 to July 28. There will be an optional live webinar session in Spanish on July 21 at 8pm. All sessions will be recorded. Instructor/Scholars: Sebastiaan Faber, Peter N. Carroll, Rich Cairn, and Kelley Brown.
- June 29 to July 31, 2020 - ONLINE. REGISTER
- 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. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
- July 6-31 - ONLINE. Register.
NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this FREE network.
Featured this week - YOU MUST LOGIN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:
- Check out the many great resources posted in the TPS Teaching Online with Primary Sources group!
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Let’s Ride: Roller Coaster Design and Primary Sources
- Core Strategies for Working with Primary Sources: Primary Source Analysis
BLOG - Resources for Education during a Pandemic
by Alison Noyes, Assistant Director, Emerging America (We will keep this post updated through school closure.)
The nationwide closure of schools across the United States in March, 2020 changed all teachers’ plans. With email inboxes flooded with updates, it is hard for anyone to keep up.
Here at Emerging America, we offer a clearinghouse of information specifically for teachers of History, Social Studies, and Civics. In this post we gather the resources that have been made available to teachers who are rapidly retooling their curriculum for remote learning and enrichment for students sheltering at home.
Throughout the closure, this post will be updated with new additions and changes (we welcome submissions!). Headings for the annotated resources include: Remote Teaching for History, Social Studies, and Civics: Pedagogy • Social Studies Links • Pandemic content to teach • Current Events • Museums and Virtual Tours; Resources for Schools: Compendiums of links • Standards and Resources for PD and IEP & 504 Needs • Online Learning Platforms; History, Social Studies and Civic Engagement Opportunities for Students: Resources • Projects • Community Service; New Dates for Previously Scheduled Events. Click here for full post.
NEWLY POSTED RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ONLINE:
We will list only notable NEW resources here each week. See blog (link above) for complete list.
- K-12 ERIC: IEP & 504 Online Accommodations Guide
- Resources to Address Challenges in the Portrayal of Asians in Context of Covid-19 - University of Colorado.
- Citizen U from the Barat Foundation - Civics in Action. Lessons on the pandemic, civic action projects, and more!
- iCivics Remote Learning Toolkit
- Primary Source World: Online Curriculum & Teacher Toolkits
- Library of Congress:
- Library of Congress - Engage - ways to connect virtually to the library’s online resources
- Dave Pilkey, Author and Illustrator of Dog Man and Captain Underpants, Collaborating with the Library of Congress to Serve Families at Home - Information
- National Council for History Education - every Thursday at 10:00am - casual online conversation with Historian Joanne Freeman (She’s amazing! - Rich).
- American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati - Online collecitons and other resources.
- Right Question Institute - Ideas for focus questions at home. Webinars. And more.
- World History and the National Council for the Social Studies Three-Day Module for teaching Covid-19
- California History and Social Science Project: Your K-5 Reading List and Lessons for Schooling at Home
- Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum
- Lesson Plans
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