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New Mini-Units Will Integrate Disability History across K-12 Curriculum; Seeking teachers to pilot mini-units.  Free Teaching with Primary Sources Micro-credentials - Barat Foundation’s Citizen U micro-credentials on using primary sources, hosted by the National Education Association (NEA), and created in partnership with Emerging America, and Inquiry in the Upper Midwest. Includes Universal…
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In a 10th grade classroom, a newly arrived student from Sudan, a returning student from a migrant worker family, and a student whose family came from Cambodia in the 1970s are among the 25 students in a US History class. These three students have been silent in all previous class discussions. The teacher knows their WIDA English-Language-Development proficiency scores.
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Develop a Mystery for Your Own K-5 Classroom Register for History’s Mysteries Institute ‡ Register for History’s Mysteries Intro Webinar NEWS “Closing the Gap in Civics for Students with Disabilities in Classrooms from K-12” – Read Rich Cairn’s blog post.  Massachusetts Civic Literacy Coalition Policy and Advocacy Fellow Allison Pao seeks Mass Civics teachers for a survey…
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Mind the Gap

Students gain knowledge and skills in civics and history when schools provide effective instruction and when students have opportunities to express their voice and to engage in activities like service-learning. Yet American education is falling far short–in elementary grades in particular–and especially for students with disabilities. 

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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 8, Issue 17 for August 11, 2021

Updated August 19 with addition of Fall History's Mysteries Institute (begins October 4) and course name correction for Accessing Inquiry for English Learners (begins October 29).

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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 8, Issue 15 for July 14, 2021

 

IN THIS ISSUE News Events @ Emerging America  New at the Library of Congress Professional Development Events Other Resources Emerging America Blog post  

“Teaching civics is vital to ensuring that our democracy in America survives and to ensuring that students see themselves as having a…

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A featured primary source set at the Library of Congress, Puertorriqueños de Estados Unidos: Identity, Arts, and Culture (June 11, 2021 by Stephanie Hall), and the feature from the Library's PALABRA Archive Online Feature, "On Language and Colony: A Linguistic Trajectory of Puerto Rico's Identity as the World’s Oldest Colony" both complement a source set created by…

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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol 8, issue 14, June 30, 2021  IN THIS ISSUE News Events @ Emerging America  New at the Library of Congress Other Professional Development Events Other Resources   We Are The Future - Building Disability Justice Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources - Online