History eNews from Emerging America - JANUARY 29, 2015

NEWS

Arizona requires students to pass U.S. Citizenship test. Commentary by Robert Pondiscio in The Education Gadfly. http://edexcellence.net/articles/model-citizens Give input on Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization. Currently no support for Social Studies. National Council for the Social Studies supports Programs of National Significance.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TPS-CES - EVENTS

• March 14 - Newton South High School - First to Fight: American Volunteers Against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) - Propaganda posters and letters from the Library of Congress and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. Peter Carroll, Stanford University, & Sebastiaan Faber, Oberlin College. Register here.
• March 21 & 28 (2-day workshop; 03/21 - 9:00am-3:00pm & 03/28 - 9:00am-1:00pm) - Landscape of Revolution - Boston Public Library Norman B. Leventhal Map Center and Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services. Optional 1 grad credit or 22.5 PDPs. Register: http://maps.bpl.org/professional_development

Immigration Events: (All are welcome. These qualify for credit for those who are part of the 2014-2015 CES-UMass History Institute: “Migration Matters”)

• Yiddish Book Center - Friday, January 30, 4:00-5:30pm “Who Invited You: How America Treats Its Immigrants“ http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/events/15/01/educators-how-america-treats-its-immigrants
• February 4, 7:30pm - UMass Amherst, Film Screening of "'Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican': A Cape Verdean American Story" and a Q&A with the Director, Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins (Associate Professor, Emerson College and President, SPIA Media). Sponsored by the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival and the UMass Amherst History Department. Free and open to the public. Info: http://www.umass.edu/film/mmff.html

NEW FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

• February in History with the Library of Congress features: 1778 treaty with France; Nixon goes to China.
• African American History and Primary Sources.
• Library of Congress Magazine online.
• Curriculum on 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.

OTHER RECOMMENDED RESOURCES & EVENTS

• Archaeology of WWI: Exploring the Trenches Today. Thursday Feb. 12. 5:00-8:00pm. At UMass Amherst Memorial Hall. Sponsored by UMass Amherst Library.
• Feb. 22 - Springfield Armory - 2:00pm –  “African Americans: Breaking through Barriers” talk by Jennifer Zazo-Brown
• March 7 - Springfield Armory – “Women Ordnance Workers” - Melanie Hankins
• March 10 - Mass Council for the Social Studies one-day conference - Bridgewater State University. Register. Complete workshop proposal. $25.
• The Decorative Arts of the China Trade. Wednesdays, March 11, 18, 25, 2015. Flynt Museum, Old Deerfield, Mass. Brochure.
• Stipended Summer Programs - Applications due March 2.
  • NEH - Native Americans of New England: A Historical Overview, Five Colleges - July 6-24. $2,700 stipend.
  • NEH - Forge of Innovation, Emerging America - July 26-31 OR August 2-7. $1,200 stipend.
  • Mt Vernon Summer Residential Program. Application due March 4.
• Film: “Who is Vincent Chin? The murder and the movement that forged Asian America.” (Murder in 1982. Film 2009). http://www.vincentwhofilm.com/about/
• Latest edition of Teaching Tolerance magazine online.
• From ASCD: Check out upcoming national tests.
  • PARCC Item Sampler.
  • Smarter Balanced Item Sampler.
• Check out Hstry - free timeline tool and let me know what you think. I have not made up my mind whether I like it. **********************************

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