EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 31 for September 25, 2019

 

NEWS

• Begins Oct. 15 - Civics Literacy Leadership Institute - Western Mass Writing Project - High quality leadership and professional development. Info and Registration. An extraordinary opportunity! - RCairn. 
• Oct. 25 - Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies - Fall One-Day State Conference - Info and Registration
• Commission on Fine Arts gives final approval to design for new National WWI Memorial in DC - Information 

 

 

Featured Lesson for English Learners: 

“Using Historical Fiction: Esperanza Rising" 

Register for Accessing Inquiry  for ELs workshops, face-to-face and online. 

Migrant Mother, ​February or March 1936

https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html 

​The photograph that has become known as "Migrant Mother" is one of a series of photographs that Dorothea Lange made of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. Lange was concluding a month's trip photographing migratory farm labor around the state for what was then the Resettlement Administration. The featured lesson incorporates a rich text set, including fiction and primary sources. 

 

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

 

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES - Info & Registration

PDPs / Or optional grad credit available from Westfield State University. 

Watch for additional courses and sessions to be added, including in Eastern Massachusetts. 

• Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources - Instructors Rich Cairn and Alison Noyes. Meets state PD requirement, with attention to teachers of History and Social Science and the Humanities. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
  • November 6 & 13 - South Hadley, Massachusetts
  • February 4 to March 16 - Fully ONLINE
• Integrating Civic Engagement Projects Across the Curriculum - Instructor: Rich Cairn - Develop project plans under 2018 civic engagement legislation and History and Social Science standards. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
  • January 21 & February 25, Northampton 
• Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Instructor: Rich Cairn. Meets state PD requirement, with attention to teachers of History and Social Science and the Humanities. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
  • March 3 & March 24 - CES, Northampton 

 

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

• TPS Teachers Network - Teachers interested in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network. 
  • America's Students Need History - But Not for the Reasons You're Hearing
  • Morse Code
• New Website Makes U.S. Constitution Searchable with Supreme Court Interpretations Throughout History

 

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

• How Did Americans Observe the 100th Anniversary of the Signing of the Constitution?
• Science, Civics, and Primary Sources: A Measles Debate One Hundred Years Ago

 

EVENTS: 

• Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: 
  • History Through Inquiry: History and Social Science Leader Network - Information and Registration  
    • Session #1 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
      • October 2, 2019 - Worcester Public Schools 
    • Session #2 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
      • November 21, 2019 - Hudson High School 
    • Session #3 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
      • March 18, 2020 - Holiday Inn Marlborough
    • Session #4 - Virtual Meeting 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 
      • Week of 5/18 (2020)
  • Civics Project Network - Information and Registration 
    • Session #1 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
      • October 22, 2019 - Mass Green High Performance Computing Center, Holyoke, MA (West) 
      • October 23, 2019 - EDCO Collaborative, Bedford, MA (East)
    • Session #2 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
      • November 14, 2019 - Mass Green High Performance Computing Center, Holyoke, MA (West) 
      • November 20, 2019 - South Shore Educational Collaborative, Hingham, MA (East) 
    • Session #3 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
      • February 4, 2020 - Collaborative for Educational Services, Northampton, MA (West) 
      • February 5, 2020  - EDCO Collaborative, Bedford, MA (East)
    • Session #4 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
      • May 19, 2020 - Collaborative for Educational Services, Northampton, MA (West) 
      • May 28, 2020 - South Shore Educational Collaborative, Hingham, MA (East)
• Springfield Armory and Western Massachusetts Writing Project - October 3, December 5, January 9, March 5 - 4-7pm - “Mapping the Seasons: Exploring Historical Periods Through Writing” - Information and Registration 
• September 26 - 7pm - American Antiquarian Society: “Politeness and Public Life in Early America - and Today" - Information 
• October 15 - 1-2pm - Waynesburg University - Working Toward a Culturally Relevant Classroom (Webinar) - Registration 
• January 25 - Springfield Armory - Shay’s Rebellion: Perspectives on History

 

RESOURCES:

• PBS Learning Media - Hispanic Heritage Month 
• iCivics - Citizen Me Lesson Plan 
• Facing History and Ourselves - Teaching Enrique’s Journey 6-Week Lesson Plan 
• Teaching Tolerance - podcast - Teaching Hard History From the Beginning 

 

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