Monthly - 3:30-5:00pm Eastern - online CES Social Studies PLC - Register.
Facilitated by veteran teacher-leader Peter Vamosy. Optional PDPs.
February 18 - Civic Engagement in Any Subject: Integrating Local History Across the Curriculum - Northampton, Massachusetts - Stipends - Details & Registration
Led by veteran civic engagement teacher, Catherine Glennon, Mohawk Trail Regional High School.
Full day February 18 at CES in Northampton, Massachusetts - with 2-hour virtual follow-up in April, date TBD. Lunch provided.
Registration is $135 – though completing teachers will receive $300 stipends and be eligible for $300 for projects with students. Supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program.
Earn $300 stipend + $300 in project funds. Optional 1 graduate credit from Westfield State University. (With extra registration fee.)
February 27 - 6:00-7:30pm Eastern Time - Webinar - Building Access to DBQs for Multilingual Learners
The Multilingual Learner Collaborations project of the Massachusetts Council for the Social studies is presenting a webinar in the Immigrant Learning Center public education series.
April 10 - Emerging America's Rich Cairn, Ross Newton and Kate Benson and symposium organizer Kenya Loudd from Yale will present a panel on disability, access and inclusion in teaching K-12 students.
Free conference for teachers, disability advocates, historians, higher education students and allied organizations. Supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant.
July 7-11 - Hadley, Massachusetts - Teaching Local History: Diverse Stories at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum - free - Mass Humanities local history institute info and registration.
DESE Civics Pathways Free Professional Learning - co-designed and co-facilitated by Massachusetts public school teachers, the Democratic Knowledge Project, iCivics, & Project Zero:
Interactive virtual workshops:
Civic Learning in Grades K-5 - Focus on engaging multiple perspectives, meaningful discussions, and daily routines to support civic learning.
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Frederick Douglass. Boston Anti-Slavery Office, 1849. Library of Congress.
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Rich Cairn founded Emerging America in 2006, which features the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program at the Collaborative for Educational Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History program, "Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry." The Accessing Inquiry clearinghouse, supported by the Library of Congress TPS program promotes full inclusion of students with disabilities and English Learners in civics and social studies education.
