History eNews from Emerging America - February 8, 2017

Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 5 for February 8, 2017 NEWS

• Feb. 15 - 3:30-5pm - Western Mass Social Studies Chairs PLC - Haymarket Cafe, Northampton - rsvp rcairn@collaborative.org
• March 29 - 9am-4:30pm - Social Studies 2017 Legislative Day - Mass State House - Details at http://www.masscouncil.org.  REGISTER.
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SPRING EVENTS @ EMERGING AMERICA - Info How can I help my struggling students succeed in Social Studies-Humanities? Social Studies offers particular challenges for struggling learners. Extensive vocabulary. Complex and difficult informational texts–including primary sources. A need for broad subject background. This hands-on, exciting course demonstrates many dynamic approaches and methods to help every student succeed. Veteran

• Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources. March 27 & April 11. 8am - 4pm. Northampton. Albert Mussad & Rich Cairn. $65. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Examine immigration issues across history. Integrate innovative and engaging teaching approaches and techniques to support all learners. REGISTER.
• Accessing Inquiry for Student with Disabilities through Primary Sources. April 13 & 27 - Northampton. Laurie Risler & Rich Cairn. $65. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Grad credit available for extra fee. REGISTER.

Optional 1 Westfield State University grad credit in History available for $125 extra fee. “Accessing Inquiry” courses meet Mass license renewal requirements for 15-hours PD on students with disabilities or 15-hours PD on English Learners. Link to renewal regulations. How can we help students meet today’s challenges to democracy?   

• America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond - This powerful workshop, features dynamic teacher Kelley Brown and top scholars from Stanford and Oberlin. Explore propaganda (including “Fake News”), mass media, and examination of the Klan, neo-Nazis, and far right in the United States today. Offered in English with Spanish language breakout. $25. Snacks, lunch, and all materials included. Optional grad credit in History available for fee. March 31 & April 1. Holyoke. REGISTER.

ONLINE - COURSE NEARLY FULL

• Immigration Issues in Perspective for Diverse Students. March 15 - May 3. $25. 15 hours. Earn 22.5 PDPs–or 1 grad credit. REGISTER

RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Library of Congress Teachers Blog

• African American History Month. Updated Portal. Post.

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES - Statewide & on the Web

• Feb. 11 - 9am - 4pm - Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation - Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston - https://www.masshist.org/calendar
• Feb. 14 - 5pm - Holyoke Library - A Polish Odyssey: The 13-year journey of one Polish immigration - Sara Campbell - FREE
• Feb. 22-23 - 9am-4pm - Women in the Era of the American Revolution- Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston - https://www.masshist.org/calendar
• Feb. 26 - 2pm - Historic Deerfield - “Colonial Boycotts and the Invention of Liberty Tea” - Nancy Siegel, Towson Univ. - http://www.historic-deerfield.org/
• March 17 - 12-2pm - AP Psychology Workshop - Hudson High School - Free - Mike Hamilton, Hopkinton HS - email rsvp to: Erin_Shaughnessy-Zeena@wrsd.net
• March 26 - 2pm - Historic Deerfield - “Earthen Ware, made in Boston” - Angelika Kuettner, Colonial Williamsburg - http://www.historic-deerfield.org/
• African American History Month resources - Awesome Stories.
• Bill of Rights Institutes - Homework Help videos on landmark Supreme Court cases.
• International - Digital Portals - http://www.sharedstudios.com/  - News Story. Very cool.
• Echoes and Reflections - Holocaust Studies resources - http://echoesandreflections.org/
• “Expelling Islamophobia” - Teaching Tolerance - Blog post.
• Being There for Immigrant and Refugee Children - Teaching Tolerance - Guide.

Summer Institutes:

• July 9-14 - Doors to the World Summit - Five College Partnership Programs - Apply by April 3 - Amherst - https://www.fivecolleges.edu/partnership/doors-to-the-world
• June 15-20 and June 22-27 - Washington, DC - Supreme Court Summer Institute - Street Law
• NEH - Apply by March 1:
  • July 9-14 or July 23-28 - The Long Road from Brown - Old Dominion University, Richmond, VA http://thelongroadfrombrownneh.weebly.com/about.html
  • July 9-14 or July 23-28 - Emily Dickinson: Person, Poetry, and Place - Emily Dickinson Museum - Amherst
  • July 16-28 - Teaching Native American Histories - UMass Amherst - http://teachnativehistories.umass.edu/
  • Mapping a New World: Places of Colonization and Conflict in 17th-Century New England. Boston Public Library, Leventhal Map Center. www.leventhalmap.org/

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