Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 7 for February 22, 2017
NEWS
SPRING EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info
“Group of Immigrants,” by Wladyslaw T. Benda.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2010715066/
Hands-on, high quality, low cost professional development to support ALL learners to access Social Studies and Humanities content!
- Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources. March 27 & April 11. 8am - 4pm. Northampton. Albert Mussad & Rich Cairn. $65. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Examine immigration issues across history. Integrate innovative and engaging teaching approaches and techniques to support all learners. REGISTER.
- Accessing Inquiry for Student with Disabilities through Primary Sources. April 13 & 27 - Northampton. Laurie Risler & Rich Cairn. $65. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Grad credit available for extra fee. REGISTER.
Optional 1 Westfield State University grad credit in History available for $125 extra fee.
“Accessing Inquiry” courses meet Mass license renewal requirements for 15-hours PD on students with disabilities or 15-hours PD on English Learners. Link to renewal regulations.
How can we help students meet today’s challenges to democracy?
- America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond - This powerful workshop, features dynamic teacher Kelley Brown and top scholars from Stanford and Oberlin. Explore propaganda (including “Fake News”), mass media, and examination of the Klan, neo-Nazis, and far right in the United States today. Offered in English with Spanish language breakout. $25. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Optional grad credit in History available for fee. March 31 & April 1. Holyoke. REGISTER.
NOW FULL:
- Immigration Issues in Perspective for Diverse Students. March 15 - May 3. $25. 15 hours. Earn 22.5 PDPs–or 1 grad credit. Info.
RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Library of Congress Teachers Blog
- NEW WWI resources page. [AWESOME! - RICH] Post.
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES - Statewide & on the Web
- March 1, 6pm - “States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories” - traveling exhibit and talks - 420 Dwight St., Holyoke 01040.
- March 16, 23, & 30 - 7-8:30pm - Pressing Matters: Art of Printing at Historic Deerfield
- April 3-4 - NERC - Mass Council for the Social Studies - Edward M. Kennedy Institute - Boston
- Online Exhibit - The Enslaved People of Mount Vernon - (Scroll down calendar)
- March 16 - 7pm - Webinar - Black Lives Matter in Historical Context. Yohoru Williams. National Humanities Center.
- May 5 - 7pm - “Through an Indian’s Looking Glass–William Apess, Pequot” - Drew Lopenzina, Old Dominion Univ., Greenfield Community College - Call 413 775-1661 to register.
- July 31 - August 4 - Article III: The Judicial Branch - Institute of the Mass Council for the Social Studies - Adams Courthouse and Suffolk University - MARK YOUR CALENDARS (Fees apply.)
- Periodic Table of the Presidents Blog.
Summer Institutes - Browse EmergingAmerica.org Blog for many additional listings!
- June 25-30 - Montreal & Ottawa - “Teaching Canada” - $699 - Info.
- NEH - Free-with stipends! - Apply by March 1:
- July 9-15 and 23-29 - The American Skyscraper: Transforming Chicago and the Nation. Info.
- July 16-August 4 - American Women at War - Historical Society of New York.
- July 19-14 or 23-28. Mapping a New World: Places of Colonization and Conflict in 17th-Century New England. Boston Public Library, Leventhal Map Center. www.leventhalmap.org/
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