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Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference - 3/14 - UMass Amherst. Register ASAP. INFO. Donate to youth scholarships: collaborative.org/transforminged-giving.
DESE seeks teachers for voluntary, computer-based question tryout in May/June 2020 for new MCAS History and Social Science test in grade 8 civics. Sign up by March 13.
iCivics Celebration of Civics - May 21 - spotl…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 4 for February 5, 2020
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The 2020 Census launched in frozen Alaska this month. The occasion offers many ways to engage student interest and historical thinking.
Article I of the U.S. Constitution ordered a census every ten years, principally to establish the number of U.S. Congressional Representatives (and so the electoral college vote) for each state. From the start, this process incorpo…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 3 for January 29, 2020
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 2 for January 15, 2020
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 1 for January 8, 2020
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NEW! Accessing Inquiry workshop sessions open for registration! More dates below.
Jan. 28 & April 9 - Sharon - teaching Students with Disabilities
March 27 & April 15 - Hudson - teaching English Learners
July 6-31 - ONLINE - teaching Students with Disabilities
NEW WORKSHOP!
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We are preparing to teach an upcoming section of our course, Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources, and reflecting on what specialists in English language acquisition tell us about making history and social studies accessible.
There are excellent strategies to increase access for dual language learners (and all students, really) through being intentional a…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 40 for December 18, 2019
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In 2010, when Emerging America first focused on teaching strategies using primary sources to engage and support English Learners, we built the course content around immigration history, expanding the investigation to include the history of American communities that speak languages other than English. A key part of making curriculum accessible to all learners is teaching topics, concepts, and sk…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 39 for December 11, 2019