History eNews from Emerging America - October 26, 2016

Published on Mon, 10/24/2016

Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 3, Issue 31 for October 26, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Education John King calls for more Civic Education.
New U.S. Dept. of Ed. Guidance on Leveraging Federal Grant Funds for “well-rounded education,” including social studies. Another reason to join NCSS!
Update on Mass ESE proposed revisions to ELA-Literacy Frameworks.

Feinberg Family Lecture Series: The U.S. in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Sponsored by UMass Amherst Dept. of History. No registration required. Do sign in!
- Oct. 27 - UMass - Rhonda Y. Williams author, The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century, and The Politics of Public Housing.
First to Fight: American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) FREE. Postponed till Spring. Watch for date.
- Nov. 1 - UMass - Concentration Camps, American Style: Japanese Americans & WWII. Franklin Odo, Amherst College.

Oct. 25-26 - Online Conference - Library of Congress - 15 1-hr sessions over two days. Library specialists, instructional experts from Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium and K-12 leaders. Assessments and literacy to historical newspapers.

Online Conf. (above) Keynote Tonya Bolden, author of books for young people. Post.
Multimedia - Audio Recordings from National Press Club, 1954-1989. Post.

Oct. 27, 5:30pm - UMass Library - Richard Rabinowitz author Curating America.
Oct. 30, 2pm - Leverett Library. Louise Minks talk - Paupers and Poor Farms.
Oct. 31, 1pm - Holyoke Senior Center. Enchanted Circle Theater reading: The Things They Carried.
Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. http://maps.bpl.org/events:
- Nov. 2, 12:30pm and Nov. 18, 12:30pm - Gallery Tour of Shakespeare’s Here & Everywhere -
- Nov. 10, 6pm - Vermeer’s Mania for Maps
- Also see Maps of Boston at the Langham Hotel 250 Franklin Street, and Maps of the New England Coast at the Boston Harbor Hotel 70 Atlantic Ave.
Dec. 3, 9am-4pm, Amherst College. Navigating Native Spaces – teaching Native American history, culture, & contemporary issues - for secondary teachers. Apply. 5 Colleges.
Political & Civic Involvement Opportunities for Mass HS & College Students to volunteer on campaigns for state representative running in November's elections. For info www.pacio.info.

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