EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 10, Issue 2 for February 16, 2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Announcement: Kelley Brown, whose high school class won the state We the People competition, will teach a graduate class on The Constitution and the Pursuit of Happiness in May/June
- Events @ Emerging America
- News
- New at the Library of Congress
- Professional Development Events
- Other Resources
Blog post preview: “Why Teach Disability History? - 2023”
Why Teach Disability History?
- Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum opens at the end of February!
- Low Cost Workshops/Grad Courses
When you see this image, do you see social transformation? Read the February Blog Post for another view.
Image link: https://www.loc.gov/resource/
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.
Mark your calendars for these Emerging America courses and workshops. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org or anoyes@collaborative.org.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES
PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
Scholarships for Winter Courses - Registration fees of $50 and $100
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Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources
- March 3 - April 12, 2023 - Webinars March 8, 4:00-5:15 pm Eastern. Register for Accessing Inquiry for English Learners. Instructor: Alison Noyes, Emerging America. Focus on inquiry strategies to that work to support accessible social studies teaching, informed by recent pilot-tested methods developed by English Language Development experts working with social studies teachers on primary sources.
- Meets Massachusetts license renewal requirement for 15 hours of PD on teaching students with disabilities.
- Special fee of $100 thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Eastern Region mini-grant.
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Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!
- Moved from January - now running April 7 to May 17 - Register for Accessing Inquiry. Instructor: Rich Cairn, Emerging America. Sample the Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum, to be published by Emerging America in February, 2023.
- Meets Massachusetts license renewal requirement for 15 hours of PD on teaching students with disabilities.
- Special fee of $100 thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Eastern Region mini-grant.
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America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond – Teaching Human Rights Today
- March 2 to April 15, 2023 - Webinars March 9, 16 & 30 and April 6 - 4:00-5:15pm Eastern - Register for America and World Fascism Instructors: Peter N. Carroll, Stanford, University and Sebastiaan Faber, Oberlin College, facilitated by Rich Cairn, Emerging America
- Special fee of $50 thanks to the Puffin Foundation.
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The Constitution and the Pursuit of Happiness: Institutions, Virtue and Civic Dispositions
- May 22 to June 15, 2023 - Webinars June 6 and June 20 - 7:00-8:30pm Eastern - Register for The Constitution and the Pursuit of Happiness. Instructor: Kelley Brown. Constitutional scholar: David Hudson, Jr., author of The American Constitution 101.
- $350 for 67.5 PDPs; 3 graduate credits from Westfield State University for an additional fee of $315.
EMERGING AMERICA WEBINARS & CONFERENCES
Upcoming Presentations and Past Recordings from Emerging America
See complete list of short webinars, poster presentations, and more.
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Teach Disability History: We Can and We Must. An imperative for civics learning - National Civics Learning Week - March 8
- Webinar March 8 - 7-8pm Eastern Time.
- Launch of Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum. FREE.
- Graham Warder, Keene State College; Desiree Forte, Easterseals Massachusetts - #TeachDisabilityHistory campaign; Ross Newton, HEC Academy; Katherine Stevens, Mass Humanities; & Rich Cairn, Emerging America.
- Register for webinar.
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Learning Disabilities Association of America annual conference - Las Vegas - February 21-23
- Register for the LDA conference.
- Disability History workshops - February 23.
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National Council for History Education - Salt Lake City - March 23-25
- Register for NCHE Conference.
- Emerging America workshop and poster sessions:
- Struggles for Freedom of Self-Determination: Engaging Every Learner through Disability History
NEWS
- Easthampton High School class scored a 7th win in the We the People: The Citizen and Constitution State Finals at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate in Boston. Local news covered students' efforts.
- The National Council for the Social Studies and five key partners issued a measured and professional response to a politicized January 2023 draft of Virginia History Standards.
- Mass Humanities announced a variety of 2023 grant opportunities.
- Teachers change the world. Mass Council for the Social Studies Educator Awards nominations due March 15. MCSS teacher excellence awards info.
- Massachusetts Historical Society Teacher & Student Fellowships - Applications due date: March 17.
- Next issue of History eNews is March 16. Submit items to rcairn@collaborative.org by March 8.
Learn more about National Civic Learning Week 2023
NEW AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WHAT'S NEW?
- Teaching with Primary Sources Related to LGBTQ+ History Onsite Workshop - June 27-29 - Library of Congress. Apply for LGBTQ+ History workshop by February 26.
- Web Archive of Protests Against Racism - a collection of archives sites from 2020.
- Inventions and Innovations - new primary source set.
TPS Teachers Network
- Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network. Featured this issue - (log in to see DISCUSSIONS; no log-in needed for ALBUMS):
- DISCUSSION: An Unlikely Abolitionist - Benjamin Lay, Quaker, vegan, person with dwarfism.
- DISCUSSION: My Time as a Boy Scout (Sources show diverse participation! - RC)
- DISCUSSION: 400 Years of Timelines
- DISCUSSION: Teaching Ideas for Geography and Map Skills
- DISCUSSION: Are You ChatGPT- Curious? ... A students' guide to responsible and effective use of AI
- DISCUSSION: Black History Month - Resistance
- DISCUSSION: Teaching with Primary Sources Related to LGBTQ+ History Onsite Workshop - June 27-29.
You may link directly to these resources.
- ALBUM: Learning Activity: Closer Look- Who Were the Women Airforce Service Pilots?
- ALBUM: How to Teach The Truth Without Ending Up in the Principal's Office – NCSS 2022 Poster Session
- ALBUM: Rosie the Riveter: Her Stories
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Exploring the Ideas and Logistics Behind the March on Washington Using a Planning Document
- Remember the Ladies: African-American Women and the Fight for Rights
- Concepts across the Sciences: Energy and Matter
- Inventions and Innovations: A New Primary Source Set from the Library of Congress
- Meet Meg Medina, the Library’s New Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
- Application Deadline Reminder: Summer 2023 Professional Development at the Library of Congress
- Three Questions with World Education and International Literacy and Development, 2022 Literacy Awards Successful Practice Honorees
- Concepts Across the Sciences: Cause and Effect
DISABILITY HISTORY RESOURCES & UPDATES
- A blog post at the Library of Congress–Open Air Schooling: A Pre-Pandemic Tradition–speaks about infectious disease prevention and outdoor classrooms as treatment for students with disabilities.
- Hearts of Glass - media resources on people with disabilities today, including film about an urban farm in Wyoming. Info on Hearts of Glass.
- February - Disability and the American Past speakers and workshop series - Massachusetts Historical Society.
- February 20, 22, & 24 - Teaching the U.S. Disability Rights Movement Registration
- February 28 - 6-7pm ET - Intro to Disability Justice
- March 6 - 6-7pm ET - Disability Activism
- All of Us - blog of the Disability History Association.
- Children’s Books Honored For Disability Representation - DisabilityScoop.
- New Self-Paced Online Course: The History of Medicine and Public Health in the US - Gilder Lehrman Institute.
- 14 new mental health posters free from Amplifier.
OTHER EVENTS
Online unless noted. “Hybrid” events are both virtual and in-person.
- February 21 4pm - Curating the Spanish Civil War: An ALBA Roundtable with the Creators of the Online Spanish Civil War Museum. Info on ALBA webinar.
- February 23 - 7pm - Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America - American Antiquarian Society. Info on everyday Black living webinar.
- February 28 - March 28 - online course Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Primary Source Questions Online - Right Question Institute. Info on Questions course.
- March 1 - April 5 - online course - Planning the Civics Project Using Backward Design - The PD Collaborative. Info on planning civics projects course.
- March 7, 3:30-4:30: Using Testimony and Primary Sources when Teaching Genocide - Gratz College. Info on Genocide webinar.
- March 11 - UMass Amherst - 2023 Transforming Education for Social Justice - Collaborative for Educational Services. Info on social justice conference.
- March 13 - 3:30-4:30pm - Civics Project Virtual Support Forum - Engaging and Collaborating with Your Community - Mass Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE). Info on collaboration forum.
- March 27 - 3:30-4:30PM - Civics Project Virtual Support Forum - “Remember - It’s about the Process!: Assessing the Project” - DESE. Info on project assessment forum.
- April 27 - 6-9pm - New England Culinary Arts, Boston - Culture & Cuisine with Primary Source. Info re cuisine workshop.
- May 2 7-8:30pm - A Revolutionary History of the Middle East - Primary Source & National Humanities Center. Info on Humanities Center webinar series.
- July 15-16 - onsite University of Oklahoma - Public History and Civic Action - National Council for History Education. Info on public history colloquium.
SUMMER 2023
- June 19-20 - Crossing Divides: Oral History with Veterans - NEH K-12 Institute at Virginia Tech University.
- July 21 - 9am - 4:30pm - Mars Hill University, North Carolina - Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Appalachia: Summer Conference. Info on Mars Hill conference.
- August 10-11 - 8am - 5pm - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - The Remedial Herstory Project Retreat. Info on Herstory.
OTHER RESOURCES
- Legacy of Courage: Black Changemakers in Massachusetts Past, Present, and Future - film and teaching materials at Primary Source.
- Black Lives Matter resources from Teaching for Change.
- Whites-Only Suburbs: How the New Deal Shut Out Black Homebuyers - RetroReport video and lesson.
- Black History Month Resources - links from the National Council for History Education.
- Talking to Children About the History of Slavery in the United States: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers - Learning for Justice.
- National Women’s History Museum - List of virtual field trips for students.
- JFK Presidential Library has a new searchable resource base.
- Unveiling Memories: Spain and the Hispanic Contribution to U.S. Independence or Desvelando memorias - Gilder Lehrman Institute.
- Hamilton Education Program - connected to the musical - Gilder Lehrman Institute.
NEW BLOG POST - Why Teach Disability History? - 2023
By Rich Cairn
There is a growing call to incorporate the history of people with disabilities and their struggles for equal rights into the curriculum. This blog post update explores why that is an imperative and points to a host of useful resources to make it happen.
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