EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 32 for December 2, 2020
NEWS
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TONIGHT: Dec. 2 , 7pm Eastern Time - Free WGBH webinar: Teach Diverse Stories with Primary Sources and Artifacts.
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TODAY: Dec. 2, 3:30-5pm Eastern Time - Western Mass Social Studies PLC - Join us to share and discuss concerns, news, and resources for the Social Studies. Email rcairn@collaborative.org
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National Council for the Social Studies Virtual Conference - Dec. 4-6 - https://www.socialstudies.org/
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Watch for Emerging America poster!
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RESCHEDULED: Jan. 21 - 8am - 2pm Eastern Time - Our Rights and Nothing Less: Struggles to Secure the Vote in the United States - Workshop with John Bracey - Primary Source, Massachusetts Historical Society, & Emerging America - Info & Registration.
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Scholarships available for National Council for History Education Virtual Conference - April 8-11. Apply by Dec. 11. Contact John Csepegi for details. - john@nche.net - (240) 888-4105.
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Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable - Young people more than most - Pew survey results
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Using Student-Generated Questions to Promote Deeper Thinking - Edutopia
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Mass Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Ed (DESE) History & Social Science resource page.
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Emerging America winter-spring courses open for registration-see below.
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Next issue of the History eNews is December 16. Submit events & resources to rcairn@collaborative.org by December 13.
Clash of Ideologies:
America and World Fascism
Our popular online course returns January 22 - March 1
https://library.ucsd.edu/
Spanish Civil War posters provide an engaging medium for student investigation of competing ideologies: fascism, communism, socialism, republicanism, and anarchism-and the power of propaganda. The University of California San Diego digitized many of the same posters that are in the collections of the Library of Congress.
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.
Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES
PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
- Teaching the History's Mysteries K-5 Curriculum
- Earn 10 PDPs by completing the workshop and submitting reflective input after you teach the curriculum. Led by program creators, Laurie Risler and Kelley Brown. Info about History’s Mysteries: Historical Inquiry for Elementary Classrooms.
- Dec. 14, 7-8:15pm. Info & Registration. Other sections offered Feb 10 and April 14.
- America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond -
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Led by Peter Carroll, Stanford University; Sebastiaan Faber, Oberlin College; and Rich Cairn, Emerging America.
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Earn 22.5 PDPs (MA), 15 hours (other states), or 1 grad credit in History from Westfield State University.
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Jan. 22 - March 1. Includes four live webinars. Info & Registration
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- Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources -
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Led by Rich Cairn and Alison Noyes, Emerging America.
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Earn 22.5 PDPs (MA), 15 hours (other states), or 1 grad credit in History from Westfield State University. Meets Mass 15-hour recertification requirement on teaching students with disabilities.
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Feb. 19 - April 2. One live webinar. Info & Registration.
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- Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources
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Led by Rich Cairn and Alison Noyes, Emerging America.
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Earn 22.5 PDPs (MA), 15 hours (other states), or 1 grad credit in History from Westfield State University. Meets Mass 15-hour recertification requirement on teaching English Learners.
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April 9 - May 21. One live webinar. Info & Registration.
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Registration opens soon!
- The Right to Privacy: "The Most Valued and Comprehensive Right" taught by Kelley Brown, May/June
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Contact Rich Cairn rcairn@collaborative.org about scheduling Accessing Inquiry and other professional development workshops remotely in your school district or region for 2020-2021.
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
New:
- The December issue of the Library of Congress Magazine focuses on photography. Download PDF.
TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this FREE network.
LINK DIRECTLY TO ALBUMS; YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN FOR OTHER LINKS:
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DISCUSSION: A History's Mysteries Mystery - Laurie Risler
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ALBUM: Hiroshima by John Hersey and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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ALBUM: Democracy in America
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ALBUM: Women in History
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DISCUSSION: Follow the insightful, in-depth discussions of teachers in the Teaching Disability History course.
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
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Spending a Moment at Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Table
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Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Gets a Third Term; Launches "Living Nations, Living Words"
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Teaching Mathematics Using Primary Sources: Data Mining, 1880s Style, Part 2
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Pumpkins, Math, and Primary Sources
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Verba Incognita: A Guide to Deciphering Latin on Maps
EVENTS (Online unless otherwise noted)
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Dec. 3 - 7pm Eastern Time - Robert Gottlieb and Robert A. Caro - Behind the Book: Great American Editors series - Library of Congress videos - Info.
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Dec. 4-6 - Virtual Conference - National Council for Geographic Education - Info & Registration.
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Dec. 9 - 4:00-4:30pm Eastern Time - Teaching Spark! Policing and the Legacy of Racial Injustice - Facing History and Ourselves - Info & Registration.
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Dec. 17 - 7pm Eastern Time - Nan Talese and Margaret Atwood - Behind the Book: Great American Editors series - Library of Congress videos - Info.
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G20 Summit - Climate Change and the Future of Humanity - Knovva Academy (Fees for participation) - Info.
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April 8-11 - Annual Conference - National Council for History Education - Info & Registration.
RESOURCES FOR TEACHING GRADES K-5
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History's Mysteries: Historical Inquiry for Elementary Classrooms provides free K-5 curriculum for teaching in-person or virtually. (Register for workshops.)
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iCivics lists many useful programs and curricula for civic learning.
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Social Justice Books suggests age-appropriate readings by topic.
OTHER RESOURCES
- Covering Mental Health- Nellie Bly - Lesson from CitizenU
- Celebrating Transgender Awareness - Teaching Tolerance
- Teaching America's Interwoven Histories - Teaching Tolerance magazine
- Native American Heritage Month - Library of Congress
- For United America, YWCA - Primary Source Analysis lesson - CitizenU
- New England Economic Summaries - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- New from the Perkins Archives- Alexander Mell and the Imperial Royal Institute for the Education of the Blind in Vienna
OTHER NEW RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ONLINE
- iCivics Remote Learning Toolkit
- Mt Vernon Distance Learning Programs
- Civic Action Project online - youth-led recorded webinars
- Social Studies Innovation Network - federally funded educational game and digital resources.
See Resources for Education During a Pandemic for complete list.
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