Date: Feb 14 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9087" align="alignright" width="195"] Ten Days in a Mad-House: Illuminates the inner workings of an insane asylum.[/caption]
Produced during the History in Motion program, a collaboration between Emerging America and the Library of Congress, the following primary source set contains materials focused on Disability history in the United States.
Disability has been interwov…
Date: Feb 7 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9078" align="alignright" width="219"] Uncle Sam, behind high wall marked "Literacy Test" which is spiked with pen points, says to immigrant family below: "You're welcome, if you can climb it".[/caption]
The Emerging America program in collaboration with the Library of Congress and Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS) is pleased to announce a new primary sourc…
Date: Feb 4 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9047" align="alignright" width="300"] The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand.[/caption]
The Emerging America program in collaboration with the Library of Congress and Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS) is pleased to announce a new primary source set on the American Revolution and U.S. Constitution!
The American Revolution a…
Date: Jan 27 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9032" align="alignright" width="300"] Lee Ann Potter, Director of Educational Outreach at the Library of Congress, outlines the varied educational resources.[/caption]
Engaging Students with the Library of Congress:
Over the past two decades, the Library of Congress has prepared millions of primary source documents and objects for public use. This free educational resourc…
Date: Feb 6 2015
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African American soldiers on patrol near bombed buildings, somewhere in Europe (Library of Congress) See also https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures.
A new Featured Source Performance Assessment is now available, examining Civil Rights During
Date: Feb 2 2015
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Registration is now open for the Landscape of Revolution Workshop!
Dates: Two-day workshop on March 21, 9am - 3pm, and March 28, 9am - 1pm.
The workshop is presented by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, in collaboration with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program at the Collaborative for Educational Services.
Optional 1 grad credit or 22.5 P…
Date: Jan 26 2015
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[caption id="attachment_8731" align="alignright" width="200"] Soldiers of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Source: http://www.alba-valb.org/[/caption]
Online registration is now open for a free workshop exploring the role played by American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
The First to Fight workshop will provide participants with powerful strategies to teach content and the Common Core, with th…
Date: Jan 20 2015
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DDM Survey - South Shore Social Studies Supervisors (5S) is taking a brief online survey on implementation of District Determined Measures (DDMs). Please participate! Don’t forget the PLC for Social Studies Department Chairs, TODAY (Tuesday) 3:30-5:00pm. Karen White from Mass DESE will Skype in at 4:00 to answer questions about DDMs, PARCC, Model Curriculum Units, and other topics.
Date: Dec 23 2014
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Strengthening Civic Learning in the Commonwealth - 01/22/15 - Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School; 4-7 pm. Working group invites participation from teachers, administrators, policy makers… with concerns and recommendations on preparing next generation for civic engagement. 3 minutes to present. Bring written copy of testimony. Register by 01/15/15.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TPS-CES - EVENTS
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Date: Dec 17 2014
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Arriba España!
As the Spanish Civil War raged between 1936-1939, struggles between competing ideologies played out on the streets as well as in the trenches. As much of Europe prepared for another global war, the military and social clashes in Spain served a dress rehearsal for potent new tools of propaganda as well as deadly new weapons and tactics. Spanish political factions: fascist, commu…