Date: Mar 28 2012
Guest Post: Rusty Annis, Belchertown, Massachusetts, Teacher
World War II marked a watershed for American identity, equality and opportunity. Advocates called bastions of racism into question and for the first time effectively challenged many aspects of discrimination. The war gave minorities (including women) a chance to contribute in a noticeable way to American society. It was not an easy tran…
Date: Mar 19 2012
Since before the American Revolution, it has been common knowledge in Western Massachusetts that there lies a tension between the wealthy centers of farming and trade along the Connecticut River and the steep, rocky, and isolated "Hilltowns." Yet these small towns, like communities everywhere, have sometimes played outsized roles at key turning points of our nation's history.
Over the winter of 2…
Date: Mar 7 2012
Emerging America embraces social media as a means to fulfill our mission to provide high-quality professional development to K-12 teachers on History, primary sources, and the Common Core State Standards. Quality professional development is more than just attending workshops and seminars. It requires a sustained process of learning and developing ideas about how our work impacts students. Socia…
Date: Mar 6 2012
"Civility in politics is a contradiction in terms," declared a historian colleague with a chuckle when I suggested the topic for a possible lecture series. Still, like most Americans, I find the current national political discourse worrisome. My history educator's mind makes me wonder, "Has it always been this way?" Well… of course, there were the Revolutionary War, Shays Rebellion, the Whiskey Re…
Date: Mar 6 2012
The Common Core approaches the content areas (Social Studies and the Sciences) with a particular emphasis on literacy. This has several implications. First, note that literacy in the Common Core means listening and speaking as well as reading and writing. Audio files from the Library of Congress, for example, have an important role to play. Further, English Language Arts components of the stand…
Date: Feb 2 2012
This new blog will share our deep-rooted experience at the local, regional and national levels of history education. We will present thoughtful discussion, links to powerful primary sources, and challenging and useful tools to stimulate critical thinking in the classroom. We will tap the tremendous expertise of the Collaborative for Educational Services to meet the needs of struggling learners. An…
Date: Jan 4 2012
Easthampton High School history teacher Kelley Brown and Fourth and Fifth grade Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School teacher Laurie Risler were honored by the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts for their dedication to the profession of teaching and their outstanding efforts in servicing their schools and communities. The charity has awarded a $1000 grant…
Date: Dec 8 2010
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Historic Northampton are pleased to announce the culmination of a four-year joint partnership to educate the public about the heritage of the abolitionist utopian community of the 1840s called the Northampton Association of Education and Industry (NAEI). The partners presented their work at Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, at…
Date: Jun 16 2010
– Owen Boss, Hampshire Gazette (Northampton).
[caption id="attachment_2139" align="alignright" caption="Easthampton High School teacher and Emerging America teacher-leader Kelley Brown receives History Teacher of the Year award from Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester."][/caption]
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Date: May 7 2010
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Katie Breault, The Register (Ludlow). Student Web Site Presents History of Ludlow. Click here to download a pdf of this article. www.turley.com Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Ashleigh Pyecroft, Hampshire Gazette. Where History Still Lives, Valley Offers Vestiges of the Nation's Earliest Days. Click here to download a pdf of this opinion piece. www.gazettenet.com
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