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History's Mysteries K-5 is exciting young history detectives

Date: Dec 18 2020
Author:
Alison Noyes

December 18, 2020 Update: Newly added to the Kindergarten unit: Mystery #4, HOW DOES A TRADITION BECOME A HOLIDAY? about Juneteenth. 

                                         

"What has excited my kids most is the chance to be detectives. They look forward to the days of the week when they get to hunt for clues."

-2nd Grade Teacher

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History eNews from Emerging America - December 16, 2020

Date: Dec 16 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 33 for December 16, 2020

 

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History eNews from Emerging America - December 2, 2020

Date: Dec 2 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 32 for December 2, 2020 NEWS

TONIGHT: Dec. 2 , 7pm Eastern Time - Free WGBH webinar: Teach Diverse Stories with Primary Sources and Artifacts. 

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History eNews from Emerging America - November 18, 2020

Date: Nov 18 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 31 for November 18, 2020

 

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History eNews from Emerging America - November 4, 2020

Date: Nov 4 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 30 for November 4, 2020 NEWS The Library of Congress is offering Virtual Workshops for Students.  The Mass Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Ed (DESE) opened a new History & Social Science resource page.  The page has a new Civics Project Guidebook 2.0, including for Remote Learning and Civics Projects.  Nov. 16 - DESE-led “Civics Projects:…
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History eNews from Emerging America - October 21, 2020

Date: Oct 21 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 29 for October 21, 2020

 

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History eNews from Emerging America - October 7, 2020

Date: Oct 7 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 27 for October 7, 2020 NEWS

RECOMMENDED: Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies (NERC) 2020 will be online!

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New Primary Source Sets and Picture Books Feature Disability History

Date: Oct 2 2020
Author:
Alison Noyes
Pairing Picture Books with Primary Sources: Primary Source Sets from Missouri School Librarian Tom Bober Feature Disability History Bober’s new Primary Source Podcast compliments his KnowledgeQuest blog posts on picture books and primary sources

People familiar with the work of Emerging America will know that our Accessing Inquiry project and clearinghouse of resources offers one of the best…

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History eNews from Emerging America - September 30, 2020

Date: Sep 30 2020
Author:
Rich Cairn
 EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 27 for September 30, 2020 NEWS RECOMMENDED: Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies (NERC) 2020 will be online! - October 4-14 - Info & Register. An impressive program! Free. Easy to participate.  Teaching Tolerance Resources on Voter Suppression.
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Wendy Harris guest post: What exactly is a disability?

Date: Sep 22 2020
Author:
Alison Noyes
In celebration of our new course on teaching disability history in the K-12 classroom, we invited Wendy Harris, a teacher at a school for the Deaf with expertise in teaching DeafBlind students, to share her thoughts about disability with us. The topic of Deafness as a disability gives the opportunity to begin with an exploration of the conception of DISABILITY itself, and the question of what abil…
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