Date: Aug 5 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9639" align="alignright" width="300"] The History Institute is the UMass History Department's signature offering for teachings. Since 1994, this annual institute has offered local educators a valuable opportunity to explore historical themes in depth, to make meaningful connections with historians at UMass and beyond, and to stay abreast of current scholarship in the field.…
Date: Aug 5 2016
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HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 21 for August 2, 2016
News:Mass Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education will postpone the start of history & social science standards revision to Jan. 2017 to learn from the review of ELA and math standards.
A U.S. Dept. of Education July 13 letter suggests ways to use Federal funds to support “Humanities,” i…
Date: Jul 28 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9338" align="alignright" width="300"] Courtesy MA Center for Civics Education.[/caption]
During the economic, political, and social climate of 2017, the obvious need for a well-educated and informed group of young citizens has become increasing evident. In an effort to support students as they transition into adulthood, programs such as We the People and the MA Center for…
Date: Jul 25 2016
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HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 20 for July 21, 2016
News:“Library Fends Off DDoS Attack” - July 17-20, hackers attacked LoC.Gov. Things are back to normal, but if you find an area that is still down, report it at: website comment form. LoC.Gov will be down July 29-31.
Have you used congress.gov? Please help improve it by answering this online surv…
Date: Jul 18 2016
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Islam dates back to the 7th century when, according to religious tradition, a forty-year-old merchant named Muhammad was visited by the Archangel Gabriel near the city of Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula. Muhammad was told that he was the last prophet in a line of prophets that included Moses and Jesus. Allah’s revelations to Muhammad were made in Arabic thus establishing Arabic as the official lang…
Date: Jul 5 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9313" align="alignright" width="160"] Poster shows the interior of a prison cell where a woman is being forcibly held seated in a chair by a man and a woman while another man pours liquid into a tube inserted in the woman's nose; written on the prison wall is "votes for women."[/caption]
“We the women of America, tell you that America is not a democracy! Twenty million wom…
Date: Jul 1 2016
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HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 19 for July 1, 2016
News:Over 150 K–12 educators and higher education faculty applied to participate in the History and Social Science standards revision process. ESE is narrowing the panel to 40 and planning five meetings starting in October. A public survey will be online Aug. 1. The panel will revise standards and propose options for…
Date: Jun 27 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9307" align="alignright" width="300"] Youngest parader in New York City suffragist parade (c.1912).[/caption]
In the context of our current society and the quest for equal rights, students will be intrigued by the following lesson on the progression of women’s rights throughout United States history. Some students may be unaware that women did not gain the right to vote un…
Date: Jun 16 2016
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HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 18 for June 15, 2016
News:Kelley Brown’s Easthampton HS local history projects featured in today’s Gazette! We’ll post to Emerging America Facebook page once link becomes available. 2016 Windows on History course starts June 29. Organize your own local history project! Earn grad credit.
Date: Jun 13 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9298" align="alignright" width="300"] FDR Inaugural Program[/caption]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address is one of the most important speeches in United States History. Faced with the turmoil of the Great Depression, FDR laid out a plan for resurrecting the failing economy and the alleviating the suffering of the American people. FDR’s programs focused on…