EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 2 for January 15, 2020
NEWS
- Alliance for Excellent Education Webinar on the School to Prison Pipeline - January 17, 12:30-1:30pm - Registration
- Massachusetts Historical Society - 2020 Fellowships for Students and Teachers
- The Freedmen’s Bureau Project is helping African Americans reconnect with their Civil War-era ancestors - Website
- Chief Justice Roberts endorsed Civics Education in his SCOTUS End-of-Year Report
- iCivics showcase - Thursday, May 21, 2020 to celebrate and give awards for Massachusetts student projects (grades 6-12) - Information and Application
- MCSS series on revising and developing American history curriculum map, pacing guides, and unit guide templates for 2018 HSS Framework:
- Fridays: Jan. 24, Feb. 7, March 6, March 20 9am - 1:30pm - Braintree; and April 6 at NERC 1:30-4:30pm. RSVP to Gorman Lee glee0524@gmail.com.
Accessing Inquiry workshops offered across Massachusetts & online:
Meet state requirements for 15 Hours of PD on teaching ELS and on teaching students with disabilities
Journalist and Reformer, Nellie Bly. Author of Ten Days in a Madhouse. [c. 1890]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2010631213/
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.
Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES
PDPs / Or optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
- Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Instructors: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. Meets state PD requirement, with attention to teachers of History and Social Science and the Humanities. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
- Jan. 28 & April 9 - Sharon
- March 3 & March 31 - CES, Northampton
- July 6-31 - ONLINE
- Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources - Instructors Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. Meets state PD requirement, with attention to teachers of History and Social Science and the Humanities. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
- February 4 to March 16 - Fully ONLINE.
- March 27 & April 15 - Hudson
- History’s Mysteries - K-5 Curriculum Pilot - Instructors: Kelley Brown & Laurie Risler. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
- February 26 to May 31. Online. Teach it in your classroom in spring.
- America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond - Instructor: Kelley Brown. Scholars Peter Carroll and Sebastiaan Faber. PDPs or 1 graduate credit.
- April 3-4 - Melrose High School
- Accessing Civic Engagement with Students with Disabilities - Instructors: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. 10 PDPs.
- April 13 - Hudson - $40
NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with experience working with primary sources are welcome to join this network.
Featured this week - YOU MUST LOGIN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:
- Searching for and Analyzing Primary Sources about difficult and controversial topics
- Avoid Sounding Like a Broken Record: Engaging Students Through Musical Playlists - in Primary Sources and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Primary Sources - Live and In-Person...?
- Primary Sources and Historical Fiction: Packing Horse Librarians
- Do you save (potentially) historic newspapers?
- 3 QFT & Primary Source Lesson Ideas
- Primary Sources and Picture Books: A Place to Land by Barry Wittenstein
- Know Nothings Primary Source Set
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Applications Now Available for 2020 Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute
- Library’s Collections Come to Life as 3D Models
OTHER EVENTS:
- Pioneer Valley History Network - History at Play: Celebrates the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in the United States - See calendar for dates near you
- Monday, February 24, March 9 & 23, April 6 & 20 (Online) - University of the Arts: Integrating Media Literacy into Today's K-12 Classroom - Information and Registration
- March 14 - 9am-5:30pm - Wellesley College and Historic Deerfield: From Suffrage to Stonewall: The Visual and Material Culture of Social Justice - Information
- March 19 - 21 - NCHE Annual Conference: Past, Present, and Future (Cleveland, OH) - Information and Registration
SUMMER:
- June 22-30 - National Association of Japan-American Societies: Keizai Koho Center Teacher Fellowship 2020(primarily based on Tokyo) - Brochure and Application
RESOURCES:
- Teaching Tolerance - Disrupting Islamophobia: Amid U.S.-Iran Tension
- 2020 Census Bureau Curriculum and Resources
- Bill of Rights Institute - War and Constitutional Separation of Powers
- iCivics - Constitution Unit
- Smithsonian - Righting A Wrong: Japanese Americans And World War II Poster Exhibition
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