EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 5 for January 31, 2018
NEWS
- DRAFT SOCIAL STUDIES FRAMEWORK – Info. Input SURVEY! Open to April 2.
- Forums to Discuss Frameworks – Register through ESE:
- CORRECTION: Feb. 7 (Not in March.) – 4-6pm – CES, Northampton. Discussion forum on draft Social Studies Frameworks. Western Mass Social Studies PLC.
- Northeast. Date TBA.
- Southeast. March 9 – 2-3pm. MCSS Conf. Bridgewater State Univ.
- Boston. March 21. 3-4:30pm. ESE, Malden.
- Feb. 8 – 11:30am – 1:30pm – Central Mass Social Studies Leaders PLC – Shrewsbury HS. Contact Jenn DiFrancesca. <jdifrancesca@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us>
According to NAEP, 84% of 8th grade students are NOT PROFICIENT in History. 29% are BELOW BASIC.
How can we teach Social Studies content
–challenging vocabulary and complex concepts–
to the many struggling learners?
Emerging America offers four sections of the low-cost Accessing Inquiry course this spring with focused strategies to support instruction in social studies of students with disabilities and diverse learners.
https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/hgc_2014/
Thanks to Tina Heafner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NCSS Vice-President.
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA – Info & Registration.
Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
ACCESSING INQUIRY FOR ALL LEARNERS:
- Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources:
- March 12 & 22 – Dutchess County BOCES – Poughkeepsie, NY. ($35) Registration. (12 NY CEUs or grad credit).
- March 13 & April 3 – 8:30am-4:00pm – Boston ($72.50) FREE to Boston Public Schools teachers. BPS teachers contact rcairn@collaborative.org if you need instructions on registering. Registration.
- April 5 & 23 – 8:30am-4pm – Westford Academy. ($72.50) FREE to Westford Public Schools teachers. Registration.
- April 24 & May 15 – 8am – 4pm – Northampton ($72.50) Registration. Hands-on workshop to learn and practical skills for teaching diverse learners.
“Accessing Inquiry” courses meet Mass license renewal requirements for 15-hours PD on students with disabilities or 15-hours PD on English Learners. Optional 1 Westfield State University grad credit in History available.
- March 23 & 24 – 8:45am – 3:45pm – Plymouth North High School – America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond ($35). Registration.
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:
- Words on a Wall. Excellent vocab activity for struggling learners.
- Rosie the Riveter. Real women, not just a poster.
- Place Based Learning – Digital Tools. Example is on Holocaust. WOW! A must-see for local history and for tech geeks! – Rich
- Citizen U: Lessons Infusing Civics Across the Curriculum.
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Poetry 180 – New Poems Added.
- What’s New Online at LoC.Gov?
- All the Way to Mars – Part 2: Young Readers Center
- Summer 2018 Institutes – Info and Application.
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS – Across Massachusetts and the U.S
- Feb. 15 – 1-2pm – Webinar – Using primary sources to spark writing. Waynesburg Univ.
- Feb. 20 – 7-8pm – Webinar. Social Studies and Web Mapping Tools – NCSS.
- Feb. 27 – 7-8pm – Webinar. WWI in WebMaps and 3-D Videos. – NCSS.
- Feb. 27-28. UC Davis. Civics Conference. California History and Social Science Project.
- March 6 – 7-8pm. Webinar. Sikh-American Community. NCSS.
- March 7, 14, & 21. 7-9pm. Historic Deerfield. Archaeology & Preservation.
- March 9 – 9am – 3pm – Bridgewater State University – Going Global on Geography Education conference. Keynote – Robert Hellstrom. Discuss draft frameworks. MCSS. http://www.masscouncil.org/
- March 22. 7-8pm. 7-8pm. Newsela and Google Map Adventure. NCSS.
- March 24 & April 28 – 3:30am – 1:30pm – Bridgewater State. Mass Geography Network.
- April 12-14 – NERC – Hartford – Bob Bain, Kathy Swann, workshops, & more! – Register.
SUMMER 2018 – Free. Stipended. Applications due March 1.
- June 24-29 or July 15-20. The Lowell Experience – NEH Summer Institute for Teachers – Tsongas Industrial History Center
Other Resources:
- University of the Arts – Philadelphia – K-12 Primary Source-based Lessons.
- Updated guide for serving English Learners. From Teaching Tolerance.
- February & March. League of Women Voters of Massachusetts’ – “Get in the Game and Vote!” Student Video Contest. High School Students (at least 13 years old). Students create 30-second video on ” GET IN THE GAME…AND VOTE!”. Videos to be shown statewide. Cash prizes awarded at State House June 2018! www.pacio.info.
- Youth Film Challenge. Civic Life Project. Student film competition.
- Place-Based Education with the Center for Civic Education. Video of 7th grade.
- Enemy Aliens and Internment During the World Wars. Barat Foundation.
- Teaching Tolerance Magazine – Spring 2018. Free download. American Slavery, examination of the American dream, and more.
- Institute for Curriculum Services – Jewish History for Today’s Classroom – ICS seeks a balanced approach. Free lessons. https://www.icsresources.org/
- “A Time to Drill” – Classroom resource oil and climate change from California History and Social Science Project.
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