In this blog post, we offer a variety of teaching resources, and invite you to plan to join us for the July course “Emerging America: Immigration Issues in Perspective for Diverse Students.”
President Roosevelt, touring Ellis Island
Date: Mar 9 2022
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 9, Issue 3 for March 9, 2022
Date: Mar 4 2022
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Updated 07-15-2022
By Leah Bueso
Civic Engagement Research Group, University of California, Riverside
“Disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society.”
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
The first time I read Congress’s state…
Date: Feb 9 2022
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol.
Date: Feb 7 2022
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Updated 05-21-2022
Read “Massachusetts Passes Genocide Education Legislation" by Emerging America's Rich Cairn in June's Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives The Volunteer.
In December 2021, Massachusetts became the 20th state to pass legislation requiring that every student learn about genocide. (See the Massachusetts law.) The law pointedly requires that students learn about hu…
Date: Feb 2 2022
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Wendy Harris teaches at Metro Deaf School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has been a classroom teacher for Deaf students of all ages since 2003 and currently splits her teaching duties between high school social studies and teaching braille and other skills to the school’s DeafBlind students ages 2-21.
Re-post of the lesson introduction from February, 2021This school year [2020-2021], man…
Date: Jan 12 2022
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol.
Date: Jan 5 2022
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Guest Post by Kelley Brown and Laurie Risler, creators of History's Mysteries
Happy New Year to all of you!
We wanted to share some special and great news with you.
1. We have four NEW units and three NEW "Introduction to Inquiry" mysteries available for use on our History's Mysteries website!Our newest units include:
Grade 2: How does culture im…
Date: Dec 8 2021
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EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol.
Date: Dec 8 2021
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Building Student Engagement in a Special Education Classroom
Originally published by the Right Question Institute, in the Teaching + Learning Experts in the Field resources series. Republished here with permission.
by Esther LeeAs a special education teacher in New York City, I had gotten used to my heterogeneous classroom of kids. Last year, however, I was taken aback by my classro…