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History eNews from Emerging America - February 5, 2020

Published on Wed, 02/05/2020

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

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 4 for February 5, 2020

 

NEWS

 

Diverse Lesson Approaches for Diverse Learners 

Enroll in Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Source - March 27 & April 15 - Hudson, MA

Portrait of Langston Hughes, by Gordon Parks. 1943. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017858893/

“Two ELL Lessons on Langston Hughes,” inspiring post in the TPS Teacher Network suggests using poetry to bridge language gaps. Teaching language and content traces many paths!

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

 

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES

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

  • 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.
    • March 3 & March 31 - CES, Northampton 
    • July 6-31 - ONLINE
  • Accessing Inquiry for English Learners 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.
    • March 27 & April 15 - Hudson 
  • 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.
    • April 3-4 - Melrose High School
  • Accessing Civic Engagement with Students with Disabilities - Instructors: Rich Cairn & Alison Noyes. 10 PDPs. 
    • April 13 - Hudson - $40

 

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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

 

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

Historical Newspapers Edited by Frederick Douglass Now Online!

Deep Linking in Congress.gov Allows You to Share Specific Sections of a Bill - https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/01/deep-linking-in-congress-gov-allows-you-to-share-specific-sections-of-a-bill/

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

 

OTHER EVENTS: 

  • February 8 - 11am - Holyoke Public Library History Room: Burial Grounds of Holyoke with Robert Comeau
  • February 12 - 8:30am-3:30pm - Choosing to Participate: Facing History and Action Civics - Information and Registration 
  • February 12 - 3:30pm(webinar) - Teaching Tolerance: Latinx History is Black History - Webinar Registration 
  • February 17 - 10am-4pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Presidents’ Day Family Festival - Information and Registration 
  • February 26 - 6pm - Umass Amherst: Public Lecture and Book Signing with 2020 Writer in Residence, Vijay Prashad - History to the Defeated May Say Alas 
  • March 25 - 8:15am-3:30pm - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Dignity and Justice for All: Stories of Protest, Resistance, and Change - Information and Registration val, and Deepening Our Humanity - Information and Registration 
  • March 17 - 8am-3pm - Bill of Rights Institute: President and the Constitution: Presidential Powers - Information and Registration 
  • March 25 - 8:30am-3:15pm - JFK Presidential Museum and Library: Dignity and Justice for All: Stories of Protest, Resistance, and Change - A Conference for Teachers of Grades 3-8 and School Librarians - Information and Registration 
  • June 1 - 8:30am-5:00pm - Mass History Alliance: History: a Massachusetts Community

 

SUMMER:

  • June 22-25 - Shrewsbury Summer Institute - More details to come!
  • July 6-17 - JFK Presidential Library and Museum - American Studies Summer Institute: Changemakers: Youth Activism from the Progressive Era to Today - Information and Registration 
  • Kent State University and NEH Summer Workshop - Making Meaning of May 4th: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in US History - Information and Application 
    • June 21-26
    • July 12-17 
  • Old Dominion University and Virginia Commonwealth University NEH Summer Institute - The Long Road from Brown - School Desegregation in Virginia - Information and Application
    • July 12-17
    • July 26-31
  • Korean History and Culture Seminar for Educators - June 22-26 - Koreatown, LA - Information and Application

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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.