EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 11, Issue 5 for May 16, 2024
In this Issue
- Events @ Emerging America
- News
- New at the Library of Congress
- Professional Development Events
- Other Resources
- May blog preview.
Insights on Multilingual Learners from History and Social Studies Teachers
May Blog Post - Guest post by teacher and PLC leader Jacqueline LaFrance
Neglected history can engage and enlighten all learners. A Union Army poster recruiting Italian, Hungarian, French and German immigrants sparks discussion in a classroom that includes multilingual learners. (c1863). New York Historical Society.
Webinars and Conference Sessions from Emerging America
See complete list of Upcoming Presentations, Past Recordings and more.
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Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms - Chicago History Museum
- June 17 - virtual one-day workshop - including presentation on Disability in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era - Information
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Landmark College Institute for Research and Training - Summer Institute for Educators
- June 25-27, 2024 - Putney, Vermont - Register
- The program includes a workshop led by Rich Cairn, Emerging America:
- Disability History and Special Education.
- The institute was established in 2001 to pioneer LD research, discover innovative strategies and practices, and improve teaching and learning outcomes for students with learning disabilities (like dyslexia), ADHA, and autism, and educators in high school and college settings.
News
- We the People - Massachusetts Center for Civic Education grants! 30 grade 5 & 8 civics teachers with high need / underserved students. Stipend, travel, August workshop. Flier. Deadline extended: Sign Up.
- DESE Civics Pathways 2024-25 Schedule is out.
- Connecting Civic Education and a Healthy Democracy - report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
- The next issue of History eNews is June 20. Submit items to rcairn@collaborative.org by June 12.
Dr. Susan Morelli, a neonatologist and geneticist, Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. (2019). From Doctoring: The Occupational Folklore of Physicians, Occupational Folklife Project, American Folklife Center (AFC 2019/030). Photograph by Kirsten Hepburn. (Recording: https://lccn.loc.gov/
New at the Library of Congress
What’s New?
- COVID-19 American History Project stories in StoryCorps - American Folklife Center.
- 25 new song recordings inducted into the Library of Congress Recording Registry
- National Heritage Areas: Resources in the American Folklife Center.
TPS Teachers Network - Teachers interested in working with primary sources are welcome to join this FREE network. You must log in to access discussions.
- Reading Complex Texts - how complex can we go with English Learners?
- Invitation to join July Network Meet Ups! - with TPS Network Mentors
- Connecting to Campus Protests Then and Now
- A Story in Every Object! An Asian American Comics Anthology
You may link directly to these resources.
- Album: Lesson in a Box - Jack Dempsey: Using Art as a Lens to Look Deeper
- Album: Fashion or Fowl Play? The Feathered Hat Frenzy That Ruffled Feathers
- Album: Lesson in a Box - Investigating Shadows from the Past - Robert Todd Lincoln
- An Album of Albums: Inquiry Starter Sets
- Thematic Guides to the Arts - University of the Arts
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Political Parties and Primary Sources: Fostering Student Inquiry - Reading Complex Texts - Ten Ideas for Teaching with Graphs and Maps - The Role of Third Parties
- Inventions and Innovations: Entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker
- Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with the Library of Congress
Disability History Resources & Updates
- Rhode Island students research anonymous graves at cemetery of state school - Providence Journal.
- Elections Have Gotten More Accessible for Disabled Voters, but Gaps Remain - The New York Times.
- March/April edition of the Disability History Newsletter. Subscribe & Archive.
- We Need to Keep (but Revise) the Specific Learning Disability Construct in IDEA - Learning Disabilities Association of America.
Other Events
Online unless noted. “Hybrid” events are both virtual and in-person.
- May 21 - 7pm - Brief the Chief - new game from iCivics. Intro.
- May 23, 6pm - JFK Library, Boston - A Conversation on the 2024 Election - panel of journalists - JFK Library.
- May 23 - 6pm - A Civil Right: 20 Years of Marriage Equality in Massachusetts - Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS).
- May 28 - 6pm - Our Voices: Asian American & Pacific Islander History at the MHS.
- June 8 - July 23 - Summer Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Leadership Institute - free weekly online course - TPS Eastern Region.
- June 8 - July 23 - Fundamentals of Primary Sources - free weekly online course - Midwest Region TPS.
- June 10-12 - Boise State University, Idaho - C3 Inquiry Framework Institute - National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).
- June 11 - 3pm - Geography and Map Division Virtual Orientation - Library of Congress.
- June 17 - virtual one-day workshop: Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms - Chicago History Museum.
- June 17 - August 30 - online course - honoraria - National Women’s History Museum & TPS Eastern Region.
- June 24 - 12pm - Connecting Communities Digital Initiative - Library of Congress.
- June 25-27 - Teaching for Equity and Justice Summer Institute - Facing History and Ourselves.
- July 11 - Kaona: Language is Life - contact Blake Konrady - Edcurious.
- July 11 - 4pm - Women’s History Documented: Building Curriculum Using Primary Sources - National Women’s History Museum.
- July 15-18 - Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior Summer Seminar - Facing History and Ourselves.
- July 22-23 - Washington, DC - Inquiry Design Model workshop - NCSS.
- July 22-26 - Philadelphia - Teaching with Primary Sources: Comics & Graphic Novels - University of the Arts.
- July 23-25 - Teaching Democracy and Freedom Summer Seminar - Facing History and Ourselves.
- July 29 - August 2 - Teaching with Primary Sources: Nature by Design - University of the Arts.
Other Resources
- Teach about Protest in American History - PBS Learning Media.
- Celebrate Jewish American Heritage month with the Institute for Curriculum Services.
- Exploring Undercount of Young Children in 2020 Census by County - U.S. Census Bureau.
- What Would YOU Do? Episode 3: Walling Out or Welcoming In? - Ethical Schools Podcast.
- What Is Islamophobia? Facing History and Ourselves.
- Interactive Map: Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching - RetroReport.
- How the Korean War Changed the Way the U.S. Goes to Battle - RetroReport.
- Raised relief globe of Earth’s Moon - JFK Library.
- A Bell’s Journey though Texas History - article by Kristin Dutcher Mann.
- Arkansas Primary Source Sets - University of Arkansas Little Rock Center for Arkansas History & Culture.
- Taking a lesson from climate history - OER Project.
- Teach Climate Justice - Teaching for Change.
- Convene the Council - international relations - iCivics.
- Century of Service - Modern U.S. Foreign Service.
- CURED for the Classroom - History UnErased.
- Our American Voices civics curriculum - Barat Education Foundation.
- Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life - - Volume 1 - NCSS.
- Librariana: Virtual Museum of Library History - American Library Association.
Blog Preview
Insights on Multilingual Learners from History and Social Studies Teachers
Guest post by Jacqueline LaFrance
Teacher and coordinator of the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies Professional Learning Community, Jacqui LaFrance shares key reflections and insights from a second year of discussion about the challenges and effective responses to teaching these diverse and engaging learners. [Continued…]
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