EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 4 for February 5, 2020
NEWS
- 50th Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies (NERC) - Preparing Students to Hold the Office of Citizen - April 6-7 - Early Registration and Information
- Registration and workshop proposals now open for DESE 2020 Civics Literacy Conference: May 5, 2020 9:15 am-4:00 pm - Edward M. Kennedy Institute - Boston! For information, click HERE.
- DESE announced funding just 28 of 108 proposals for Civic Engagement Professional Development for total $845,290. The Legislature will take note! List of grantees.
- Mass Humanities - $244,391 in grants, includes many related to Civics Education projects, including one with Primary Source - Grants List
- JFK Presidential Library and Museum - Make a Difference Award - Information and Submission Form
- Ford’s Theater - National Oratory Fellowship - Information and Application (due June 12)
- Apply for Massachusetts Historical Society Summer 2020 Teacher Fellowship! Dive into MHS archives to find primary sources for your classroom. Apply by Feb 18th. http://www.masshist.org/teaching-history/fellowships
Diverse Lesson Approaches for Diverse Learners
Enroll in Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Source - March 27 & April 15 - Hudson, MA
Portrait of Langston Hughes, by Gordon Parks. 1943.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017858893/
“Two ELL Lessons on Langston Hughes,” inspiring post in the TPS Teacher Network suggests using poetry to bridge language gaps. Teaching language and content traces many paths!
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 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.
- March 3 & March 31 - CES, Northampton
- July 6-31 - ONLINE
- Accessing Inquiry for English Learners 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.
- March 27 & April 15 - Hudson
- America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond - Instructor: Kelley Brown. Scholars Peter Carroll and Sebastiaan Faber. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
- April 3-4 - Melrose High School
- Accessing Civic Engagement with Students with Disabilities - Instructors: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. 10 PDPs.
- April 13 - Hudson - $40
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 LOGIN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:
- Check out the many great resources posted in the TPS Teachers Network Civics Education and Civic Engagement group!
- Two ELL Lessons on Langston Hughes
- Google Doodle for 2020
- Podcasts in the Classroom
- The World Divided: 1941
Historical Newspapers Edited by Frederick Douglass Now Online!
Deep Linking in Congress.gov Allows You to Share Specific Sections of a Bill - https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/01/deep-linking-in-congress-gov-allows-you-to-share-specific-sections-of-a-bill/
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- The Terrain of Freedom: Mapping Stories about People and Places in the African American Struggle for Justice, Rights, and Equality
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New and Upcoming from the Library: Resources and Opportunities for Teachers
OTHER EVENTS:
- February 8 - 11am - Holyoke Public Library History Room: Burial Grounds of Holyoke with Robert Comeau
- February 12 - 8:30am-3:30pm - Choosing to Participate: Facing History and Action Civics - Information and Registration
- February 12 - 3:30pm(webinar) - Teaching Tolerance: Latinx History is Black History - Webinar Registration
- February 17 - 10am-4pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Presidents’ Day Family Festival - Information and Registration
- February 26 - 6pm - Umass Amherst: Public Lecture and Book Signing with 2020 Writer in Residence, Vijay Prashad - History to the Defeated May Say Alas
- March 25 - 8:15am-3:30pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Dignity and Justice for All: Stories of Protest, Resistance, and Change - Information and Registration val, and Deepening Our Humanity - Information and Registration
- March 17 - 8am-3pm - Bill of Rights Institute: President and the Constitution: Presidential Powers - Information and Registration
- March 25 - 8:30am-3:15pm - JFK Presidential Museum and Library: Dignity and Justice for All: Stories of Protest, Resistance, and Change - A Conference for Teachers of Grades 3-8 and School Librarians - Information and Registration
- June 1 - 8:30am-5:00pm - Mass History Alliance: History: a Massachusetts Community
SUMMER:
- June 22-25 - Shrewsbury Summer Institute - More details to come!
- July 6-17 - JFK Presidential Library and Museum - American Studies Summer Institute: Changemakers: Youth Activism from the Progressive Era to Today - Information and Registration
- Kent State University and NEH Summer Workshop - Making Meaning of May 4th: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in US History - Information and Application
- June 21-26
- July 12-17
- Old Dominion University and Virginia Commonwealth University NEH Summer Institute - The Long Road from Brown - School Desegregation in Virginia - Information and Application
- July 12-17
- July 26-31
- Korean History and Culture Seminar for Educators - June 22-26 - Koreatown, LA - Information and Application
RESOURCES:
- iCivics - Impeachment, the Infographic, and the Messy Desk
- Teaching Tolerance -
- Nolumbeka Project - River Stories 2020
- Stanford History Education Group - New Year, New History Materials 2020
- American Indians in Children’s Literature - post by Debbie Reese.
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