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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - November 2024

Published on Fri, 11/01/2024

We the Future Write Our Own Liberation - poster of Amanda Gorman a black woman wearing a bright dress with a flower and a pencil behind her ear and holding a book with The Tyrant Fears the Poet on the cover - three ferns make a background
Amanda Gorman poster by Kate DeCiccio. Amplifier Art. 2020. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021635603/  

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

November Featured Blog Posts:

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

 

News of the Field

 

Disability History News & Resources

NEW: Accessible US presidential election results

Desi Forte a woman in a wheelchair and a diverse group of young adults wearing Easterseals Massachusetts T-shirt present
The #TeachDisabilityHistory team shares major events in disability history 

 

 

 

Events @ Emerging America

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

  • Monthly - starting November 21 - 3:30-5:00pm Eastern - online CES Social Studies PLC - Register

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

 

  • Homemade memorial from 2013 - Boston Strong with flags, flowers, and hundreds of sports and personal items displayed against a fence
    Marathon bombing memorial. 2013. Photo by Liz West. Wikimedia Commons.

    November 22-24 - Boston - 2024 Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies - Watch our NCSS page for details. 

    • Emerging America and Easterseals Massachusetts: #TeachDisabilityHistory - How to integrate voices of people with disabilities into the curriculum. 
    • Emerging America and Mass Council for the Social Studies: Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners on the Document Based Question Essay. 

 

  • December 19, 5:00pm EST - Teaching Disability History Interest Group - sharing & discussion

    • Teachers, researchers, historians and advocates meet virtually quarterly to share ideas, experiences, resources, and research at many levels and to build a community of practitioners nationwide. Email rcairn@collaborative.org for meeting info. 

 

  • 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. 

 

Other Professional Development Events

In-Person

Virtual 

 

A white woman with long hair a jacket and jeans teaches a class of dark-haired high school students - sports pennants decorate the wall
Photo courtesy: Allison Shelley - EDUimages - https://images.all4ed.org/

Teaching Resources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New at the 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! 

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.