History eNews from Emerging America - February 17, 2016

NEWS

Registration Extended through Saturday, Feb. 20 - 4:30pm – Using Primary Texts to Promote Inquiry and Enrich the Learning Experience - Partnership between the Library of Congress TPS Program at CES and the Western Mass Writing Project.  Register.

• Wistariahust is Hiring! PT Program Coordinator, $15.19-$15.70/hour, More info here

• Apply for a Mass Historical Society Teacher Fellowship, applications due by Feb 29, $4,000 stipend

• Kids to Parks Day National School Contest, Title 1 students pk-12, provides grants of up to $1,000, deadline March 4, More info here

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FREE Workshops from Library of Congress TPS @ the Collaborative – Register here or as noted.

• Register by February 20. DEADLINE EXTENDED. Feb. 27 all day, March 8 & 29, 4-7pm - TPS at CES & Western Mass Writing Project  - Using Primary Texts to Promote Inquiry & Enrich Learning.

Other free workshops of TPS @ CES:

• Starts Mar 16 - Teaching Reading & Writing about Informational Texts – Sandy Roth - Register by February 24.

• Starts Apr 13 - Helping Struggling Readers Understand Complex Informational Texts – Ken Pransky

• Starts May 02 - Nurturing Student Inquiry and Student Voice Through Informational Texts – Rich Cairn

• March 15 & April 27 Sparking Inquiry in Geography & World History

• March 15, April 26, & May 10, 4-7pm - The 1960s in Historical Perspective: Social Justice and Equality in Local Context - Explore archives!

• April 4-6 Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies. (Register with NERC). TPS workshop on multimedia primary sources, Monday April 4th. (Fee for good cause: MCSS!)

• May 7 & 14 - Landscape of Revolution - Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center. Register directly with Leventhal. Repeats 2015 successful workshop. John Hannigan on African American soldiers. Develop lesson for your classroom!

RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS – http://LoC.Gov/teachers

• Current Supreme Court nominees confirmed/not. Debates, votes, etc. Library of Congress list. George Washington’s nominee denied! Reagan nomination of Bork denied. (See esp. pp. 33-36.)

• Library of Congress Summer Institutes in DC - June-July. Spend a week in the Library! List of sessions and registration. Free tuition and materials. Deadline Feb. 29.

• Civil War Regimental Flags for African American Troops - An article highlighting four regimental flags and the meaning behind them.

Library of Congress Teacher Blog Posts

• Understanding Presidential Campaigns through Sheet Music.

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS:

• Feb 20 - New England Re-enactor Faire $5 per person, kids 12 and under free, Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA, 10am-3pm

• March 18 - We the People: Project Citizen Level I & II, Experience the program as your students would! 9am-3:30pm, $35 registration fee, Boston, PDPs offered

• March 18 - NEHTA Conference, Digital History: The Future of Exploring the Past, 8:15am-4:15pm, RI Historical Society, Providence, RI, $60 member, $75 non-member.

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