History eNews from Emerging America - June 10, 2016

Published on Sat, 06/11/2016

HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 17 for June 8, 2016

News:

Congrats Gilder Lehrman’s Mass History Teacher of the Year, Susan Miller, Middleborough HS!
Study finds: Specialization by subject in elem. school: “... if anything, decreases student achievement [&] attendance, & increases… behavioral problems.” (Thanks Marshall Memo .)

EASTERN MASS

† Engaging Students in Inquiry with Primary Sources. Teachers of Grades K-5. July 13 8:30am-3:30pm; July 14 8:30am-12:00noon; + 1.5 hrs. Fall date TBD. Rich Cairn. Cambridge. 1 grad credit or 22.5 PDPs.
† Sparking Inquiry in Geography & World History. July 18-19 8:30am-3:30pm. Shrewsbury HS. Karen Albano & Rich Cairn, Instructors. 1 grad credit or 22.5 PDPs.

WESTERN MASS

† Meet ELA standards & SERVICE-LEARNING: Windows on History: Research & Build LOCAL HISTORY Website in Your Class - June 29 - 9:30am-5:00pm; July 27 - 8:30am-3:30pm; +1.5 hrs Fall. Springfield Museums & Wistariahurst, Holyoke. 1 grad cred / 22.5 PDPs. Rich Cairn.
† SUMMER INSTITUTE: Equality Before the Law: The U.S. Constitution & Struggles for Justice. July 11-15. 8:30am-4:00pm. Fri. to 12:00. With Akhil Reed Amar, Kelley Brown, & Laurie Risler. 3 grad credits or 67.5 PDPs.

† Nurturing Student Inquiry and Student Voice through Informational Texts. July 25-26, 8:30am-4:00pm; + 1.5 hrs Fall date TBD.. Rich Cairn. Holyoke. 1 grad credit or 22.5 PDPs.
Teaching History through Fiction and Informational Texts. July 29, 8:30am-4:00pm; + online work for 10 PDPs. Sandy Roth.

† = Available for optional grad credit in History from Westfield State University.

Library of Congress Teacher Blog

Three new eBooks from the Library of Congress: Scientific Data, Weather Forecasting, and the New Deal. eBooks make graphics-rich Primary Source Sets available for iPads.
Discovering Elements of Urban Culture in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century from a Children’s Book. Post.

OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES

June 11, 10am - Walking Tour of Sojourner Truth’s Northampton. Ruggles Center.
June 13, 3:45-5:15pm Mill Pond School Auditorium, 6 Olde Hickory Lane, Westborough, MA - DESE Public Forum on MCAS 2.0. Sign up.
June 14 - 7pm - Marla Miller speaks on her biography of Betsy Ross, American business leader. Hawlemont Elem. School, 10 School Street, Charlemont, MA 01339
Summer - Mass Historical Society: Women in the Revolution, Civil War, Whaling, Maritime History of the North Shore
July 14 - Aug. 11, 5:30-6:30pm, Thursdays. Webinars on Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources.
Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center:
- July 18-22 - Mapping Boston’s Role in the American Revolution
- August 1-3 - Migration, Immigration and Refugees
- August 4-5 - Whaling in 19th Century Massachusetts
July 25-30 - Western Mass Writing Project & Holocaust Education Network Institute. UMass Amherst. Free. Field trips, interactive. Wow!

Fee-Based Programs:

July 25-29, New England College & Plymouth Schools: Early Am. Communities in Conflict & Collab. - Primary Source-based. (Fee.) Contact groy@plymouth.k12.ma.us.
Aug. 1-3, 9am - 3pm. Immigration - ELMs, Chicopee. $50.
Aug. 1-6 - 1st Amendment. Mass Council for Soc. St. Institute w. Suffolk Univ. (Fee.)
Wednesday, Oct. 26 - Marlborough - Mass Council for the Social Studies - Fall Conference. Call for proposals. Submit a proposal to present a workshop! Proposals due by June 30.

For Students

June 27-July 1, 9am-1pm. History Alive! Writing Springfield Then and Now. Middle School (grade 6-8). Springfield Armory and Western Mass Writing Project. Register. Free.

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