History eNews from Emerging America – March 13, 2019

NEWS

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History – 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Nomination
• Tuesday, April 9 – 3:30-5:00pm. Rescheduled final Social Studies Leaders of Western Mass PLC. Haymarket Cafe, Northampton. Discuss implementation of 2018 History and Social Science Curriculum Framework. Contact: rcairn@collaborative.org.
• “Kids as Political Props” – Provocative blog post. How do we ensure students represent their own values?

America Transformed: Teaching Westward Expansion Using Primary Sources

With historian Heather Cox Richardson

April 3 & April 10, 2019 – Boston Public Library, Leventhal Map Center – Register

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.13401300/

Westward Expansion Primary Source Set http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/westward/

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA – Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES

ONLINE COURSE – Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources. Instructors Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. Meets Massachusetts 15-hour requirement for training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and the instruction of students with diverse learning styles. Grad credit available. Register.

• March 27 to May 7

America Transformed: Teaching Westward Expansion Using Primary Sources. Instructors Michelle LeBlanc, Rich Cairn, and historian Heather Cox RIchardson

• April 3 & April 10, 2019, 9am-3pm – Boston Public Library, Leventhal Map Center. Register with Leventhal.

Teaching Grades K-5 Civic Engagement and Social Studies. Instructor Laurie Risler. Grad credit available. Register.

• April 23 and May 21 – Northampton.

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:
  • Feature Discussions:
    • Defining the World of Interdisciplinary Civics
    • Primary Source Prompts for Current Events in 2019
    • Reimagining Norman Rockwell’s America
    • Happy Women’s History Month!

Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/

• Crowdsourcing and the Papers of Mary Church Terrell, Suffragist, and Civil Rights Activist
• Singing Out for Social Justice

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS – Across Massachusetts and the U.S.

• March 16 – 8am-5pm – Historic Deerfield: New England Travels – Information
• March 19 – 6-7:30pm – JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Exploring Race through Drama – Information and Registration
• March 19 – 7pm – American Antiquarian Society: “Who Owns the News: A History of Copyright” – Information
• March 20 – 4pm – UMass Amherst – “Clickbait, Hashtags, and Viral Rage: Writing Politics on Social Media – and How We Can Do Better” – Information
• March 21 – 6:30pm – How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations (Boston College) – RSVP
• March 24 – 2pm – Historic Deerfield: Winter Lecture Series: “Through an Indian’s Looking Glass: William Apess, Pequot”, Presented by Drew Lopenzina, Old Dominion University – Information and Registration
• March 25 – 6-7:30pm – JFK Presidential Library and Museum: President Carter: The White House Years – Information and Registration
• March 26 – 4-5pm – Library of Congress: Exploring Social Justice Through Primary Sources and the Arts  Part 1 – Information
• March 26 – 7-8pm (Webinar) – Library of Congress: NCSS Webinar with Kaleena Black and Cheryl Ederle entitled, “Engage, Enrich, and Empower Student Discovery with Primary Sources”. Register.
• March 27 – 6-7:30pm – JFK Presidential Library and Museum: New Insights: Native American History in the Colonial Period – Information and Registration
• March 27 – 6-9pm – Primary Source: Reimagining Civics: Democracy, Social Justice, and Global Education – Tickets and Information
• March 28 – 1-2pm – Waynesburg University: Placing Primary Sources – Using Story Maps to Connect Space, Place, and Time – Information and Registration
• April 2 – 7pm – American Antiquarian Society: I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone – Information
• April 4 – 6-7:30pm – JFK Presidential Library and Museum: American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race – Information and Registration
• April 5 – Student Government Day – Information
• April 16 – 7pm – American Antiquarian Society: “Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West” – Information
• May 2 – 7pm – American Antiquarian Society: “A Conversation with Jill Lepore on History and the Public” – Information
• May 7 – 7:45pm-4:14pm – Massachusetts Service Alliance: 2019 Massachusetts Conference on Volunteerism – Information and Registration
• May 21 – 7pm – American Antiquarian Society: Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century – Information

Summer 2019:

• June 17-22 – Historic New England: Program in New England Studies – Information and Registration (Fee)
• Maryland Humanities Summer Teacher Institute – Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Programs: July 15-19 and July 22-26 – Information and Registration

Other Resources:

• NBC News Learn:
  • Documentary Shines Spotlight on Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Norma McCorvey, Anonymous Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade Case, Dead at 69
  • Sally Ride, First American Women in Space, Has Died
  • Harriet Tubman to Replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 Bill
• Growing Voters – Elections and Civics Lesson Plans
• JFK Presidential Library and Museum – Women’s History Month Resources
• Teaching Tolerance – It’s Time to Talk About Dr. Seuss

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