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History eNews from Emerging America - April 29, 2020

Published on Wed, 04/29/2020

Emerging America logo against vista of sky, river, distant mountains.

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 15 for April 29, 2020

 

NEWS

 

Civic Action: Campaign for Civil Rights for People with Disabilities

 

Screen cap from Crip Camp, 1972 New York City street protest, from the excellent new documentary film on Netflix. 2020.  https://cripcamp.com/ 

Learn more about the campaign to pass the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act at the Google Arts and Culture online exhibit:  Ed Roberts, the Disability Rights Movement and the ADA. 

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

 

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES

PDPs / OR optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.  

  • America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond - Instructor: Kelley Brown. Scholars Peter Carroll and Sebastiaan Faber. PDPs or 1 graduate credit. Register.
    • June 30 to July 28 - ONLINE
  • Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Instructors: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. Meets state PD requirement, with attention to teachers of History and Social Science and the Humanities. PDPs or 1 graduate credit. Register.
    • July 6-31 – ONLINE

 

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

  • TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network

 

Featured this week - YOU MUST LOGIN FIRST FOR THESE LINKS TO WORK:

Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/

  • Office Hours for April 21st and 23rd: Primary Source for Science Classrooms and Crowdsourcing the Library of Congress
  • Earth Day at Fifty: April 22
  • Now Online: More Presidential Papers Collections to Spark New Student Research Opportunities

 

OTHER EVENTS

 

SUMMER 

  • 2020 National Council for the Social Studies Summer Seminar (Online) - Registration and Information 

    • Session 1 - Monday, July 20 - 12-3PM

    • Session 2 - Tuesday, July 21 - 12-3PM

  • Online Summer courses from Mars Hill University. 

    • Engaging Strategies - an introduction to teaching with primary sources for all age groups and content areas 

    •  Civil Rights Act - Teaching about the time period through primary source documents for middle school and high school teachers.

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RESOURCES

 

OTHER NEW RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ONLINE

See Resources for Education During a Pandemic for complete list.


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Karen Albano

former History eNews Editor, Emerging America
Karen Albano worked with Emerging America from 2015-2020, contributing to many facets of the program including developing curriculum, improving the accessibility of the website to educators, overseeing social media outreach, and editing the History eNews.