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History eNews from Emerging America - June 24, 2020

Published on Wed, 06/24/2020

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

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 21 for June 24, 2020

NEWS

 

Teaching History K - 5
Teach This New Free Elementary K-5 Curriculum In-Person or Remotely 
Register for July Online Orientation Workshop
There is a fee for the workshop

"Primary sources can enrich a topic and create a learning environment that a child, no matter his/her level of learning, can participate in successfully." 
- Maureen Andersen and Susan Langman, 3rd Grade Teachers of History's Mysteries

 https://www.loc.gov/item/2016648463 

Children's march for survival, March 25, Washington, D.C. (1972). National Welfare Rights Organization. Learn more about History's Mysteries curriculum. 

Further documentation from the Low Country Digital Library. https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:99599

EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info & Registration.

Contact rcairn@collaborative.org.

 

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES

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

  • Teaching the History’s Mysteries K-5 Curriculum. New free K-5 curriculum available online.
    • Info & Register for orientation and professional development led by program creators, Laurie Risler & Kelley Brown. $50. Earn 10 PDPs by teaching a unit in fall and participating in Nov. 12 reflection webinar.
      • July 16 & 23 - ONLINE
  • Teaching Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions in Today's Classroom: A Teacher Leadership Institute - Emerging America is collaborating again with the Western Mass Writing Project to offer this excellent program!  Earn 4 graduate credits from UMass Amherst.
    • Info & Register. Karen Pleasant and Simon Leutz are co-leading the institute with a writing specialist from WMWP. 
      • Meets online July 6-17 and bi-weekly September to December.

 

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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

Check out many great resources posted in the TPS Teaching Online with Primary Sources group.  

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EVENTS

  • June 26 - 2-3pm (Webinar) - Mass History Alliance: Conversations on the Commons: Launch of the Mass History Commons -  Information and Registration 

  • Library of Congress: "Hear You, Hear Me" Virtual Programs Feature Conversations on Race in America -Info 
    • June 19, 4-5pm, "Race in America: Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson"

    • July 9, 7-8pm, "Race in America: Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith"

    • July 16, 7-8pm, "Race in America: Colson Whitehead" 

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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.