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History eNews from Emerging America - January 29, 2020

Published on Wed, 01/29/2020

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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 3 for January 29, 2020

 

NEWS

 

 

It's your America! 

Enroll in Accessing Civic Engagement with Students with Disabilities - April 13. 

It's Your America! Help the ten-year roll call--1940 CENSUS, U.S.A. https://www.loc.gov/item/92503698/

 

Access an excellent slide show on the Census from Library of Congress TPS Consortium member Dr. Elizabeth Osborn, Indiana University Center on Representative Government!  eosborn@iu.edu Find it and other sources in Emerging America Teaching Resources

 

 

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.
    • FULL February 4 to March 16 - Fully ONLINE. 
    • March 27 & April 15 - Hudson 
  • History’s Mysteries - K-5 Curriculum Pilot - Instructors: Kelley Brown & Laurie Risler. PDPs or 1 graduate credit. 
    • NEARLY FULL February 26 to May 31. Online. Teach it in your classroom this spring.
  • 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:

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

  • Teaching Civic Ideals Using Primary Sources: Federalism and the Origin of Federal Air Pollution Policy
  • Welcome Jason Reynolds, 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature!

  •  What’s New Online? Explore Recently Digitized Collections from the Library of Congress

  • Explore the Frederick Douglass Digital Newspaper Collection from the Library of Congress

  • Teaching Civic Ideals Using Primary Sources: The Origin and Evolution of the Bill of Rights

  • Applications Available for 2020 Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute

 

OTHER EVENTS: 

  • Ford’s Theater -
  • ASOST-sponsored 2 Day Service-Learning Trainings - 8:30am-3:30pm - Registration 
    • February 4-5: Hadley Farms Meeting House, Hadley, MA
    • March 18-19: Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth, MA
    • May 6-7: Tower HIll Botanical Gardens, W. Boylston, MA
    • June 2-3: Hilton Garden Inn, Devens, MA
  • January 29 - 7-8pm (Webinar) - The Bill of Rights Institute: Reconstruction and Narrative: Amendments and Their Limitations - Information and Registration 
  • February 12 - 3-4pm - The Immigrant Learning Center: Educator Webinar - Understanding Immigration Today - Information and Registration 
  • February 19 - 7-8pm (Webinar) - Five College Consortium: Democracy in Taiwan - Registration 
  • March 13 - 6-7:30pm (Webinar) - JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Climate Change, Survival, 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

 

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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.