History eNews from Emerging America - January 25, 2017

Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 3 for January 25, 2017

NEWS

• State Social Studies Standards Survey closes Feb. 6! http://sgiz.mobi/s3/72d816ab2822
• New teacher-developed primary source set on Teddy Roosevelt. http://emergingamerica.orgnew-primary-source-set-theodore-roosevelt/

WINTER-SPRING EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info

  Princess at a Puerto Rican festival in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1987. What is the future–and history–of immigration?

• Immigration Issues in Perspective for Diverse Students. March 15 - May 3. Online Course–to suit your schedule. $25. 15 hours. Earn 22.5 PDPs–or 1 grad credit available for extra $125. Interact with teachers from a range of teaching settings on how to engage YOUR students. Learn about the history of immigration from new perspectives as well as examining current controversies. Explore a wealth of multimedia tools, including primary sources: films, maps, photos, journals, and recordings. Course facilitated by innovative educator and lifelong social justice activist, Rich Cairn. REGISTER.

How can I support struggling learners to succeed in History-Social Studies?

• 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. Grad credit available for extra fee. REGISTER.
• Accessing Inquiry for Student with Disabilities through Primary Sources. Meets 15-hour requirement. $65. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Grad credit available for extra fee. REGISTER.
  • April 13 & 27 - Northampton. Laurie Risler & Rich Cairn.

“Accessing Inquiry” courses for History-Social Studies-Humanities teachers 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.

RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

• Summer 2017 Teacher Institutes: Week in DC on History (3 sessions), Science (1 session), & WWI 1 session). Free sessions. No stipends. Info.
• Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913. From Awesome Stories. Info.

Library of Congress Teachers Blog

• Presidential Proclamations. Info. 

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES - Statewide & on the Web

• Jan. 26 - 7pm - Paige Hall, Sturbridge, MA - “A Forgotten Hessian Prisoner in Brimfield” talk by Kitty and Larry Lowenthal.
• Feb. 28 - 7-8pm (Eastern Time) Environmental Literacy: History and Place - for Elementary School. California History and Social Science Project. Free. Info.
• Deadline Feb. 28 - to present at the 2017 Massachusetts Conference on Service and Volunteering. June 12 - Sheraton Framingham. Info.
• April 5, May 18, or June 23 - 9am-3:30pm. Lowell National Historical Park. 1-day workshop. History UnErased - Training on integrating LGBTQ academic content in core subject areas. $90. Info.
• May 29 - 100th Anniversary of JFK’s birth. JFK Presidential Library and Museum. Info.
• National History Teacher of the Year - Gilder-Lehrman. Nominations due March 31. gilderlehrman.org/nominate
• NEW! - Periodic Table of Presidential Elections https://periodicpresidents.com/shop/posters/

NEH Summer Institutes – Stipends!

• Summer Workshops. Weather. American Meteorological Society. Info.
• July 9-14 or 23-28. Richmond, Virginia. “Long Road from Brown:” school desegregation. Info.
• July 9-14 or 23-28. Boston Public Library, Leventhal Map Center. “Mapping a New World: Places of Colonization and Conflict in 17th Century New England.” Info.
• July 30-August 5 or August 6-12. Wistariahurst - Holyoke, Mass. “Women Making Change: Activism and Progressivism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Info.
• Teaching Tolerance Spring Magazine. (Download free.)

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