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History eNews from Emerging America - May 2, 2016

Published on Tue, 05/03/2016

HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 13 for May 2, 2016

THIS ISSUE IS PACKED–READ TO END!

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Top Scholars Join Emerging America Summer FREE courses:  

  • Scott Wong, immigration scholar from Williams College to speak at Immigration Issues in Perspective. June 6-7. Boston. Details below.

  • Constitutional scholar, Yale’s Akhil Reed Amar to speak at Equality Before the Law, July 11-15 Institute on the U.S. Constitution. Easthampton. Details below.


FREE – Library of Congress TPS @ the Collaborative – REGISTER.

  • * Boston - May 7 & 14 - Landscape of Revolution - Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center. Register directly with Leventhal. John Hannigan on African American soldiers. Develop lesson for your classroom!

  • † Boston - June 6-7 - Immigration Issues in Perspective: Building Curriculum with Primary Sources. Rich Cairn, CES & Scott Wong, Williams College.

  • Windows on History: Research & Build a Local History Website in Your Class - June 29, July 27. 8:30am-3:30pm. Springfield Museums & Wistariahurst, Holyoke. Free.

  • Equality Before the Law: The U.S. Constitution and Struggles for Justice. July 11-15. 8:30am-4:00pm. Fri. to 12:00. With Akhil Reed, Kelley Brown, and Laurie Risler.

Register here or as noted.  † = 1 Grad credit History.  * = 1 Gen Ed grad credit. Fees to register credit.


RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - http://LoC.Gov/teachers

Library of Congress Teacher Blog

  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Post.

  • Selecting and Using Primary Sources with Difficult Topics - Civil Rights and Current Events. Post.

  • William Shakespeare Through the Ages: Different Vision of the Bard in Primary Sources. Post


OTHER RECOMMENDED EVENTS and RESOURCES


May 23 – 1st Annual Conference on Civic Engagement & Learning – "Serving America: Promising Practices for Building Literacy & Civic Learning.” Details below. Free. Mass. ESE & E.M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, Boston. Understand the role civic learning plays in maintaining our democracy, increase civic knowledge and engagement among K-12 students, and connect civic education and literacy. Presenters to include K-12 educators and representatives from state, education and community organizations. Online registration open soon: www.collaborative.org/serving-america. (Option to purchase lunch when you register.)

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Karen Albano

former History eNews Editor, Emerging America
Karen Albano worked with Emerging America from 2015-2020, contributing to many facets of the program including developing curriculum, improving the accessibility of the website to educators, overseeing social media outreach, and editing the History eNews.