HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 13 for May 2, 2016
THIS ISSUE IS PACKED–READ TO END!
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Save the Date: May 23 - FREE. Conference on Civic Engagement & Learning - Mass. ESE & E.M. Kennedy Institute for U.S. Senate, Boston. Details online & at bottom below.
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Emerging America Summer Registration for 8 Free Courses & Workshops Open.
Top Scholars Join Emerging America Summer FREE courses:
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Scott Wong, immigration scholar from Williams College to speak at Immigration Issues in Perspective. June 6-7. Boston. Details below.
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Constitutional scholar, Yale’s Akhil Reed Amar to speak at Equality Before the Law, July 11-15 Institute on the U.S. Constitution. Easthampton. Details below.
FREE – Library of Congress TPS @ the Collaborative – REGISTER.
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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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† Boston - June 6-7 - Immigration Issues in Perspective: Building Curriculum with Primary Sources. Rich Cairn, CES & Scott Wong, Williams College.
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Windows on History: Research & Build a Local History Website in Your Class - June 29, July 27. 8:30am-3:30pm. Springfield Museums & Wistariahurst, Holyoke. Free.
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Equality Before the Law: The U.S. Constitution and Struggles for Justice. July 11-15. 8:30am-4:00pm. Fri. to 12:00. With Akhil Reed, Kelley Brown, and Laurie Risler.
Register here or as noted. † = 1 Grad credit History. * = 1 Gen Ed grad credit. Fees to register credit.
RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - http://LoC.Gov/teachers
Library of Congress Teacher Blog
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Post.
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Selecting and Using Primary Sources with Difficult Topics - Civil Rights and Current Events. Post.
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William Shakespeare Through the Ages: Different Vision of the Bard in Primary Sources. Post
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES
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Western Mass Social Studies PLC - Wed. May 4, 3:30-5:00pm. CES-Northampton. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.
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May 10, 7-9pm. Longmeadow. American Heretics: Catholics, Jews, Muslims and the History of Religious Intolerance. Talk by Peter Gottschalk.
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Central Mass Social Studies PLC - Wed. May 11, 12:15-1:45. Shrewsbury HS. Contact jdifrancesca@shrewsbury.k12.
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May 14, 2:00pm. Historic Northampton. Agriculture, Art, Tourism and the Natural History of the Northampton Meadows, 1654-present. Talk by Laurie Sanders.
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May 19, 6:30-8:30pm. Hubbard Library, Ludlow. “William Pynchon: Puritan, Entrepreneur… Heretic?” David Powers.
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May 26, 10:45am-2:15pm. Silver Lake Reg HS. AP Courses: Adjusting to the New Curriculum and Best Practices. South Shore Social Studies Supervisors.
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June 2-3 & 9. Service-Learning Planning & Implementation, 8:30am-3:30pm. Central MA.
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June 24 1:00pm to June 26 12:00pm. Historic Deerfield. New England at Sea: Maritime Memory and Material Culture. Scholars and educators.
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July 16 - Building Archaeology: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Historic Structures 8:45am-4pm at the Deerfield Community Center, register here
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July 18-22. Mapping Boston’s Role in the American Revolution. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. (Fee.)
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July 25-30. West Mass Writing Project. Holocaust Education Network Institute. UMass Amherst.
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Fall Residential Program with focus on George Washington, Oct 27-30 and Nov 10-13, Application deadline: May 16, Apply here
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Bill of Rights Institute eLesson – Net Neutrality: Should the Government Regulate the Internet?
May 23 – 1st Annual Conference on Civic Engagement & Learning – "Serving America: Promising Practices for Building Literacy & Civic Learning.” Details below. Free. Mass. ESE & E.M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, Boston. Understand the role civic learning plays in maintaining our democracy, increase civic knowledge and engagement among K-12 students, and connect civic education and literacy. Presenters to include K-12 educators and representatives from state, education and community organizations. Online registration open soon: www.collaborative.org/serving-
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