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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - March 2025

Published on Sat, 03/01/2025

A diverse group of ADAPT activist surround a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. The activists are young and old, black and white, ambulatory and wheelchair users. The group is gathered around the base of the statue, most of them are sitting around it in a clump. Other activists in the background are at the entrance of a building, showing the lack of accessibility to wheelchair users via the building's steps.
ADAPT protesters gather around statue of M.L. King. Photo by Tom Olin.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

March featured blog: "Completely Healthy Children:" The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust - by Wyatt Edwards

 

News of the Field

 

Disability History News & Resources

 

A dark-skinned police officer and a Black man in an orange vest with glasses wake a man with uncombed blonde hair on a New York City Subway train.
RetroReport video on forced mental health treatment in New York

 

 

Events @ Emerging America

Info on Emerging America professional development events: upcoming presentations, past recordings and more.  

Logo for the NCHE conference - March 20-22, 2025 - All History Is Local - with a photo of the St. Louis Arch
Join Emerging America in St. Louis
  • Monthly - 3:30-5:00pm Eastern - online CES Social Studies PLC - Register

    • Facilitated by veteran teacher-leader Peter Vamosy. Optional PDPs. 

 

  • March 20-22 - St. Louis - March 20-22 - St. Louis - National Council for History Education Conference

    • "Soldiers, Teachers and Citizens" - Teaching Disability History workshop led by Rich Cairn and Graham Warder - Friday, March 21, 8:30am - Room Regency A. 

 

Logo for the 4th Annual Yale Symposium on Disability & Accessibility, Hand spelling of Yale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logo of TDH Teaching Disability History

April 15 - VIRTUAL Teaching Disability History Conference - 5:00-7:30pm

 

Logo for TDH Teaching Disability History

July 8 - Teaching Disability History Conference - Keene, New Hampshire - Keene State College

 

Other Events

Logo of the OAH Organization of American Historians
U.S. History from Chicago

 

 

 

Teaching Resources

 

 

 

 

New at the Library of Congress

"Engraving of a woman holding a bicycle, wearing long stockings and bloomers - It reads, "Some Day They May Adopt This Annie Londonderry Costume""
(1895)  Library of Congress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Emerging America's Inclusive History News

Committed to Access and Inclusion of All Learners in Civics, History and Social Studies 

Created in response to teacher requests in 2013, the History eNews emailed monthly short descriptions and links of quality history and social studies events and resources. Since September, 2024 items appear in an Emerging America blog page from the first of each month, with a monthly Constant Contact email notice to our 2,300+ subscribers. Sign up free at the bottom of the page. 

We welcome your news & events! 

 

 

Image Credits

Rich Cairn

Civics and Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, Collaborative for Educational Services
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.