History Enews from Emerging America - August 7, 2019

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 26 for August 7, 2019

 

NEWS

• Library of Congress has restored and made available the Gandhara Scroll 

  • For many more resources - https://padlet.com/rcairn/joct7wc3bvr8 

 

Prepare to Implement K-5 Social Studies Standards 

Teachers Two-Day Workshop Aug. 27 & Nov. 1.  Info & Registration

Hadley, Massachusetts

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1916-09-10/ed-1/seq-11/ 

Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]), 10 Sept. 1916. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

 

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

 

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES

PDPs / Or optional grad credit available from Westfield State University. 

Aug. 27 & Nov. 1. - Grades K-5 Social Studies - 2018 Framework. Hadley, Massachusetts. Develop plans to integrate the new standards into the K-5 curriculum. Instructor veteran elementary teacher Laurie Risler. Available for 10 PDPs. Info & Registration

 

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

• Papers of President James Garfield now online. Includes 80,000 items, mostly from 1850 to 1881. loc.gov/collections/james-a-garfield-papers/about-this-collection.

• TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with experience working with primary sources are welcome to join this network. 

  • Featured this week - YOU MUST LOGIN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:

  • Feature Discussions:

  • Comics and Graphic Novels as Primary Sources 

  • Librarians in the Funnies 

  • Notate Historic Maps 

 

Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/

• Not Farewell: The Exploration and Discovery Continues

• Framing the Lives of Civil War Nurses

 

Events: 

• August 10 - 10am - Sojourner Truth Walking Tour - Meet at the Sojourner Statue 

• August 11 - 2-4:30pm - Chester Theater: Curve of Departure - Information and Tickets 

• August 14 - 10:30am-4:30pm - Massachusetts Historical Society: Workshop: National History Day in MA - Information 

 

Resources:

• National Council on Public History 

• Remember Chicago’s 1919 Race Riots with Public Art 

• Teaching about Immigration, Asylum, and Family Separation at the US-Mexico Border: A Toolkit for K-12 Educators and Parents

 

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