HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 21 for August 2, 2016
News:
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Mass Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education will postpone the start of history & social science standards revision to Jan. 2017 to learn from the review of ELA and math standards.
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A U.S. Dept. of Education July 13 letter suggests ways to use Federal funds to support “Humanities,” including social studies. http://www2.ed.gov/policy/
elsec/guid/secletter/160713. html
NEW!
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Sept 6 is deadline to apply for 2016-2017 History Institute - Teaching in the Age of Mass Incarceration, sponsored by UMass Amherst Dept. of History & CES Emerging America. Apply by Sept. 6. Space limited. Teacher Institute. (See next item.)
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Sept. 20 begins yearlong Feinberg Family Lecture Series: The U.S. in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Sponsored by UMass Amherst Department of History. Feinberg series. No registration required for the speaker series. Do sign in!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
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Oct. 29 - Northampton - First to Fight: American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) - In Spanish and English. (Date confirmed. Registration open soon!)
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November 8 - Teaching Struggling Learners with Primary Sources - Intro workshop.
RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - http://LoC.Gov/teachers
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Martin Van Buren papers now available online from Library of Congress. (For those who were waiting with baited breath!)
Library of Congress Teacher Blog
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Liberia, Africa’s Oldest Independent and Democratic Republic, Celebrates the 169th Anniversary of Its Independence. Post.
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Five Questions with Nicole Saylor, Head, American Folklife Center Archives. Post.
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES
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Aug. 10, 7pm David Ruggles Center, Florence, MA. “A New History of Abolition.” Manisha Sinha.
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Aug. 24, 5:30-8:30pm. “Paper Tigers” Film & panel. Federation for Children with Special Needs. Trinity United Methodist Church, 261 Sumner Ave., Springfield, MA 01108. Register (required).
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Sept. 8. 12:15pm. The Art of Illustrated Maps. John Roman. Springfield Museums.
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Oct 22, 8:30am-12pm - 80th Anniversary of the M-1 “Garand” Rifle - Program.
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Wednesday, Oct. 26 - Marlborough - Mass Council for the Social Studies - Fall Conference. Call for proposals.
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Gilder-Lehrman - Online Journal - Summer 2016 - American History in Visual Art
EmergingAmerica.org eNews
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