EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 9, Issue 12 for December 22, 2022
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: “Students Spellbound by Uncovering their School's Early History” (Introduction to the powerful inquiry by elementary school students below)
Ensure inclusion in social studies for English Learners and for students with disabilities
Low Cost Workshops/Grad Courses
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NEWS
- School grants for showcasing civic engagement projects - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Apply by January 6, 2023.
- Submit a proposal by January 18 to present at the June Massachusetts History Conference.
- H-Net has just launched its own Mastodon server, or as they say in Mastodon speak, an instance. You can create your own profile on our instance here: https://h-net.social/about. For those already on Mastodon, you can find us at @h-net.social and even migrate your account there.
- Next issue of History eNews is January 19. Submit items to rcairn@collaborative.org by January 11.
NEW AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- Summer 2023 Professional Development at the Library of Congress. Apply by February 10.
- Series of webinars on Library of Congress Literacy Awards.
TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network. Featured this week - (log in to see DISCUSSIONS; no log-in needed for ALBUMS):
- FEATURED DISCUSSION: Twitter Worries Alleviated by Library of Congress - [Beyond what the title suggests, this discussion offers terrific guidance and recommendations on how to navigate the changing world of social media. - RCairn]
- DISCUSSION: Ask a Mentor
- DISCUSSION: Little Known Celebration of Civil War soldiers
- DISCUSSION: History's Mysteries in now Private i History Detectives
You may link directly to these resources.
- ALBUM: What was the Aircraft Warning Service?
- ALBUM: Baseball and American Culture
- ALBUM: The Hysterical Maps of the Lindgren Brothers
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Pictorial St. Louis – The Great Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley
- Two Questions with This Year’s Top Literacy Awards Prize Winners
- Closing Celebration for National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds
- Concepts Across the Sciences: Patterns
- The Civil Rights Movement: A New Primary Source Set for Teachers
- Lend Us Your Eyes
- A Thanksgiving Maze
- Hear What the 2022 Literacy Awards Winners and Honorees Have to Say: Literacy Awards Successful Practices Live Webinar Series Begins December 15!
- Apply Now! Summer 2023 Professional Development at the Library of Congress
- Resources from the Library of Congress for Teaching English and Language Arts
- The Cherokee Nation and the Civil War
- Using Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection to Learn More about Civil War Soldiers (See photo below)
Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum features 200+ primary sources from 250 years of history–including Civil War veterans. Sign up for info on the curriculum.
DISABILITY HISTORY RESOURCES & UPDATES
- Easterseals Massachusetts seeks a Youth Services Coordinator to build the #TeachDisabilityHistory program with schools and coordinate the Youth Leadership Network.
- National History Day 2023 in the Perkins Archives - resources for teaching.
- Lenna Swinerton, an alumna who paid it forward - Perkins Archives.
- “47 Years Later, Are We Delivering on the Promise of IDEA?” - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
- People with Disabilities and the Accommodations they Need - AntiDefamation League. Learning activity on accommodations.
- Updated fact sheet on English Learners with Disabilities - U.S. Office of English Language Acquisition. Video of fact sheet. (0:35 minutes).
- PBS Airs Documentary On First Person With Autism.
- Supporting Children with Disabilities: Lessons from the Pandemic: Proceedings of a Workshop - National Academies of Science.
- Filming Deaf Stories: Interviews in American Sign Language - cultural, linguistic, and technical issues. Journal of Folklore and Education.
- Disability Law in the United States: A Beginner's Guide - Library of Congress.
- Disability History Book Series at University of Illinois Press.
OTHER EVENTS
- January 10 - 4-5:30pm - Shining A Light On Massachusetts History: Teaching Legacy of Courage Documentary & Classroom Resources - Primary Source. Info on Legacy of Courage webinar.
- January 19 - 7:30pm - We Are Facing History: Personal Stories, Identities, and Our Connected Past - Facing History and Ourselves. Info on Personal Stories.
- January 21 - SOURCES Conference at the University of Central Florida https://www.sourcesconference.
com/ - January 21 - 11:30am-2:30pm - hybrid - D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair - Teaching for Change. Info on BLM fair.
- January 21 - 9am - 3:30pm - hybrid seminar - Confronting Genocide - Upstander Project - Choices Program, Brown University - Boston University. Save the date.
- February 5 - March 18 - Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, Massachusetts - Crossroads: Change in Rural America - Smithsonian Institution and Mass Humanities. Info on Crossroads exhibit.
- February 8 - 7:30pm - Centering Native Stories in Florida History - National Council for History Education (NCHE). Info on Native Stories webinar.
- February 22 - 7:30pm - Native Nations and the U.S. Supreme Court - NCHE. Info on Native Nations webinar.
- April 28 - National Historic Marker Day - Pomeroy Foundation - Info re Historic Marker Day grants and resources.
SUMMER 2023 – it's not too early to plan!
- Statesmanship in American History - Princeton, New Jersey - Gilder-Lehrman Institute.
- NEH Landmarks Summer Institutes - stipends:
- Places and People in Colonized New England - University of New Hampshire
- The Making of America! - George Washington University - DC
RESOURCES
- Legacy of Courage: Black Changemakers in Massachusetts Past, Present, Future - film and teaching materials - Primary Source and Long Road to Justice. Info on Legacy of Courage.
- A Care Plan for Honest History and Difficult Conversations support for students - Learning for Justice.
- Wade in the Water - grades 6-12 curriculum on Harriet Tubman - PBS Learning Media.
- New poster on the Electoral College from Periodic Presidents.
- Women & the American Story - Curriculum: Expansions and Inequalities, 1828-1869 - New York Historical Society.
- Women & the American Story - Curriculum: End of the Twentieth Century - New York Historical Society.
- ¡Brigadistas! An American Anti-Fascist in the Spanish Civil War. Graphic novel. (2022).
- RetroReport in the Classroom - short videos on compelling topics.
NEW BLOG POST: Students Spellbound by Uncovering School's Early History
By Jacqui LaFrance
A class of six English Language Learner fourth graders that included students with disabilities, together with their teacher and paraprofessional teacher, shaped a powerful inquiry project that led to a community celebration covered in the local newspaper. Read the full account.
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