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Our Partners

In partnership with history institutions and top scholars, we help teachers build engaging curriculum and hands-on projects while encouraging rigorous critical thinking about evidence and interpretation. Emerging America programs feature primary sources from local museums and archives in addition to the vast collections of the Library of Congress. Emerging America is a longtime partner of the fully online Disability History Museum.

For more information on our partnerships, see our Programs and Professional Development pages.

Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium
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Since 2010, Emerging America's Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program at the Collaborative for Educational Services has led professional development in Massachusetts and across the U.S. 

Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies
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The Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (MCSS) is a long-time partner of Emerging America. In 2021, MCSS received a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program for the project, Extending the Reach of Primary Sources – English-Learner Collaborations. MCSS is collaborating closely with Emerging America and other state and national education organizations to bring together experts on English language development and History and Social Studies leaders. Link for more information on the project. 

Mass Humanities
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Mass Humanities, state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, provided funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council through an Expand Massachusetts Stories grant to allow Emerging America and Disability History scholar Graham Warder to research and publish the compelling stories of disabled Massachusetts Civil War veterans and nurses as part of the Reform to Equal Rights K-12 Disability History Curriculum. 

Disability History Museum
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Emerging America has been deeply involved with the curriculum and community outreach of the online Disability History Museum. Find a wealth of primary and secondary sources and curriculum on Disability History through Primary Sources on our site. 

 

Westfield State University
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Emerging America offers graduate credit in History through the Westfield State University Center for Teacher Education and Research and collaborates closely with faculty in History and Education.

UMass Amherst Department of History
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Since 2006, Emerging America has enjoyed close collaboration with many outstanding scholars, students, and graduates of the UMass Amherst Department of History, especially through its nationally recognized Public History Program. Graduate research assistants from the UMass Amherst Department of History have played key roles in Emerging America programs and in developing this website. 

Massachusetts Historical Society
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The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) has been an invaluable partner in research and in offering courses on disability history. MHS aided the creation of the Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum and the accompanying online exhibit: How Civil War Veterans Transformed Disability
Massachusetts Civic Learning Coalition
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Since 2006, Emerging America has played a leadership role in service-learning, civics education and civic engagement in Massachusetts. The Collaborative for Educational Services is a proud and active member of the Massachusetts Civic Learning Coalition

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Emerging America has long collaborated with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on inquiry-based learning, standards, teaching diverse learners, and especially civic engagement. See the DESE page of support for instruction in History, Social Science, and Civics

National Endowment for the Humanities
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Emerging America received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants in 2015 and 2019 for Landmarks of American History and Culture Summer Teacher Workshops, Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry. See the extensive resources including online exhibits: Forge of Innovation, Steamboat Barnet, and Radical Equality–developed in support of those programs. 
The Springfield Armory National Historic Site
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Since 2006, Emerging America has partnered with the Springfield Armory National Historic Site on an online exhibit Forge of Innovation and NEH teacher workshops: Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry.

David Ruggles Center for History and Education
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The Ruggles Center for History and Education and Emerging America have collaborated on professional development and creation of the Radical Equality online exhibit on the Northampton Association of Education and Industry. See the Ruggles Center's own grades 6-12 curriculum

Historic Northampton
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Based on extensive sources from Historic Northampton, including letters from the activist Stetson family, Emerging America build Radical Equality, an online exhibit on the radical abolitionist utopian community, Northampton Association of Education and Industry. 

Springfield Museums
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Emerging America and the Springfield Museums jointly created the online exhibit, Steamboat Barnet, and engaged 140 teachers from across the U.S. through the Forge of Innovation NEH summer workshops. 

Association of Educational Services Agencies
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The Collaborative for Educational Services is a long time proud member of the Association of Educational Service Agencies. AESA represents more than 550 regional education agencies in 45 states. 

Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
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On behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Emerging America built a website to share curriculum and other Massachusetts K-12 Civics and Social Studies Resources. In 2019, the Tisch Center at Tufts University assumed responsibility for the site.

Western Massachusetts Writing Project
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Emerging America collaborated with the Western Mass Writing Project and local teachers to engage teachers in civic engagement, including a course of study through UMass Amherst. 

 

Upcoming Workshops


Civic Engagement in Any Subject: Integrating Local History Across the Curriculum - Northampton, Massachusetts - Stipends - Details & Registration Led by ve…
Keene State College (KSC) received a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) project grant in October, 2024. Link to the project announcement.