History eNews from Emerging America - March 21, 2018

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 12 for March 21, 2018

NEWS

• Legislature considering Civic Engagement Bill. Info on the Bill. Supporters will turn out at the State House April 4
• National HIstory Teacher of the Year - Nominations due March 31, 2018 - Info
• Public comment on the 2018 History and Social Science Curriculum Framework draft remains open until April 2, 2018
  • Public feedback is welcome via survey
  • Additional information about the draft framework

New Accessible Lesson at EmergingAmerica.org! See blog post below. Young Cotton Mill Worker. A Piece of machine fell on his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. October 23, 1912. Bessemer City, North Carolina https://www.loc.gov/item/ncl2004003660/PP/

Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities

Register now for Spring 2018. EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org. WORLD AND U.S. HISTORY:

• 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.  

ACCESSING INQUIRY FOR ALL LEARNERS: Hands-on workshop to learn and practical skills for teaching diverse learners.

• Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources:
  • RESCHEDULED DUE TO SNOW: NOW April 3 & May 22 - 8:30am-4:00pm - Boston ($72.50) FREE to Boston Public Schools teachers. Registration. BPS teachers find the coupon code on the registration page. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org with questions.
  • April 5 & 23 - 8:30am-4pm - Westford Academy. ($72.50) FREE to Westford Public Schools teachers. Westford teachers find the coupon code on the registration page. Registration.
  • April 24 & May 15 - 8am - 4pm - Northampton ($72.50) Registration.
  • April 26 & May 8 - 8am - 3pm - Danbury, CT ($89) Registration. (Click “Register for Courses”.)

“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.

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:
  • Feature Discussions:
    • Studs Terkel Radio Archive
    • “5 Whys” in Knowledge Quest
    • Power to the People: Protest and the American Experience

Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/

• Discovering Science in Congress.gov - Info

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS - Across Massachusetts and the U.S

• March 22 - NCSS - Mapping Current Events: A Newsela and Google Adventure - Fee - Info
• April 7 - Five College Center for East Asian Studies - Along the Silk Road - Register
• May 19 - 8:30am-6pm - Historic Deerfield - Connoisseurship and Artful Deceptions: Understanding 18th-Century Ceramics - Info and Registration

Other Resources:

• History Now #50: Frederick Douglass at 200
• The Gilder Lehrman - Institute of American History - New Website
• Teaching Tolerance - New Digital Literacy Video: How to Balance Your Media Diet - Video
• George Washington Teacher Institute - Business at Mount Vernon - Agriculture and Farming
• U.S. History in a Global Context - Project and Resource Overview

New Accessible Lesson Plan: Injuries and Disability in 19th Century Industry In this lesson students will learn that incurring a disability at work was a common occurrence of the Industrial Revolution.  This lesson integrates disability history content within a larger 14-day unit on the Industrial Revolution. The lesson plan provides a series of activities that highlight the importance of children and adults with disabilities in 19th century workplaces, and the ways primary source photographs provide information and inspire critical questions. In total, these activities, teaching tools of analysis for primary sources, and exploring disability history, could take up to six hours. ********************************** EmergingAmerica.org History eNews welcomes YOUR news & events. Published most Wednesdays; deadline Monday noon. Archived at http://EmergingAmerica.org/blog. - Reply to rcairn@collaborative.org to be removed from this list. Register for CES events. Teacher-created lessons, primary source sets, & assessments at: http://EmergingAmerica.org. Follow Emerging America on Twitter and Facebook.