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Upcoming Short Presentations

 

Emerging America at the 2023 NCSS Conference - December 1-3 - Nashville - Register

 

Empowering Students with Disability History: A Workshop for Special Education Professionals - January 30, 2024 - 5-6pm Eastern Time - Free - Register


    Recent Presentations

    Strategies and Tools to Integrate Disability into History, Civics, Government, and Human Rights - New Jersey Council for the Social Studies Conference - Rutgers University - October 23, 2023

    • Rich Cairn, Emerging America - Nicole Hansen, Seton Hall University - Christa Bialka, Villanova University - Lisa Schur and Doug Kruse, Rutgers University.

     

    Teach Disability History: We Can and We Must - March 8, 7-8pm - Virtual launch of Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum

    National Council for History Education (NCHE) conference - March 23-25, 2023 - Salt Lake City

    Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) conference - February 21-23, 2023 - Las Vegas

    National Council for the Social Studies Conference - December 2-4, 2022 - Philadelphia - Info on NCSS Conference

    Emerging America and Inclusion at the 2022 NCSS Conference 

    • "How to Integrate Disability History into the Curriculum: We Can and We Must" - Rich Cairn presentation includes the new Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum - Friday, December 2, 10:05-10:30am - Marriott Franklin 11 (4th floor). 
    • "Social Studies and History Methods That Include –– and Strengthen –– English learners" - Poster Session. Alison Noyes. Saturday, December 3, 11:30am - 12:30pm. Convention Center Reg Bridge West. 

     

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    Alison Noyes and Kristen Chapron of iCivics present: "Are Multilingual Students on Your Educating for American Democracy Roadmap." (Photo by Tanai Benard-Turner). 2022 NCSS Philadelphia.

     

    2022 Recordings & Materials from Presentations 

    Massachusetts and the Experience of Civil War Disability - Graham Warder, Keene State College - June 30, 2022

    Link to the recording (1:02:06 minutes)

    Made possible in part through an Expanding Massachusetts Stories grant from Mass Humanities. 

     

    Smithsonian National Education Summit - July 27-28, 2022 - Information on the FREE Smithsonian summit.

     

    Interview with Rich Cairn and Alison Noyes from Emerging America - on Tom Bober's The Primary Source Podcast. 

     

    History and Civics Accessibility as a Practical Civil Right

     

    New Inclusive Strategies & Tools for Civic Engagement by Students with Disabilities - 2022 Massachusetts Civic Learning Week

     

    Inclusion for Civic Learning - Spring 2021 Webinar Series

    • Strategies to Engage All Students in Asking Their Own Questions

     

    Thinkport Inquiry Kits – Teaching Tools from Maryland Humanities and Maryland Public Television

    • May 4, 2021 -  Lia Atanat, Maryland Humanities - 190 Thinkport kits examine social studies/history themes for use in classroom activities, or as starter kits for History Day projects! Lia showcases Thinkport kits on Disability History and Immigration History. Visit the Thinkport site: https://thinkport.org/tps/ 

     

    Inclusion in Civics and History - Easterseals #TeachDisabilityHistory Campaign 

     

     

    Other 2021 Recordings

     

    Teaching Disability History: From Reform to Equal Rights

     

    Immigrant Storytelling in the American Narrative

    Wednesday, September 22, 2021 (1 hr) Panel discussion for the Festival Near You programming of the Library of Congress National Book Festival.Sponsored by Emerging America and the Immigrant Learning Center. Over 200 attended live, and over 500 registered to receive the session recording. Link to the Webinar Recording.  

    Launching from the examination of immigration in the memoir of NPR veteran journalist Maria Hinojosa, Once I Was You, this webinar addressed

    • The experiences of people telling immigrant stories in multiple mediums, including refugees and long-time citizens of the united states
    • Strategies for both the U.S.-born and foreign-born to change the conversation
    • LINK to resources on primary sources and events connected to immigration history and stories

     

    Inquiry as a Primary Mode of Learning 

    • Webinar for AP Teachers on the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap. Emerging America's Rich Cairn joined the panel to speak about Disability History and access strategies. 
      Link to the AP webinar recording. (54 minutes). 

     

    Learning Disabilities Association of America Panel Discussion - Creating an Inclusive Civic and History Education for All 

    • March 25, 2021 - Learn about Educating for American Democracy (EAD), the changes it represents for all learners, the ways it can be leveraged to develop student self-advocacy and self-determination, and how you can join this ground-breaking effort. Moderated by Learning Disabilities Association of America President, Cindy Cipoletti. With Ace Parsi - EAD and former Director of Innovation at the National Center for Learning Disabilities, Kim Eckert - 2018 Louisiana Teacher of the Year, and Rich Cairn - Director of Emerging America.

     

    Rethinking Immigration History for ALL Learners

    • February 24, 2021 - Keynote presentation as part of Teacher Librarian Day (TLD). In 2021, the TLD ran from February 22 to 26 with the theme of New Directions. Sponsored by Metropolitan State University of Denver and Western Region TPS. 

     

    2020

    June 3, 2020 - Library of Congress TPS Summer Series - Reflecting on Using Primary Sources to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners: https://www.loc.gov/programs/teachers/professional-development/webinar/ 

    • December 2, 2020 - WGBH webinar: Teach Diverse Stories with Primary Sources and ArtifactsWGBH recording. (60 minutes). 
    • October 21, 2020 - North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies (NERC): Making History, Civics, & Social Science Accessible to ALL Learners. NERC 2020 recording. (57:02 minutes). 
    • September 23-24, 2020 - Massachusetts Civic Literacy Coalition (MCLC): Engage Students with Disabilities in Inquiry and Civic Action. Materials included available through the MCLC site for the 2020 Civic Literacy Conference: https://www.macivicsforall.org/clcstudentled 

     

    Contact Rich Cairn rcairn@collaborative.org to schedule Accessing Inquiry and other professional development workshops remotely in your school district, state, or region in 2021-2022. 

     

    Upcoming Workshops


    This one-hour workshop empowers Special Education teachers to foster supportive attention to disability and to support integration of disability history across…
    Social Studies and Humanities pose distinct challenges for struggling learners. Extensive discipline-specific vocabulary, difficult informational texts –includi…