HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 26 for September 20, 2016
NEWS
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Nominate a Gilder-Lehrman Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year (2017 elementary).
FALL EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Registration
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Authentic Historical Writing: Inspiring Students with Experiential Learning & Primary Sources. FREE. Oct. 20, Nov. 3, & Dec. 8. 4:00-7:15pm. With Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Western Mass Writing Project, Veterans Education Project.
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First to Fight: American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) FREE. Oct. 29 - Northampton - Breakouts in Spanish and in English. Led by Kelley Brown, Easthampton HS. Peter Carroll, Stanford Univ., & Sebastiaan Faber, Oberlin College.
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Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources. Oct. 25 & Nov. 10 - 8:00am-4:00pm; Dec. 20 - 4-6pm. Northampton - Meet 15-hour requirement for license renewal re SPED. Taught by Laurie Risler. $65. Lunch/dinner & materials provided. Option for 1 grad credit Westfield State (extra fee).
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Feinberg Family Lecture Series: The U.S. in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Sponsored by UMass Amherst Dept. of History. No registration required. Do sign in!
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Sept. 20, 5:30pm. “Women, Incarceration & Carceral Feminism. UMass Amherst.
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Sept. 28, 7:00pm. “The Circumference of a Prison: Youth, Race, and the Failures of the American Justice System.” UMass Amherst. - Reginald Dwayne Betts.
OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES
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Springfield Museums Named Smithsonian Affiliate. https://springfieldmuseums.
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Sept. 20 - “One Hundred Years in the Making” - Teaching Tolerance on the new National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Sept. 23, 6:00pm - Holyoke Public Library. “The Only Democratic Option for Puerto Rico: Status, Citizenship, and the Anti-Democratic U.S. Constitution.” Charles R. Venator Santiago Ph.D.
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Oct. 1, 2pm - Springfield Armory. “Into the Jungle: Springfield Armory and the Vietnam War”
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Oct. 9, 10, 23, 30, & Nov. 6, mid-day play - Cummington - “William Cullen Bryant at Home” Info.
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Study Canada workshops in 2017. www.k12studycanada.org/scsi.
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George Washington Institute, Mount Vernon, Virginia - New Spring Residential Programs.
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