Date: Nov 10 2021
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New Mini-Units Will Integrate Disability History across K-12 Curriculum; Seeking teachers to pilot mini-units.
Free Teaching with Primary Sources Micro-credentials - Barat Foundation’s Citizen U micro-credentials on using primary sources, hosted by the National Education Association (NEA), and created in partnership with Emerging America, and Inquiry in the Upper Midwest. Includes Universal Desig…
Date: Oct 13 2021
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol.
Date: Oct 4 2021
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In a 10th grade classroom, a newly arrived student from Sudan, a returning student from a migrant worker family, and a student whose family came from Cambodia in the 1970s are among the 25 students in a US History class. These three students have been silent in all previous class discussions. The teacher knows their WIDA English-Language-Development proficiency scores.
Date: Sep 8 2021
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Develop a Mystery for Your Own K-5 Classroom
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“Closing the Gap in Civics for Students with Disabilities in Classrooms from K-12” – Read Rich Cairn’s blog post.
Massachusetts Civic Literacy Coalition Policy and Advocacy Fellow Allison Pao seeks Mass Civics teachers for a survey and/or interviews. (With…
Date: Sep 8 2021
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Mind the Gap
Students gain knowledge and skills in civics and history when schools provide effective instruction and when students have opportunities to express their voice and to engage in activities like service-learning. Yet American education is falling far short–in elementary grades in particular–and especially for students with disabilities.
Date: Aug 11 2021
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 8, Issue 17 for August 11, 2021
Updated August 19 with addition of Fall History's Mysteries Institute (begins October 4) and course name correction for Accessing Inquiry for English Learners (begins October 29).
Date: Jul 28 2021
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol.
Date: Jul 14 2021
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 8, Issue 15 for July 14, 2021
IN THIS ISSUE News Events @ Emerging America New at the Library of Congress Professional Development Events Other Resources Emerging America Blog post
“Teaching civics is vital to ensuring that our democracy in America survives and to ensuring that students see themselves as having a role and a voice in our…
Date: Jun 30 2021
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A featured primary source set at the Library of Congress, Puertorriqueños de Estados Unidos: Identity, Arts, and Culture (June 11, 2021 by Stephanie Hall), and the feature from the Library's PALABRA Archive Online Feature, "On Language and Colony: A Linguistic Trajectory of Puerto Rico's Identity as the World’s Oldest Colony" both complement a source set created by Emerging America in 2016 wi…
Date: Jun 30 2021
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol 8, issue 14, June 30, 2021
IN THIS ISSUE
News
Events @ Emerging America
New at the Library of Congress
Other Professional Development Events
Other Resources
We Are The Future - Building Disability Justice
Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Online