EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 20 for June 17, 2020
NEWS
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COMPLETE THE CIVICS EDUCATION SURVEY - Boston University & CIRCLE at Tufts are evaluating civics education in Massachusetts. Complete 20 minute survey on how you teach civics, and resources and supports. Raffle for $100 Amazon gift card.
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Powerful reading list from Discovering Justice, Moakley U.S. Courthouse. http://discoveringjustice.org/
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Emerging America Distance Learning Check-Ins - "Simple online survey tools can provide an avenue for students to communicate how they are doing."
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Lesson Plan - Why Vote? - Boston Public Library's Leventhal Map Center - Terrific lesson to promote voting by high school students.
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Play iCivics games and donate points to charity through Impact Challenge: https://www.icivics.org/impact
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Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (Mass Council) postponed fall NERC.
Join the Orientation for History's Mysteries in July!
Teach This New Free Elementary K-5 Curriculum In-Person or Remotely
More than 60 teachers piloted Emerging America piloted History's Mysteries in spring 2020, both in person and remotely. Curriculum details.
EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES
- Teaching the History’s Mysteries K-5 Curriculum. New K-5 curriculum available online in July. Info & Register for orientation and professional development led by program creators, Laurie Risler & Kelley Brown. $50. Earn 10 PDPs by teaching a unit in fall and participating in Nov. 12 reflection webinar.
- July 16 & 23 - ONLINE
- Teaching Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions in Today's Classroom: A Teacher Leadership Institute - Emerging America is collaborating again with the Western Mass Writing Project to offer this excellent program! Earn 4 graduate credits from UMass Amherst. Info & Register. Karen Pleasant and Simon Leutz are co-leading the institute with a writing specialist from WMWP.
- Meets online July 6-17 and bi-weekly September to December.
NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network.
Featured this week - YOU MUST LOGIN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:
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Ending Racism: Teaching Difficult Topics in 2020 - "Extensive compilation of resources. - RCairn"
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Using Primary Source Sets in Remote Learning Environments
- Online Education Events June 9th and 10th: A Look Back at a Year of Adventure and Finding Resources on LOC.gov
- Jason Reynolds: GRAB THE MIC June Newsletter
- K-12 Music Education Resource Guide Now Available
- A Grateful Milestone For Us: Our 1000th Post
- A Chance to Be Curious and Practice Wonder: My Year at the Library of Congress
- Online Education Events June 16th and 17th: 20th Century Political Cartoons and Primary Sources and Picture Books
NEW RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ONLINE
See Resources for Education During a Pandemic for complete list.
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Historic Northampton - HISTORY AT HOME
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History:
OTHER EVENTS
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Massachusetts Council for Social Studies - Upcoming Professional Development Interest Request
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June 17 - 1pm (Webinar) - The Right Question Institute: The RQI "Why Vote?" Tool: Reaching More Voters in Low-Income Communities - Registration
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June 18 - 7:30-9pm (Webinar) - Mass Humanities: Exile and Community - The Life of Carola Domar - Information and Registration
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June 23 - 7-8:30pm (Webinar) - Forbes Library: Women's Suffrage -- The Right to Vote: Past, Present, Future - Information and Registration
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June 23 - 6-7:30pm (Webinar) - Wistariahurst: Stories of Our LGBTQ Ancestors: Dr. Amber Starbuck and Mabel Stevens - Information and Registration
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July 6-July 26 (Online Workshop) - Harvard School of Education: Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions - Best Practices in the Question Formulation Technique - Information and Registration
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July 10-October 15 (Online Course) - Collaborative for Educational Services: Studying Skillful Teaching - Information and Registration
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS 2020 CIVIL RIGHTS
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PBS Learning Media -
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library -
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Library of Congress: Cultural Institutions in Times of Social Unrest (Webcast)
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Eyes on the Prize, the landmark documentary series about the American civil rights movement, for free, and use Facing History's study guide.
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'Moments like now are why we teach:Tough conversations on race and violence.
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Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma - Teaching Tolerance
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Silence Speaks Volumes. Our Students are Listening - Teaching Tolerance
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Connecting Current Events Curriculum - Facing History Facing Ourselves
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Social Justice & Equity Resources for your Classroom - Common Sense Education
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