EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 8, Issue 21 for December 8, 2021
IN THIS ISSUE
- News
- Events @ Emerging America
- New at the Library of Congress
- Disability History Resources & Updates
- Other Professional Development Events
- Other Resources
- Blog post preview: Guest Post: Building Student Engagement in a Special Education Classroom - Esther Lee, New York City Schools. Link to blog post.
Inquiry, Compelling Topics, and Access for All Learners
Question Formulation Technique & study of child labor engaged a high needs classroom
See below for spring courses on compelling topics (immigration, fighting fascism) and accessible teaching (Accessing Inquiry for students with disabilities, History’s Mysteries elementary inquiry, & inclusive civics)
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NEWS
- Sign up by December 21 to pilot a lesson from the coming Emerging America K-12 Disability History Curriculum in spring 2022! Get more info on the curriculum.
- “Trust the Teachers: Here’s What Parents Need to Understand about the Teaching of History.” - David Blight, Yale University and Gilder Lehrman Institute. The Atlantic. Read Blight’s article.
- Grade 3 and Grade 8 teachers with English Learners in your room: pilot accessible new lesson materials in Feb/Mar - email Casey Cullen of MCSS in December!
- Free Teaching with Primary Sources Micro-credentials - Citizen U micro-credentials on using primary sources, hosted by the National Education Association (NEA), and created in partnership with Emerging America, and Inquiry in the Upper Midwest. Includes Universal Design for Learning. Contact Julie Schaul re vouchers for non-NEA members: Citizen U contact form. Link to info about the microcredentials.
- A Statement by Educating for American Democracy on the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework declares the EAD as “complement,” not competition to the C3. The EAD does this by, 1) “integrating key topics in history and civics” with skills, and 2) providing specific questions. See the EAD Statement on C3.
- Emerging America receives 1 of 22 Expand Massachusetts Stories grants from Mass Humanities. Info on Mass Humanities grants.
- NEW! - Guide to Student Research and Historical Argumentation - National History Day.
- March 7-11 - Massachusetts Civic Learning Week. Mark your calendars!
- Next issue of History eNews is January 12. Submit items to rcairn@collaborative.org by January 4.
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.
Mark your calendars for these Emerging America courses and workshops. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES
PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
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- Meets Massachusetts 15-hour recertification requirement on teaching Students with Disabilities. Access FREE K-12 Curriculum on History of People with Disabilities.
- Led by Rich Cairn, Emerging America.
- Earn 22.5 PDPs (MA), 15 hours (other states), or optional 1 grad credit in History from Westfield State University.
- January 14 - February 23. Online. One live webinar. Register for Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities.
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Introduction to Elementary Inquiry Using History’s Mysteries
- Become familiar with History’s Mysteries and ask questions of its authors in preparation for teaching the curriculum.
- February 9, or May 18, 7-8:30 pm Eastern. Online.
- Register for History’s Mysteries Intro.
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Develop a Mystery for Your Own Classroom History's Mysteries Institute
- The creators of History’s Mysteries will guide you through deep exploration of this powerful K-5 curriculum and its methods. Choose between customizing a unit for your unique classroom needs or creating a new History’s Mysteries-style lesson on a vital topic.
- Spring: February 28 to April 4. Online.
- Laurie Risler, with Kelley Brown.
- Available for 66.5 PDPs or optional 3 graduate credits from Westfield State University.
- Register for the History’s Mysteries Institute.
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America and World Fascism - From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond:
- Study extremism and resistance to it across the 20th century to today. Explore strategies to teach difficult and controversial subjects.
- Led by Peter Carroll, Stanford University; Sebastiaan Faber, Oberlin College; and Rich Cairn, Emerging America.
- Earn 22.5 PDPs (MA), 15 hours (other states), or 1 grad credit in History from Westfield State University.
- March 3 - April 15. Online. With four live webinars.
- Register for America and World Fascism course.
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Make Your Civic Engagement Inclusive
- Design civic engagement projects and civics education that are fully inclusive, especially of students with disabilities and English Learners.
- Led by Rich Cairn, Emerging America.
- Earn 10 PDPs with submission of an inclusive civic engagement plan.
- March 3. Online.
- Register for Inclusive Civic Engagement.
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Teaching World Geography and Ancient Civilizations
- Gain practical training in the geographic and historical content and inquiry-based strategies and resources for instruction to address Social Science Standards. Focus on regions of the world that have been underrepresented in K-12 classrooms.
- Led by Nicholas Aieta, Westfield State University, and Rich Cairn, Emerging America
- Earn 22.5 PDPs (MA), 15 hours (other states), or optional 1 grad credit in History from Westfield State University.
- April 19 - May 24. Online. With two live webinars. Register for Teaching World Geography and Ancient Civilizations.
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Emerging America: Immigration Issues in Perspective for Diverse Students
- Harness current events to deepen understanding of immigration across American history, from the founding of the nation through today. Focus on access strategies.
- Alison Noyes, Emerging America.
- July 8 to 29. Online. With three live webinars.
- Register for Immigration Issues.
EMERGING AMERICA WEBINARS & CONFERENCES
See complete list of short webinars, poster presentations, and more.
- Teaching Disability History: From Reform to Equal Rights
- December 8, 4:00pm - part of Mass Council for the Social Studies fall online conference. Info on Teaching Disability History workshop.
NEW AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- Veterans History Project’s Newest Online Exhibit: Twenty Years of Service: Post 9/11 Veterans. Link to blog post on Veterans History.
- A Page From The Past: G.I. Joe and the origins of this iconic character. Link to the Nov.-Dec. issue of the Library of Congress Magazine.
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):
- When Primary Sources Don’t Tell the Whole Story - Announcing the Teaching Native American History Group!
- DISCUSSION: A poem inspired by a primary source on immigration and disability history
- DISCUSSION: How are Wampanoag traditions, values and culture present in Massachusetts today? - History’s Mysteries
- DISCUSSION: Picturing America in the Classroom and the Library
- DISCUSSION: The Eight Mountains
- DISCUSSION: Native American Heritage Month
- DISCUSSION: 2020: Supreme Court Rules That About Half Of Oklahoma Is Native American Land
- DISCUSSION: Veterans History Project - Staff Picks
- DISCUSSION: Borinqueneers - 65th U.S. Infantry of Puerto Rican soldiers
- DISCUSSION: Space Ketchup, Corporate Archives, Science and Primary Sources - School Gardens
- ALBUM: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - A Legislative Tour
- You may link directly to these resources.
- ALBUM: Links Between the Abolition and Suffrage Movements
- ALBUM: Illustrated Letters from Pacific During WWII
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Coverage of an Early Labor Movement: Using Historical Newspapers to Analyze the Pecan Sheller Strike
- Teaching with Music from the Voices Remembering Slavery Collection
- Exploring Native American Constitutions and Treaties Using Primary Sources
- Raising Bread and Curiosity
- Sailing the Ozone Ocean Blue: The Wright Brothers Tour the Solar System
- Early Labor Rights and Activism: Learning about the 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike
- Gleaning Veterans’ Stories and Primary Sources Related to Military Service
- Just Launched: “Living Nations, Living Words” Guide for Educators
DISABILITY HISTORY RESOURCES & UPDATES
- Emerging America seeks teachers K-12 to pilot new Disability History lessons, supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Contact Rich Cairn rcairn@collaborative.org.
- The Buttonhook poem and Ellis Island - Album in the TPS Teachers Network
- Primary Source Spotlight: Rules for discharging disabled veterans, 1919 - Gilder Lehrman Institute. Link to the WWI source.
- Story of Max Cleland, Vietnam War veteran and U.S. Senator added to Veterans History Project.
- That All May Read - National Library Service is a free braille and talking book library service. Access services of the National Library Service.
- “Diagrams Illustrating the Principal Means Used in Transporting the Sick and Wounded and Medical Supplies During the War of the Rebellion 1861–5” - Link to diagram at Massachusetts Historical Society.
- The Changing Language of Disability - New England Public Media streamed on Nov. 10. Link to Language of Disability to see a rich Bibliography.
- Disability & The American Past - Link to the recordings of the Disability History webinar series:
- An Introduction to Disability History
- Disability in Early America
- Disability and the History of Medicine
- Disability Activism: A Historical Perspective - Massachusetts Historical Society.
- IDEA46 - Transcending Barriers, Past and Present - 46 years since passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Read commemoration of the IDEA.
EVENTS - All times in Eastern Time Zone - Online unless noted.
- December 13, 5:30pm - The Transcendentalists and Their World. Massachusetts Historical Society. Info on Transcendentalists webinar.
- December 14, 5:15pm - “The Kind of Death, Natural or Violent”: Fetal Death and the Male Midwife in Nineteenth-Century Boston - Massachusetts Historical Society. Info on the Midwives webinar.
- December 15 - Culturally Responsive Teaching - Re-Imagining Migration. Info on Culturally Responsive Teaching workshop.
- December 16, 5:00pm - Posters of the Spanish Civil War - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. Info on the Spanish Civil War webinar.
- December 16, 5:15pm - Local Food Before Locavores: Growing Vegetables in the Boston Market Garden District, 1870–1930 - Massachusetts Historical Society. Info on Gardens webinar.
- January 6 - February 3 - Brave Classrooms: Taking on Antisemitism in Schools - Facing History and Ourselves. Info on Brave Classrooms course.
- January 11, 4pm - 225 Years of Tennessee Stories: Primary Sources and Resources Celebrating the 16th State - Middle Tennessee State University. Info on Tennessee history.
- January 12-13 - Teaching for Equity and Justice - Facing History and Ourselves. Get info on the Teaching Equity and Justice workshop.
- Stanford History Education Groups (SHEG) 2022 workshops: Teaching Like a Historian, Civic Online Reasoning, Assessment, and more. Info on SHEG workshops.
- January 15 - SOURCES free conference - ON SITE at University of Central Florida, Orlando. Info on SOURCES.
- January 23 - March 19 - Seminar: Modern Japan, Part II. Occupation through 2011 Triple Disaster - National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. Info on Japan seminar.
- January 25 - Teacher Preview Workshop for The Mountaintop: M.L. King Jr. - Ford’s Theater. Info on The Mountaintop workshop.
- January 27 plus February and March - Mosaic America: Teaching Inclusive Elementary Social Studies - Primary Source. Get info re Primary Source’s elementary workshop.
- March 17-20, 2022 National Council for History Education Conference. Info on the NCHE conference. Apply for scholarships by Dec. 10. Contact john@nche.net.
- March 21 - May 6 - asynchronous online - Becoming Visually Literate in the Humanities Classroom - National Humanities Center. Info on Media Literacy course.
- March 21 - May 6 - asynchronous online - Critical Media Literacy: Decoding Disinformation and Myths in the News - National Humanities Center. Info on Media Literacy course.
- April 22-24 - Detroit - History on Wheels: Technology and Innovation in America's Auto Industry - National Council for History Education. Info on Automotive History colloquia.
- June 27 - July 1 - Documentary Theatre Summer Institute at Mars Hill University - Contact Bridget Morton: bmorton@mhu.edu.
- Six sessions in June and August. Summer Residential Programs at Mt Vernon. Free. Info on Vt Vernon Summer 2022.
- Three sessions in June and July. Summer Institutes - in DC and online - Ford’s Theater. Info on Ford’s theater Summer 2022.
- July 7-8 in Atlanta - TPS Civil Rights Conference explores Reconstruction and Jim Crow - Middle Tennessee State University, University of South Carolina, and Mars Hill University. Info on Reconstruction Conference.
- July 25-29 - On site workshop in South Bend, Indiana. Learning from Inclusive Sources Summer Workshop. Learn about Inclusive Sources.
RESOURCES
- New Grade 3 Unit: “Women in the American Revolution” - History’s Mysteries. Info on elementary curriculum.
- Voices for Suffrage - online games on campaigns for the vote - Info on Voices for Suffrage.
- Who are the Afghan refugees and what can Massachusetts expect? - Immigrant Learning Center. Info on Afghan refugees.
- Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students - National Public Radio (NPR). Info on podcast guide.
- Teaching Central America. Teaching for Change. Link to Teaching Central America.
NEW BLOG POST
Guest Post: Building Student Engagement in a Special Education Classroom -
By Esther Lee, New York City Schools
Reproduced with permission
As a special education teacher in New York City, I had gotten used to my heterogeneous classroom of kids. Last year, however....So when I came across the new fourth grade English Language Arts bundle, “Child Labor,” I panicked. How will my students understand the deep concepts of this unit and be able to focus on such a serious, heart-aching topic? Will my students make fun of child laborers the way they make fun of each other?
Luckily, my school had just trained me on the Question Formulation Technique (QFT)... [W]e decided to use child labor photographs as a starting off point (the Q Focus). “We ask as many questions as possible without judgment, and write everything in the form of a question,” I explained. I modeled to my students how to follow this procedure. This seemed simple enough for my students. I divided them up into three small groups of 4 and distributed a black and white picture of child laborers. I gave them the cue to begin...
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