History eNews from Emerging America - June 28, 2017

Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 25 for June 28, 2017

NEWS

• Registration Now Open!: Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources: Hudson, MA - Oct. 19 & Nov. 16. Info.
• Seeking applicants for free September 30, 2017 CES-TPS Training-of-Trainers (9:00-4:00 - Arlington). Email rcairn@collaborative.org to receive further info and application packet. Applications will be due September 15. Watch for details!
• There will be no History eNews for the week of July 3-7. Happy Independence Day!

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info

How can I support students from diverse backgrounds?

• August 1-2 - “Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources” - Greenfield Community College. Audrey Morse and Rich Cairn. Available for 1 grad credit in History. REGISTER.
• NEW! October 19 & Nov. 16 - Hudson High School - “Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources” - Available for 1 grad credit in History. REGISTER.
• “Children of Incarcerated Parents and Academic Success.” Post by Megan Sullivan, National Council of Teachers of English.

“Accessing Inquiry” courses meet Mass license renewal requirements for 15-hours PD on students with disabilities or 15-hours PD on English Learners. Link to renewal regulations. Optional 1 Westfield State University grad credit in History available.

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

• Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration. Online Exhibition. See for example: “Bobby Seale, Bound and Gagged” from the Chicago 7 Trial, 1969.

Library of Congress Teacher Blog

• Interview with Margaret Wagner, Senior Writer and Editor, Library of Congress Publishing Office. Post.

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS - Across the Commonwealth and the Nation

• June 28 - JFK Library - Conversation with Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the UN. Webcast.
• New York Historical Society Museum & Library - Summer Teacher Workshops. Port of New York. Influential Women of the Early Republic. World War I Beyond the Trenches. And more!
• October 19 8:30am - 3:30pm - American Antiquarian Society - Worcester. “The Creative Spirit: 19th Century Technology and the Transformation of America.”

Resources:

• Human Rights in National Security - Amnesty International free Toolkit for Teachers.
• NEW from the Periodic Table of the Presidents: “Money Presidents” - the ones on your money!
• “The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration.” 2017 report from the National Academies of the Sciences. Free download.

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