Date: Jun 3 2020
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 19 for June 3, 2020
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Announcing: Teaching Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions in Today’s Classroom: A Teacher Leadership Institute – remarkable professional development program from Western Mass Writing Project (WMWP). Online. July and fall. Up to 4 grad credits. Apply to WMWP.
Mass Civic Learning Coalition (MCLC) seeks educator input on…
Date: Jun 3 2020
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Reflecting on Using Primary Sources to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
Click here to find a recording of the June 3, 2020 webinar.
Explore key moments across U.S. history at which individual advocacy and broad campaigns for civil rights enabled people with disabilities to move from the far margins of society into full citizenship. Identify points in the typical U.S. History curriculum (…
Date: Jun 2 2020
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June 2, 2020 (last update, June 4)
As June begins, and the end of the school year approaches, uncertainty continues for most US teachers as to whether teaching in the fall of 2020 will be in-person, remote, or a hybrid of both in the coming months. Protests against disregard for Black lives and policing, and strains as communities grapple with difficult issues are factors teachers and schools…
Date: May 20 2020
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Teaching Tolerance: Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
Constitutional Rights Foundation - Civic Action Project and Empower the People
Library of Congress Webinars - Wednesdays - 2-3pm Eastern Time. Register with Library of Congress. Join Emerging America on June 3!
No History eNews May 27. Next issue is June 3. Submit material by May 31.
Date: May 20 2020
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History's Mysteries K-5 Curriculum
Emerging America will launch this ready-to-use program for classroom and remote instruction in July.
Introductory workshop with the authors - Info and Registration
Veteran and award-winning educators Laurie Risler and Kelley Brown created this inquiry-based curriculum featuring primary sources from Massachusetts collections and the Library of Congress. The…
Date: May 13 2020
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Library of Congress Webinars - Wednesdays - 2-3pm Eastern Time. Join Emerging America on June 3!
U.S. students again score poorly on the international NAEP History-Civics-Geography exam. - See National Assessment of Educational Progress Report
DESE awards Grade 5-7 History & Social Science curriculum development grant to Primary Source
The Massachusetts History Alliance seeks Board of D…
Date: May 6 2020
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•Library of Congress: Papers of Three U.S. Presidents Added Online (Andrew Johnson, Chester Alan Arthur and William McKinley)
•U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Appointed for a Second Term
The David Ruggles Center introduces a new hands-on classroom curriculum of abolitionist history using primary sources. Visit davidrugglescenter.org/curriculum to learn more.
Massachusetts Civic Learning for All w…
Date: Apr 29 2020
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 15 for April 29, 2020
Date: Apr 22 2020
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Today (April 22) is the last day to Register for Accessing Civic Engagement with Disabilities webinar - April 29 - 3:30-4:45pm EST.
Examine climate change and the current pandemic. Earth Day & the Coronavirus - from the California History & Social Science Project. https://chssp.ucdavis.edu/current-context/earth-day.pdf
Teaching Tolerance: Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distanci…
Date: Apr 15 2020
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REGISTRATION OPEN! America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil war to Nuremberg and Beyond - ONLINE course - Summer.
Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education seeks an ELA/Literacy Content Specialist with a special focus on serving grades pre-K-5 English Learners. Apply now.
Online Office Hours for Library of Congress Education - Every Tuesday & Thursday - 2pm
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