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National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Resources for Navigating COVID-19 - link below
NCHE Virtual Conference - March 20-21. Join presentations from top scholars, educator-led workshops, exhibits, and keynote sessions, including historians Jill Lepore, Adam Hochschild, and Elliott West. Online events will put the current pandemic in historical context. Register through NCHE website!…
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Civic Engagement Projects by ALL: How Will Your District Support Students with Disabilities?
Complete a short survey of interest, and share questions and resources.
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Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference - 3/14 - UMass Amherst. Register ASAP. INFO. Donate to youth scholarships: collaborative.org/transforminged-giving.
DESE seeks teachers for voluntary, computer-based question tryout in May/June 2020 for new MCAS History and Social Science test in grade 8 civics. Sign up by March 13.
iCivics Celebration of Civics - May 21 - spotl…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 4 for February 5, 2020
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The 2020 Census launched in frozen Alaska this month. The occasion offers many ways to engage student interest and historical thinking.
Article I of the U.S. Constitution ordered a census every ten years, principally to establish the number of U.S. Congressional Representatives (and so the electoral college vote) for each state. From the start, this process incorpo…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 3 for January 29, 2020
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 2 for January 15, 2020
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 1 for January 8, 2020
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NEW! Accessing Inquiry workshop sessions open for registration! More dates below.
Jan. 28 & April 9 - Sharon - teaching Students with Disabilities
March 27 & April 15 - Hudson - teaching English Learners
July 6-31 - ONLINE - teaching Students with Disabilities
NEW WORKSHOP!
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We are preparing to teach an upcoming section of our course, Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources, and reflecting on what specialists in English language acquisition tell us about making history and social studies accessible.
There are excellent strategies to increase access for dual language learners (and all students, really) through being intentional a…
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 6, Issue 40 for December 18, 2019