Date: Mar 29 2013
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Spring is here and with it comes an array of workshops across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as part of our Teaching with Primary Sources program. Each workshop focuses on an inquiry-based strategy for using the rich resources available for free on the Library of Congress website to teach critical thinking skills based in the Common Core State Standards. Here is a look at what we’ll be up to i…
Date: Mar 12 2013
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In today’s world, technology moves at the speed of light. There are programs and websites created every day that promise to make your life easier/faster/more entertaining. But how can you tell what’s out there when everything is moving at the speed of light? “Digital Friday” is a new feature on the EmergingAmerica.org blog. One Friday a month, we will introduce a free online tool that is being…
Date: Feb 5 2013
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By Rich Cairn, Director Emerging America
Beginning February 25, 2013, Emerging America will offer an outstanding course for Teachers in Alternative Settings (including detention centers and high security facilities as well as in-school alternative programs). We would like to take this opportunity to explain why we think this course carries great import.
Date: Jan 7 2013
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Exploring Emerging America’s Windows on History Program
Since 2006, Emerging America’s Windows on History program has mobilized more than 30 research teams of K-12 students with their teachers and in partnership with historical societies, museums, town and college libraries, expert individuals, and other very local resources. Students learn to think historically as they track down primary sour…
Date: Dec 21 2012
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Teachers Matt Brown and Ann Pember first posted these ideas as part of the 2012 Emerging America Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Training of Trainers program.
Motivating Students to Question SourcesEarly on, I provide the documents, and I set the questions. But eventually, I like students to choose their own documents for projects. I also like the documents to become…
Date: Dec 14 2012
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Exploring Emerging America’s Windows on History Program
Since 2006, Emerging America’s Windows on History program has mobilized more than 30 research teams of K-12 students with their teachers and in partnership with historical societies, museums, town and college libraries, expert individuals, and other very local resources. Students learn to think historically as they track down primary sour…
Date: Dec 10 2012
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"What is the dog doing there? It really would run away when it heard the guns fire. So why did Paul Revere put it in the picture? Well, most people like dogs. So we think he wanted people to take the side of the Americans by thinking, 'Those mean British are shooting at a dog!'" - Fifth graders, Morgan Elementary School, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Famous images deeply influence ideas about…
Date: Nov 30 2012
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Exploring Emerging America’s Windows on History Program
Since 2006, Emerging America’s Windows on History program has mobilized more than 30 research teams of K-12 students with their teachers and in partnership with historical societies, museums, town and college libraries, expert individuals, and other very local resources. Students learn to think historically as they track down primary sour…
Date: Nov 21 2012
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Latest in our series of reviews of new assessment resources.
PARCC Prototype Assessments - An Overview
In August, 2012, PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers), one of two Federally supported consortia of states working on assessments of the Common Core State Standards, released its first set of prototype assessments, offering important s…
Date: Oct 25 2012
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At last, performance assessments that engage students, focus on specific meaningful learning goals, and provide effective support tools for implementation! Beyond the Bubble: A New Generation of History Assessments is indispensable for every secondary history classroom.
The site is jam-packed with powerful tools.
Ten assessments range in topic from the Civil War to the Civil Rig…