EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 40 for December 18, 2019
Date: Dec 16 2019
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In 2010, when Emerging America first focused on teaching strategies using primary sources to engage and support English Learners, we built the course content around immigration history, expanding the investigation to include the history of American communities that speak languages other than English. A key part of making curriculum accessible to all learners is teaching topics, concepts, and sk…
Date: Dec 13 2019
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 39 for December 11, 2019
Date: Dec 3 2019
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 38 for December 4, 2019
Date: Dec 2 2019
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State Standards
There is growing awareness among state policy makers that teaching Disability History is past due. California’s 2011 Fair Education Act included people with disabilities among groups whose history must be taught. Other states followed. In 2018, new Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework integrated several pivotal developments in disability history, from Dorothea Dix…