Emerging America has two teacher-assembled sets of primary sources that offer rich detail and related classroom activities to engage student inquiry about Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7 and the events that followed. Library of Congress video interviews with eyewitnesses, photographs (including photos by Ansel Adams), maps, blueprints, and other documents provide many mea…
Date: Nov 28 2018
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Free Webinar on Media Literacy and Civic Engagement. Gain insights on these vital components to 2018 History and Social Science Curriculum Framework and the new Civic Engagement legislation. December 10 - 5:00-6:30pm. Register. New accessible lesson at http://EmergingAmerica.org on Magna Carta. (See bottom of page below).Webinar: Media Literacy and Civ…
Date: Nov 25 2018
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A new lesson, appropriate for 8th grade civics and adaptable for other grades, asks: What impact did the Magna Carta have on the U.S. Constitution and the shaping of the 14th Amendment? With a particular emphasis placed on the due process of law, students analyze and organize primary source documents ranging from a British Court of Common Pleas from 1610 to Chief Justice Warren’s notes on Miran…
Date: Nov 14 2018
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 42 for November 14, 2018
NEWS GOVERNOR SIGNS CIVICS BILL! Details Lesson on veterans available at EmergingAmerica.org. (See below.)Webinar: Understanding the New Practice Standards Heart of the 2018 Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework https://www.collaborative.org/events-and-courses/understanding-standards-histo…
Date: Nov 7 2018
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 41 for November 7, 2018
Date: Oct 31 2018
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 40 for October 31, 2018
NEWS Civic Engagement Bill likely in final stages. Breakthrough On End-Of-Sessions Civics Bill May Be Near Mass Civic Learning Coalition.New Accessible Lesson Plan: Six Goals of the United States Constitution Preamble
“...secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity…”
Date: Oct 26 2018
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“...establish justice…” “...promote the general welfare….” “...secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity…” Just in time for election day, here is a simple lesson on the founding goals for the government of the United States, adaptable for all grade levels. By connecting the goals of the federal government to primary source visual representations, this simple civics lesson…
Date: Oct 24 2018
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 39 for October 24, 2018
Date: Oct 17 2018
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 39 for October 17, 2018
Date: Oct 10 2018
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 5, Issue 38 for October 10, 2018