EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 43 for December 13, 2017
NEWS
- See current proposals for Federal funding for NEH, NEA, Dept. of Education, etc.
- Registration is now open for course Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities, starting April 24 in Northampton.
- Publish your students’ local history website! Check out these Windows on History sites created by teachers and students. Send the URL for your site to rcairn@collaborative.org.
- California History and Social Science Project seeks Regional Director for UCLA.
Library of Congress Maps and Local History
Massachusetts State House and selection from Beacon Hill, Boston. (1867).
Sanborn Fire Maps provide phenomenal detail in communities across the country - 1867 forward.
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.
Contact rcairn@collaborative.org. Registration open!
- January 27 - Technology in Education conference. Northampton. - Workshop on Library of Congress-sponsored online civics games. Register.
Grad credit in history available – all courses.
- February 15 to March 29 with final follow up June 7 - ONLINE - Emerging America: Immigration Issues for Diverse Learners ($35)
- Explore new approaches and a wealth of online resources for teaching this ever exciting and engaging topic. Engage diverse learners. Develop your own lesson featuring research and inquiry-based strategies on any period in U.S. History from 1800 to 2018. Grades 3-12. Registration.
- March 23 & 24 - 8:45am - 3:45pm - Boston - America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond ($35)
- March 23 & March 31 - 9am - Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center
- Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources. Meets Mass requirement for 15 hours of PD on teaching diverse learners.
- April 24 & May 15 - 8am - 4pm - Northampton ($72.50) Registration. Hands-on workshop to learn and practice skills for teaching diverse learners.
- Dates TBD - Boston ($72.50 - free to Boston Public Schools teachers)
NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with experience working with primary sources are welcome to join this network.
Featured this week - YOU MUST LOG-IN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:
- Constitution - Album.
Other Resources from the Library of Congress:
- Over 100 skill-based assessments from Library of Congress TPS at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- 1869 Peace Jubilee in Boston. Why biases of sources matters.
- Was Hammurabi Pro-Temperance? Critical reading and historical context.
- Mathematics and Primary Sources: Measurement, History, and the English Language.
- Learning Beyond the Original Purpose with Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Detailed local maps from 1867 forward.
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS - Across Massachusetts and the U.S.
- Feb. 5-March 26 - Mars Hill University - Online course: Teaching the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with Primary Sources.
Other Resources:
- Teaching Tolerance article: Addressing and Preventing Sexual Assault in Schools
- Remarkable Women of the Pioneer Valley. Coming out in print…
- Pfc Sarah Keys - stood against segregated buses in 1952. BlackHistoryEdZone
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