EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 10, Issue 4 for April 20, 2023
In this Issue
- Events @ Emerging America
- News
- New at the Library of Congress
- Disability History Resources & Updates
- Other Professional Development Events
- Other Resources
- Blog post preview: Teaching about civic virtues and the Constitution in every grade.
All teachers-K-12-have a great opportunity to strengthen their capacity to teach the U.S. Constitution!
- Register for The Constitution & the Pursuit of Happiness
- May 22 - June 30, 2023 - Webinars June 6 & 20
Laurie Risler and Kelley Brown explore Constitutional rights with elementary teachers at the National Council for History Education conference in Salt Lake City. Together they created Private i History Detectives from iCivics.
Join Easthampton High School teacher Kelley Brown and historian David Hudson for The Constitution & the Pursuit of Happiness spring grad course.
Events @ Emerging America - Info & Registration.
Mark your calendars for these Emerging America courses and workshops. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org or anoyes@collaborative.org.
Graduate Courses - Online
PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
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The Constitution and the Pursuit of Happiness: Institutions, Virtue and Civic Dispositions
- May 22 to June 15, 2023 - Webinars June 6 and June 20 - 7:00-8:30pm Eastern - Register for The Constitution and the Pursuit of Happiness. Instructor: Kelley Brown. Constitutional scholar: David Hudson, Jr., author of The American Constitution 101.
- $350 for 67.5 PDPs; 3 graduate credits from Westfield State University for an additional fee of $315.
Presentations and Recordings from Emerging America
See complete list of short webinars, poster presentations, and more
- National Council for the Social Studies - Nashville - December 1-3, 2023.
- Info on the NCSS 2023 NCHE Conference.
- Rich Cairn, Emerging America will present on the Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum
- Watch for other highlights on inclusion as they develop.
News
- Apply by May 31 for grants to develop EAD-aligned civic education projects focused on K-5 students.
- Grade 4 to 8 Teachers apply by April 30 for Center for Civic Education grants.
- Harvard’s Grad School of Education aims to launch a much-needed new field of educational ethics through a conference May 4-6.
- June 2 - in-person, Clark University, Worcester, MA - Massachusetts Civics Project Showcase - Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education seeks community advisors.
- The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is again offering Civics Teaching and Learning Grants up to $60,000. Due May 12. Info on DESE grants.
- Next issue of History eNews is May 18. Submit items to rcairn@collaborative.org by May 10.
New at the Library of Congress
- A Folklife Today blog post highlights the stories of three female service members featured in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP) online.
- Save the date for the 2023 National Book Fair: August 12 - Washington.
- By the People - transcription campaigns - service-learning: Women and the Civil War and Black South Carolinians Petition for Equal Rights.
- Determined to Serve: African American Women in World War II - VHP presentation.
TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network. Featured this issue - (log in to see DISCUSSIONS; no log-in needed for ALBUMS):
- Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide to the TPS Teachers Network.
- DISCUSSION: Spring Has Sprung: Getting Second Semester Seniors to Care About Their Work With Primary Sources.
- DISCUSSION: The Puritanical Crusade of Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Act.
- DISCUSSION: If Your Students Are Protesting Gun Violence.
- DISCUSSION: Looking at how we talk about ownership: the Louisiana Purchase.
- DISCUSSION: Rethinking the Teaching of Slavery - join our group
You may link directly to these resources.
- ALBUM: Primary Sources that Appeal to the Funny Bone -- Collaborative Album.
- ALBUM: Nickelodeons and Early Films as a Form of Storytelling.
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A New Primary Source Set from the Library of Congress
- Searching African American Newspapers in Chronicling America
- Using Sanborn maps? The first in our series of STEM-related webinars is for you!
- Teaching Scientific Literacy: The Case of the Alien Abduction
- Using Chronicling America to Explore the Work of the NAACP
- Explore Native American History and Culture Through Manuscripts, a New Resource Guide
- Century of Lawmaking–New Look, New Location
- Resources from the Library of Congress for Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
- Concepts across the Sciences: Stability and Change
- Adding Sound to the Silence: Students Build on Silent Films
- Civil Rights and African American Women Changemakers
- Concepts across the Sciences: Structure and Function
- Two Questions with DIBS for Kids, Kids Read Now, ReadWorks, and ServeMinnesota Reading Corps, 2022 Literacy Awards Successful Practice Honorees
Disability History Resources & Updates
- Disability Equality Education offers dozens of K-12 lesson plans from this Pennsylvania-based organization.
- National Center for Learning Disabilities YouTube Channel includes interviews and other historical content.
- Disability Inclusive Curriculum Pilot Program - Pennsylvania Department of Education grants up to $10,000/yr to schools will instruct K-12 students on the political, economic, and social contributions of individuals with disabilities.
- The U.S. Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act (S.1071/HR 2401) supports students with disabilities in higher education. Info from the Learning Disabilities Association of America.
- Teachers: Complete the very quick Teaching Disability History in the U.S. Survey. Share the link with peers who do and do not teach disability history.
- Wisconsin’s disabled voters face barriers amid ‘massive confusion’ - The Guardian - Herman - March 28, 2023.
Other Events
Online unless noted. “Hybrid” events are both virtual and in-person.
- April 22 - Earth Day - with Brown University’s Choices Program.
- May 2, 3pm - webinar - American Impact on the Culture of the Republic of Vietnam - Library of Congress.
- May 4-6 - hybrid - Harvard Grad School of Education - Educational Ethics: A Field-Launching Conference. Info on Educational Ethics.
- May 11, 7:30pm - Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate - NCHE Webinar. Info on Rising Sun webinar.
- June 12, 9am - 4pm - in-person workshop Boston - How Can We Preserve Our Democracy? - Massachusetts Center for Civic Education (MACCE).
- June 14, 1pm - webinar - Business Collections Online - Library of Congress.
- June 14, 7-8:30pm - in-person discussion - Asa Waters Mansion in Millbury, MA - How Can We Include the Underrepresented Into the Discussion about the Divisions in Our Nation - MACCE.
- June 24, 10am - 1pm - in-person - Springfield Armory - Company of Military Historians - American Revolution.
Summer 2023 - All are in-person unless noted
- June 5 - August 6 - Framingham State Univ. - Fundamental Principles, Values, & Institutions of American Government - MA Center for Civic Education - rodesros@gmail.com for info.
- June 12-13, Orlando - June 26-28, Kansas City - July 13-14, Portland, OR - Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Institutes - National Council for the Social Studies.
- July 6 - August 10 - Library of Congress TPS Leadership Institute - online.
- July 21 - Mars Hill University, NC - Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Appalachia.
- August 10-11 - Portsmouth, NH - Remedial Herstory Project.
Other Resources
- Primary source-based online exhibit: Visual Guide to the Cold War of U.S. and Soviet materials with translations from Russian.
- The Bias Inside Us Educator Toolkit - 10 posters from the Smithsonian.
- Using Inquiry to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life - Elementary Grades - National Council for the Social Studies.
- Own Your History - free curriculum - Reconciliation Education Project.
- RetroReport - Political Ads that Shaped the Battle for the White House.
- Using Inquiry to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life: Elementary Grades - free download - National Council for the Social Studies.
Blog Post: Teaching about civic virtues and the Constitution in every grade
By Alison Noyes
The upcoming course on teaching the US Constitution is for teachers at all grade levels, from Kindergarten through through 12th grade. This blog post is a brief dive into the power of teaching deep, big ideas to a range of ages, and to the value of inviting teachers from primary grades and upper grades to think together as they plan for their own classrooms.
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