May 2026 Inclusive History eNews
In this Issue:
- News of the Field
- Disability History News & Resources
- Events @ Emerging America
- Other Events
- Teaching Resources
- New at the Library of Congress
Featured post this issue: Introducing Disability History to Teachers - Practical resources for teacher education courses by Nancy Peck and Lance Neeper.
Featured Event: July 14 Teaching Disability History In-person Conference.
News of the Field
- The CivxNow Coalition Hill Day - July 15, 2026 - asking for federal support for civics. Sign up for Hill Day.
- iCivics seeks a senior staff position.
- Kean University Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction - contact Agoldber@kean.edu.
- Apply by June 15 to present at the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies October 19 Conference.
Disability History News & Resources
- Representing Children with Disabilities on Public Television - eight selections from shows in the 1970s to 2000 are now available in this online collection at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. In partnership with the Libreary of Congress and GBH.
- Apply by May 15 to present at the December 3-5, 2026 TASH Conference in Philadelphia.
Events @ Emerging America
Learn more about current Emerging America professional development events.
2nd Annual Teaching Disability History Conference - Tom Harkin Institute, Drake University - Information re. July 14 conference.
- July 14 - Des Moines, Iowa
- Presentations will include disability history and strategies for teaching disability history.
- Featuring: Kim Nielsen, University of Toledo, Author: A Disability History of the United States; Sarah Handley-Cousins, University at Buffalo, Author: Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War in the North; Hope Bibens, Curator, Tom Harkin political papers.
- Event free thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Lunch provided. Teachers and disability advocates can get a $200 travel stipend. Registration required. Register for the July conference.
- Sponsored by Keene State College, Emerging America, the Disability History Association, the University of Texas Arlington and the Harkin Institute at Drake University.
Teaching Disability History Interest Group
- Teachers, disability advocates, historians, higher education students and allied organizations meet quarterly to share resources and discuss how to advance the field. ASL and CART provided. Supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Next meeting is June 18, 5:00-6:00pm Eastern Time. To join the group, email Rich Cairn - rcairn @ collaborative.org.
Recordings and Resources from Recent Emerging America Events:
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Teaching Disability and Human Rights: 2nd Annual Virtual Teaching Disability History Conference - Find the recordings, transcript and extensive resource materials from April 7 conference.
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Disability & Young Voters: Access, Legislation and Mobilizing Young Voters - A National Civic Learning Discussion.
Other Events
In-person, unless noted. Hybrid = in-person and virtual options.
- May 27-28 - History & Democracy virtual summit - American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).
- Three Journeys: Atlanta, New Orleans–and Morocco with Facing History.
- June 2 & 17, July 15, & August 4 - DBQ 1.0 - DBQ Project.
- June 16-20 - Prairie View A&M University, Texas - Teaching African American Studies Summer Institute: Teaching the Digital Diaspora - National Humanities Center.
- June 17 to August 3 - virtual course - Fundamentals of Primary Source Instruction (free) - Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region.
- July 1 to August 5 - virtual - Teaching with Primary Sources Leadership Institute Summer Session - Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region.
- July 21-23 - 9-3:30 daily - Boston - Revolutionary Boston: Teaching Multiple Perspectives through Primary Sources - Boston Athenaeum.
- July 22 - Denver - Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Western Regional Conference.
- July 26 - August 1 - Schoodic, Maine - The Civic Summer Institute for Learning and Teaching - Democratic Knowledge Project, Harvard University.
- July 27-30 - Three Branches Institute - Washington, DC - Free program for educators - apply by March 1 - White House Historical Association, Supreme Court Historical Society, and U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
Teaching Resources
- Institute for Humane Education. Lessons and teaching resources.
- List of national historic landmarks by state - National Park Service.
- The Rural Experience in America - National Council for History Education.
- Bunk. Rich resources linked to today's current events.
- Zora Neale Hurston: "A Genius of the South" - part of a podcast series from UnErasing LGBTQ History and Identities.
New at the Library of Congress
- The Source - on site experiential gallery at the Library of Congress opens May 9.
- Expanding Educational Understanding of America’s Rural Spaces and Local Identities through Primary Sources - Spring 2026 - Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Consortium Journal.
- See their new website.
- U.S. Local History Collection.
- Listening to Poetry.
- Poetry for a Cause.
- Progressive Era Reforms: A New Primary Source Set for Educators.
About Emerging America's Inclusive History News
Committed to Access and Inclusion of All Learners in Civics, History and Social Studies
Created in response to teacher requests in 2013, the History eNews emailed monthly short descriptions and links of quality history and social studies events and resources. Today, items appear in an Emerging America blog page, with regular Constant Contact email notices to our subscribers. Sign up free at the bottom of the page.
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Image Credits
- Rheal LaForest, former resident takes film crew through Laconia School in New Hampshire in the film Lost in Laconia. (2010).
- Hiking WPA Recreation Project. (1936). Library of Congress.
