Emerging America FALL COURSES now open for registration! Leadership for Remote Learning by Rebecca Mazur, CES, and Rebecca Woodland, UMass Amherst - identifies ways to meet five needs of teachers in the shifting school planning environment.  2020 Immigrant Student Success Toolkit offers links to social studies teaching resources with tips for remote learning strategies to support immigrant learners. How Students Benefit from a School Reopening Plan Designed for Those at the Margins - UCal Berkeley Design Challenge reimagines classrooms.  The Springfield Armory National Historic Site Online FB exhibit - July 27th to August 26th - The Art of Equality: Celebrating the Leadership of Women Workers in Springfield NCSS introduces New Website.  New NCSS president, Stefanie Wager makes a case for the Social Studies as central and essential to current struggles for social justice. 

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 22 for July 15, 2020

History eNews from Emerging America - July 15, 2020

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 20 for June 17, 2020

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• COMPLETE THE CIVICS EDUCATION SURVEY - Boston University & CIRCLE at Tufts are evaluating civics education in Massachusetts.

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 19 for June 3, 2020

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• Announcing: Teaching Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions in Today’s Classroom: A Teacher Leadership Institute – remarkable professional development program from Western Mass Writing Project (WMWP). Online. July and fall. Up to 4 grad credits.

Teaching Tolerance: Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma  Constitutional Rights Foundation - Civic Action Project and Empower the People Library of Congress Webinars - Wednesdays - 2-3pm Eastern Time. Register with Library of Congress. Join Emerging America on June 3!  No History eNews May 27. Next issue is June 3. Submit material by May 31.

Library of Congress Webinars - Wednesdays - 2-3pm Eastern Time.  Join Emerging America on June 3!  U.S. students again score poorly on the international NAEP History-Civics-Geography exam. - See National Assessment of Educational Progress Report  DESE awards Grade 5-7 History & Social Science curriculum development grant to Primary Source  The Massachusetts History Alliance seeks Board of Directors members -  Information and Self-Nomination Form 

•Library of Congress: Papers of Three U.S. Presidents Added Online (Andrew Johnson, Chester Alan Arthur and William McKinley) •U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Appointed for a Second Term   The David Ruggles Center introduces a new hands-on classroom curriculum of abolitionist history using primary sources. Visit davidrugglescenter.org/curriculum to learn more. Massachusetts Civic Learning for All website now has a comprehensive online resources portal; hosting a series of free webinars. Mass DESE revamped its new homepage: http://www.doe.mass.edu/.   Massachusetts placed first in the We The People National Finals Challenge! Easthampton High School led by Kelley Brown took first place.

EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 15 for April 29, 2020

 

Today (April 22) is the last day to Register for Accessing Civic Engagement with Disabilities webinar - April 29 - 3:30-4:45pm EST.  Examine climate change and the current pandemic. Earth Day & the Coronavirus - from the California History & Social Science Project. https://chssp.ucdavis.edu/current-context/earth-day.pdf   Teaching Tolerance: Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distancing Resource to support a key, vulnerable group of students.  Follow Emerging America on Twitter!