Guest post by Jacqueline LaFrance
Insights on Multilingual Learners from History and Social Studies Teachers
Published on Tue, 04/30/2024
Paired History and ESL lessons demonstrate support for language learners
Published on Tue, 11/07/2023
The English Learner Collaborations project has added new lesson plan examples to the Emerging America website that demonstrate the use of scaffolds and supports for English Learners.
ESL examples: Daily Life in Colonial Massachusetts through Primary Sources (3rd Grade)
Exploring timelines, reading dates aloud and constructing their own personal timeline helps multilingual learners to connect lives of colonial people of Massachusetts to their own life and identity.
ESL examples: Is it ever ok to break a law? (High School)
Although this series of lessons utilizes sources from the Civil Rights Movement, the topic of focus could be changed to better support student needs or to better align to your topics of study.
ESL examples: Can you always speak your mind freely in schools? (8th grade)
Throughout these lessons, multilingual learners will develop the language necessary for success in the content area of social studies.
Accessing Inquiry returns in-person in newly renovated space in Northampton
Published on Mon, 07/31/2023
Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources will be offered at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton, Massachusetts in a two-session format, meeting Thursdays a month apart, October 19 and November 16.
Language-aware lesson example: Colonial Daily Life (3rd Grade)
Explore primary sources to learn about daily life in Colonial Massachusetts.
Students will practice with posing questions about primary source documents and then analyzing the resources to learn more about life in Colonial Massachusetts. Students will summarize their learning in the final lesson.
What was everyday life like for people who lived near the ocean in Massachusetts 250 years ago?
What can a newspaper tell us about the lives of men, women, and children in 1767 Massachusetts?
Focus skills include:
Language-aware lesson example: Does the First Amendment say you can? (8th Grade)
Explore the First Amendment free speech rights
of students...through analysis of Supreme Court decisions.
Students will practice summarizing interpretations of Freedoms of Speech under
the First Amendment.
Language-aware lesson example: Is it ever okay to break a law? (High School)
Explore primary sources connected to the Civil Rights movement.
The English Learner Collaborations project of the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies commissioned the development of lessons to illustrate applying English Language Development (ELD) teacher resources to History and Social Studies content.
By the end of the sequence of lessons linked below, students should be able to explain the principles of non-violent civil disobedience, and will be able to provide examples of non-violent civil disobedience.
Teachers Make Good Things Happen! Opportunities for Fall 2022
Published on Tue, 07/05/2022
Pilot curriculum, join a PLC, and more
Inclusion strategies can energize instruction for all learners and expand opportunities for them to make a difference in their communities. Tap these powerful support resources to explore new ideas and tools in your classroom.