History eNews from Emerging America - September 2, 2020

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 25 for September 2, 2020

NEWS

• BLACK COMMUNITIES AND AGENCY - Online fall grad course with Kelley Brown and Amilcar Shabazz! Info & Registration. 
• New Grade 1 lessons deepen the exploration of George Washington in Emerging America’s free K-5 curriculum, History’s Mysteries: "How do communities make good decisions?" and "What makes a good leader?" http://emergingamerica.org/historys-mysteries
• The Massachusetts Student Poll Worker recruits and trains students to work polls this fall. An essential role, given that older poll workers are more vulnerable to Covid-19. 
• September 23-24 - 5-8pm - Massachusetts DESE Virtual Civic Engagement Conference. 
• Bridgewater State University, Plymouth Public Schools, Plymouth 400, and What on Earth Books presents The Massachusetts Chronicles, a new history book that captures key moments in the commonwealth’s history.
• U.S. Census Bureau - Partners Find Creative Ways to Promote 2020 Census Amid COVID-19
• The Library of Congress is updating the LoC Teacher’s Page - new site released.
• The Right Question Institute - QFT as Voter Engagement 
• Next issue of the History eNews is September 16. Submit events & resources to rcairn@collaborative.org by September 13.

Support ALL learners whether teaching in-person or virtually.  

Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources Is Open for Registration! 

Online - October 19 through December 5

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

 

Meet the Emerging America TPS Team! 

We have added our TPS coaches (working with our Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program) to our website. Emerging America TPS Coaches provide individual support for teachers in Emerging America online courses. Joining our longstanding TPS coaches Kelley Brown and Laurie Risler are two NEW TPS coaches, who have served as discussion facilitators in our online Accessing Inquiry courses. 

NEW Emerging America TPS Coaches!  

Wendy Harris, St. Paul, Minnesota

Peter Vamosy, Ludlow, Massachusetts

 

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES

PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.  

• Black Communities and Agency: Fighting Jim Crow and Institutional Racism (1877-1940)
  • PDPs or 3 grad credits. Led by Kelley Brown, with scholar Amilcar Shabbazz, UMass Amherst Department of Afro-American Studies. Details. 
    • September 29 to December 13. Register by September 14. 

 

• Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources
  • Successful course taught across the U.S. Meets 15 hour Mass license requirement for PD on teaching ELs. PDPs or 1 grad credit. Led by Rich Cairn and Alison Noyes, Emerging America. Details. 
    • October 19 to December 5. Register by October 5. 

 

• From Reform to Equal Rights: Teaching Disability History in the K-12 Classroom
  • PDPs or 1 grad credit. Led by Rich Cairn, Emerging America and scholar, Graham Warder. Details. This exciting new course will trace the emergence of Disability Rights over two centuries, addressing multiple new content standards in Massachusetts and other states. 
    • October 27 to December 7. Register by October 13.

Contact Rich Cairn rcairn@collaborative.org about scheduling Accessing Inquiry and other professional development workshops remotely in your school district or region for 2020-2021.

 

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:
  • Check out many great resources posted in the TPS Teaching Online with Primary Sources group.  
  • The Power of Fire 
  • Constitution Day 2020 - Resources for September 17 Constitution Day–including poster contest
  • Join us for a Virtual Book Club! (begins September 7)
  • Using Cartoons 
  • Close Reading Exercise - Close Reading Challenges - Middle Tennessee State University has posted many excellent analysis guides on key documents from many periods and topics.
  • UArts2020 - WPA Posters - Inspired Class Originals Art Show

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

• What Does a Portrait Show?

• Studying Depictions of Nurses During World War I: Images from Religious Art in Red Cross Posters

• Five Questions with Ashley W. Greek, Preservation Specialist at the Library of Congress

• Five Questions with Suzanne Schadl, Chief of the Hispanic Division, Library of Congress

• Coming Soon: A New Look for Our Site for Teachers

 

EVENTS

• NCHE Conference April 8-11, 2021 - Call for Proposals 
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site to offer free guided tours on Fridays beginning August 28th with pre-registration - Information and Registration 
• September 3- 6-7:30pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: US Foreign Policy and Europe - Information and Registration  
• September 3 - 1-2:30pm - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: History/Social Science Share-a-Thon: Remote Learning Registration - Information and Registration 
• September 9 - 6-7:30 - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 - Information and Registration 
• September 9 and Live Student Webinars - Civic Action Project Remote Learning (CAP) - Information and Registration 
• September 9 - 5:30pm - Massachusetts Historical Society: Standing Up, Stepping Forward, and Speaking Out: The Political Courage to take a Principled Stand - Information and Registration 
• September 15 - 6-7:30pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America - Information and Registration 
• September 17 - 6pm - The Korea Society: East Goes West: Younghill Kang, His Life and Works - Information and Registration 
• September 17, October 1, and October 15 - California History-Social Science Project: Building Students’ Media Literacy for Civic Engagement - Information and Registration 
• September 24 - 6-7:30pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy - Information and Registration 
• September 26 - 9:30am-5pm - Historic Deerfield: The Bitter and The Sweet: The Material Culture of Sugar in Early New England - Information and Registration 
• September 30 - 6-7:30pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises & Other Writings 1918-1926 - Information and Registration 
• October 8 - 7-8pm - Five College for East Asian Studies: Afro-Asian Ties: Sino-Black Relations - Information and Registration 
• October 14 - 7-8pm - Five College for East Asian Studies: Nagasaki: Life after Nuclear War, a Conversation with author Susan Southard - Information and Registration 
• November 4 - 7-8pm - Five College for East Asian Studies: Implementing Peace - Information and Registration

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RESOURCES

• Right Question Institute - Virtual QFT: 3 Tips for Getting Started
• TPS Teachers Network - No, Low, and High Access to Technology: Internet, Device, Support 
• Citizen U - Lesson Plan: All the Way to the Top 
• Facing History and Ourselves - 
  • Activities for a Remote or Hybrid Start
  • Back to School with Current Events  
• California History-Social Science Project - 
  • The Source: Teaching in 2020 - Includes article on digital assessments for remote learning
  • Teaching the Election, Nancy McTygue
• iCivics - 
  • Your Roadmap for Teaching Controversial Subjects 
  • Massachusetts Specific Resources - Includes set of summaries of U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Massachusetts standards
  • Explore Elections Games
• Historic Deerfield - Picturing Slavery: Clothing, Appearance, and New England Advertisements for Run-Away Enslaved Men During the 18th Century
• Teaching Tolerance - Future Voters Project Survey 
• Mount Vernon - teaching early American history online with resources from Mount Vernon.
• EdResearch for Recovery - Supports for Students in Immigrant Families 
• Primary Source - Straight from the Source 
• Perkins School for the Blind - Patience, Perseverance, and Pluck

Also see Emerging America’s Resources for Education During a Pandemic.

 

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