HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 9 for March 8, 2016
News
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Jason Scott from Abington HS shared survey results on alternatives midterms.
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Sharon, MA seeks social studies curric. coords. K-5 & 6-12. Check SchoolSpring.
FREE – Library of Congress TPS @ the Collaborative - Register.
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Deadline Extended! NEW: Earn $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card. Boston - April 2 - First to Fight: American Volunteers against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) - Clash of ideologies at start of WWII - Peter Carroll & Carlos Ramos
This workshop brings top scholars from Stanford and Wellesley to work with teachers regarding this powerful moment in World and U.S. History. Work with inspired & inspiring teacher-leaders. Take away lesson & resources ready to use!
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Deadline Extended! NEW: Earn $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card. Amherst-Holyoke-Northampton - March 15, April 26, & May 10, 4-7pm - The 1960s in Historical Perspective: Social Justice & Equality in Local Context
Work with source materials with senior archivist-scholars at top local archives.
In partnership with UMass Amherst, we asked three world-class archives what they would like to show off and share with teachers.
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Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College - Women’s movement
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UMass Special Collections and University Archives - Communes
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Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke - Vega Collection–Puerto Rican Activism
Register here or as noted. † = Grad credit History. * = General ed grad credit.
Also:
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* Northampton - Mar 16 - Teaching Reading & Writing about Informational Texts – Sandy Roth - Deadline extended.
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* Northampton - Starts Apr 13 - Helping Struggling Readers Understand Complex Informational Texts – Ken Pransky
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* Northampton - Starts May 02 - Nurturing Student Inquiry and Student Voice Through Informational Texts – Rich Cairn
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* Boston - May 7 & 14 - Landscape of Revolution - Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center. Register directly with Leventhal. John Hannigan on African American soldiers. Develop lesson for your classroom!
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† Arlington - June 6-7 - Immigration Issues in Perspective: Building Curriculum with Primary Sources.
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† Springfield - April 9, May 9, and June 13 - America’s Warriors in the Modern Era: World War II to Iraq. Vietnam War scholar Chris Appy, U.S. Veterans. Build lessons.
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The Armory houses the world's largest collection of U.S. military firearms.
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The Armory employed 16,000 area men and women on its WWII peak workforce, was a leading area employer, and (with other federal manufacturing facilities) led the way among American manufacturers in integrating immigrants, women and minorities into skilled manufacturing jobs mostly held by WASP males into the 20th Century.
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The Armory exhibits, library, and archive hold a rich assortments of primary documents (including newspaper articles, photos, posters, payroll records, and other documents and artifacts) that help bring the social and cultural history of different eras to life.
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RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - http://LoC.Gov/teachers
Library of Congress Teacher Blog Posts-
American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Newly digitized 60 years of public TV & radio.
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Call for Applications: Early Elementary Teacher-in-Residence 2016-2017 in DC.
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES
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March 8 - 5:30pm Teaching Tolerance webinar - Teaching Women’s History with Perspectives.
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March 9, Remembering the Lynched: Ashes to Ashes, Free talk by Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker at UMass AMherst, starting at 4pm.
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March 22 - 5:30pm Teaching Tolerance webinar - The Young and the Registered.
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March 23 - 4:00-6:00pm “Sharing the Prize: Reconsidering the Economics of the Civil Rights Movement” UMass Amherst - Gavin Wright, John Bracey, Gerald Friedman, Katherine Newman.
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March 24 - 10:30am - 3:30pm - Mass State House - Boston - Mass Social Studies Advocacy Day
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“Wealth Inequalities in Greater Boston: Do Race and Ethnicity Matter” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Report
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