EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 36 for October 11, 2017
NEWS
- Democracy at a Crossroads - Summit on Civic Learning - Report.
- April 12-14 - NERC - Hartford, CT - Propose a workshop!
Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources at the Collaborative for Educational Services 2017 Training-of-Trainers Graduates. http://emergingamerica.org/programs/library-congress-tps
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info
Can I book an Accessing Inquiry workshop in my district? YES! Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
- FULL! October 19 & Nov. 16 - Hudson High School - “Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources” - 22.5 PDPs or 1 grad credit in History. REGISTER.
“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
- 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:
- Using comics and graphic novels.
- Ideas for National History Day.
- Jewish American themed primary source sets.
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Primary Sources Across the Curriculum: Connecting the Spider Webs
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS - Across Massachusetts and the U.S.
- Oct. 17 - 5:30-7:30pm - Holyoke Public Library - “The Pioneer Valley Deindustrializes”
- Oct. 17 - 7pm - Webinar - Bill of Rights Institute - Debate, resolved: “Wealthy nations have an obligation to provide development assistance to other nation.”
- Oct. 19 - 4-6pm - Holyoke - CSTA - Technology Petting Zoo - demos of education technologies.
- Oct. 21 - 9am-4pm - Mass Historical Society, Boston - Material Culture of Death
- Oct. 21 - 2pm - Historic Northampton - Michael Thurston - “Witchcraft Accusations in 17th Century New England” [Not just in Salem!]
- Oct. 22 - 1pm - Northampton - David Ruggles Center - Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor - “Colored Travelers: Mobility & the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War”
- Oct. 23 - 7pm - Webinar - Bill of Rights Institute - Forum, resolved: “The U.S. should require universal background checks for all gun sales and transfers.”
- Oct. 29 - 7pm - Webinar - Bill of Rights Institute - “The U.S. should reform electronic surveillance policies.”
- Dec. 2 - 9am-4pm - Mass Historical Society, Boston - The Political Lives of Historical Monuments and Memorials
- March 11-13. National Service-Learning Conference. St. Paul, MN. “Justice In Action.” www.servicelearningconference.org (Powerful and practical!)
Resources:
- NBC Learn - TV reporting from U.S. Space Program + Much more.
- Mt Vernon - video of a restoration project.
- Periodic Table of the Presidents - NEW Infographics: Presidential Inaugurals and Prism of U.S. Political Parties.
- Ohio’s Sara Ziemnik - Gilder-Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year.
- Preventing Bullying through Science, Policy, and Practice - National Academies of Science - free book.
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