EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 10, Issue 9 for November 16, 2023
In this Issue
- Events @ Emerging America
- News
- New at the Library of Congress
- Disability History Resources & Updates
- Other Professional Development Events
- Other Resources
- Blog post preview: Paired History and ESL lessons demonstrate support for language learners.
New lesson plans demonstrate the use of scaffolds and supports for English Learners
Intro to the Lessons
The English Learner Collaborations web page links to lessons that demonstrate ways to use primary sources with language-learners. http://emergingamerica.org/
Events @ Emerging America - Info & Registration.
Mark your calendars for these Emerging America courses and workshops. Contact rcairn@collaborative.org or anoyes@collaborative.org.
Graduate Courses - Online
PDPs / or optional grad credit available from Westfield State University.
Scholarships for Winter Courses - Registration fees of $100
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Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Northampton, MA (in person)
- March 16 & 30, 2024 two-day workshop in Northampton. PDPs or optional grad credit.
- Register for workshop on teaching Students with Disabilities - in-person.
- Rich Cairn, Emerging America and Ross Newton, teacher HEC Academy.
- Strategies and tools for inclusion, with new, free K-12 Disability History curriculum.
- Special fee of $100 thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant.
- Further details on Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities.
- Meets Massachusetts license renewal requirement for 15 hours of PD on teaching English Learners.
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Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - (online)
- April 6 - May 17, 2024. PDPs or optional grad credit.
- Register for workshop on teaching Students with Disabilities - online.
- Rich Cairn, Emerging America and Ross Newton, teacher HEC Academy.
- Strategies and tools for inclusion, with new, free K-12 Disability History curriculum.
- Special fee of $100 thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Eastern Region mini-grant.
- Further details on Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities.
- Meets Massachusetts license renewal requirement for 15 hours of PD on teaching English Learners.
Presentations and Recordings from Emerging America
Upcoming Presentations and Past Recordings from Emerging America
See complete list of short webinars, poster presentations, and more.
- National Council for the Social Studies - Nashville - December 1-3, 2023.
- Info on the NCSS 2023 NCHE Conference.
- Rich Cairn, Emerging America will present on the Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum
- Alison Noyes, English Learner Collaborations/MCSS will present on 'What Do ESL Teachers Wish You Knew'
- Watch for other highlights on inclusion as they develop.
Emerging America’s Rich Cairn, and Special Education teacher Kate Anderson, President of the Friends of the Belchertown State School presented an Election Day workshop featuring the Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum. Contact Rich about scheduling workshops for your school district or organization.
News
- The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is offering small grants to support genocide education.
- Spring 2024 Massachusetts state test: MCAS Grade 8 Civics Field Test - DESE.
- National Civic Learning Week - March 11-15, 2024 - Join the planning committee.
- The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) is becoming the Digital Inquiry Group.
- List of 2023 U.S. Department of Education History and Civics grants.
- “Schools Nationwide Report Shortage Of Special Educators” - Disability Scoop.
- “Scholastic Profits from Censorship” - Teaching for Change.
- New definition of Social Studies from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).
- 2023 NCSS position statement on Racial Literacy.
- The next issue of History eNews is December 21. Submit items to rcairn@collaborative.org by December 13.
News from the Library of Congress
What's New?
- Chronicling America: Historica American Newspapers is getting an upgrade and a new site.
- November-December issue of the Library of Congress Magazine: Navajo Code Talkers, Ernest Unfiltered, Taking Flight, Enthralled by Infinity, and more.
- Library of Congress Friends' Choice Civics Video Game Challenge - contest.
- Students: Apply for a Spring 2024 Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Internship with the Library of Congress!
TPS Teachers Network - Teachers with interest in working with primary sources are welcome to join this network. Featured this issue - (log in to see Discussions; no log-in needed for Albums):
- Discussions:
- Meet the 15 TPS Teachers Network Mentors.
- Helping Hands - New Mentor Services in the TPS Teachers Network.
- Quick Guide Create Photo Album in the TPS Teachers Network
- The Lost Children of Carlisle: documentary from WGAL
- Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment
- It's time to learn some WWII Army Slang - guess what these terms mean: Armored Cows, Button Choppers and Motorized Freckles.
- W.E.B. DuBois' The Brownies' Book Returns
- Reflection on Native Americans during the Civil War
- Rural Education in Nebraska and an Archivist's Quest to Preserve It
- State Parks don't get the credit they deserve
- Who takes the picture?
- Civic Argument Writing Resources for Two Topics: Child Labor and Environmental Impacts of Clothing
- Albums:
- Album: How a Tree Became Liberty
- Album: The American Bison
Library of Congress Teacher Blog http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
- Remembering Armistice Day with a Speech from Woodrow Wilson
- Exploring the Great Migration with Primary Sources in Different Formats
- Celebrating the Mighty Pumpkin with Primary Sources from the Library
- Capturing Student Attention and Imagination with Association Membership Cards and Certificates
- Enhance Your STEM Classroom with Primary Source Analysis at NSTA’s Fall 2023 Conference
- Primary Sources and Agency
- Highlighting Science in Indigenous Cultures During Hispanic Heritage Month
- Piquing Student Curiosity About the 100th Anniversary of the Constitution with Sheet Music
Disability History Resources & Updates
Genocide and Disability
The Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum features a lesson on The Dehumanizing Effects of Eugenics which deconstructs eugenics arguments as well as documenting it as a form of genocide.
- Sharing Your Story for a Political Purpose - Toolkit from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
- Black Civil War Soldiers with Injuries, Chronic Conditions, and Disabilities - Invalid Corps.
- Friends of the Belchertown State School.
- Colonial Williamsburg’s Public Hospital - mental health in 18th century Virginia.
- “A Meta-analysis of the Efficacy of Trigger Warnings, Content Warnings, and Content Notes” - Bridgland et al - in Clinical Psychological Science.
- America’s First Veterans - exhibition - The American Revolution Institute.
- Walter Reed: The Battle for Recovery - classroom video - RetroReport.
- Disability History in the 19th and 20th Centuries podcast coming Dec 15 - MA Historical Society [ATN edit: added after press-time]
Other Events
Online unless noted. “Hybrid” events are both virtual and in-person.
- Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide - Wisconsin-based webinar series.
- February - April - 2024 Women & the American Story Program Ambassadors - virtual program - New York Historical Society.
- December - March - virtual course - Change and Development in Rural America- National Council for History Education.
- November 29, 6pm ET - hybrid - Gay Community News at 50: GCN’s Impact & Legacy - Massachusetts Historical Society.
- December 12, 3pm ET - webinar - Geography & Map Division Virtual Orientation: Introduction to Geospatial Resources - Library of Congress.
- January 30, 7pm ET - webinar: Jack Warner, Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on vital records and Judicial Archives collections. Massachusetts Genealogical Council.
- November 30, 2pm ET - virtual talk - Fugitive Texts: Slave Narratives in Antebellum Print Culture - American Antiquarian Society.
- December 7, 7pm ET - hybrid - Safeguarding History: Trailblazing Adventures Inside the Worlds of Collecting and Forging History - American Antiquarian Society.
- February 20-22 - Orlando - Learning Disabilities Association of America conference.
- March 7-9 - Cleveland - National Council for History Education conference.
Other Resources
- Save Ancient Resources Alliance - works to promote the study of the Ancient World and engagement with our human deeper pasts.
- As SCOTUS Examines School Prayer, Families Behind a Landmark Ruling Speak Out - RetroReport.
- Native America - stream of contemporary Indian Country - PBS.
- Lesson: Amplifying Indigenous Voices: What Is a Powwow? In new Teachers Resource Guide from the University of the Arts.
- Counting Every Voice: Understanding Hard-to-Count and Historically Undercounted Populations - United States Census.
- National Parks - K-5 episode from KidCitizen.
- “Why Civics Needs Social Justice Education” - Learning for Justice.
- “Building Resilience Against Manipulative Disinformation” - Learning for Justice.
- “Incorporating Photos, Videos, and Other Media in the Classroom” - Edutopia.
- The Skill of Historical Sourcing - lesson from the OER Project.
- National Constitution Center - virtual museum experiences.
- “5 Ways State Governments Can Support Student Mental Health” - Center for American Progress CAP20.
- Antisemitism: How to Identify It & What to Do - Jewish Family and Children’s Services.
New Blog Post: Paired History and ESL lessons demonstrate support for language learners
By Alison Noyes, Emerging America
The English Learner Collaborations project has added new lesson plan examples that demonstrate the use of scaffolds and supports for English Learners.
A third grade teacher teaching newly arrived immigrant learners might be able to use a lesson in the Language Aware Social Studies unit (on daily life in Colonial Massachusetts), yet wait with other lessons from the set until students have gained language skill. With the new language-learning lessons, the English Learner Collaborations project addresses each topic with multiple approaches. All strategies are offered as applied examples that can be transferred to other content as needed.
Continued… Link to blog post.
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