Emerging America

03/15/2025

Are teachers really indoctrinating students? Do you know the facts?

https://www.historians.org/teaching-learning/k-12-education/american-lesson-plan/

Many people are putting out opinions and setting policy with no evidence.

Yet one group talked to 3,000+ educators and others to find out what is actually being taught and how.

For American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools, the American Historical Association spent two years gathering actual data. (2024).

Be informed when you talk about what American students have been learning.

American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools reports on insights gathered during a two-year exploration of secondary US history education.

11/18/2024

Sign up now for the February 18 workshop in Northampton, Massachusetts - Civic Engagement in Any Subject: Integrating Local History Across the Curriculum - led by veteran teacher-leader Catherine Glennon.
Sponsored by Emerging America and the Collaborative for Educational services.

Stipends and workshop thanks to support from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region.

For details:

11/04/2024

It's here!
Graham Warder and I wrote a chapter:
Infusing Disability History into the Classroom
for this book: Living with Disabilities in New England, 1630-1930 from Historic Deerfield.

Read our chapter on the Emerging America website: https://lnkd.in/e_iPSPSn

And order the full Dublin Seminar proceedings from Historic Deerfield: https://lnkd.in/ePSqWRab

It is always rewarding to see the long hard work of writing in print.

10/23/2024

Join Emerging America November 22-23 at the 2024 NCSS Conference - Boston
We will present on teaching disability history in collaboration with Keene State College and with Easterseals Massachusetts, and on teaching English Learners with the Mass Council for the Social Studies.
Find details and register for the National Council for the Social Studies Conference.

Register. Network with thousands of dynamic educators from across the country for the 104th annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, including these presentations featuring disability history:

10/05/2024

Read Emerging America's Inclusive History News for October 2024.
The featured blog post is on the new essay and publication: Infusing Disability History into the Classroom by Rich Cairn & Graham Warder.
Also find: valuable new reports on civics and social studies practices, links to Renegades - short videos on little known historical figures with disabilities, resources and professional development on media literacy, updates on the November 22-24 conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, and more.

Inclusive History News In this Issue: October Featured Blog Post: Infusing Disability History into the Classroom by Rich Cairn & Graham Warder News of the Field Disability History News & Resources Events @ Emerging America Other Professional Development Events New Teaching Resources New at the Libra...

10/02/2024

Read the new chapter: Infusing Disability History into the Classroom
by Rich Cairn & Graham Warder in Living with Disabilities in New England, 1630-1930 from Historic Deerfield's proceedings book from its Dublin Seminar on Living with Disabilities in New England, 1630-1930.

Explore this rich collection of essays focused on disability in early America. The book also features a section on teaching disability history, including a chapter by Emerging America's Rich Cairn and historian Graham Warder.

https://www.emergingamerica.org/blog/infusing-disability-history-classroom

10/02/2024

The American Historical Association just published American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools, a landmark, broad picture of curriculum mandates and classroom practices in U.S. public schools.

Download the report pdf free.

American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools reports on insights gathered during a two-year exploration of secondary US history education.

10/01/2024

Sign up for the free October 21 conference: Making History Visible: Creative and Dynamic Learning with LGBTQIA+ & Disabilities Histories in Red Bank, NJ.
Gain resources, tools and background for teaching inclusive history; meet state mandates and network with dynamic colleagues.

Keynotes by Eric Marcus, Making Gay History and Rich Cairn, Emerging America. Workshops include Shelby Glass, Walk Your Own Path; Nicole Hansen, Seton Hall University; Jennifer Musial, New Jersey City University; Basie Arts Education; and by New Jersey teachers.
Sponsored by the New Jersey Education Association Consortium, Basie Center for the Arts, Make It Better for Youth, Emerging America, and others.

Integrating the New Jersey LGBTQ and Disabilities Inclusive curriculum mandate Full-day professional workshop sponsored by: NJEA Consortium, Count Basie Center for the Arts, Make it Better for Youth, Emerging America and others. The day will feature keynotes and project focuses for both LGBTQ and Di...

09/14/2024

Join us for an exciting new workshop:
Teaching about Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement Outside the South
November 21 - CES - Northampton, Massachusetts
Workshop leader Alice Levine says: Explore how we can bring stories about segregation and civil rights struggles that occurred in the North, West and Midwest into our teaching. We will share examples and discuss ideas while browsing books and materials for use with students this school year.
https://www.collaborative.org/event/teaching-about-jim-crow-and-the-civil-rights-movement-outside-the-south/

08/31/2024

Check out the excellent new video and resources on the Easterseals Massachusetts website!
Features comments by teachers and disability advocates. Points to Reform to Equal Rights, the Great Fight for Disability Rights, and other curriculum.
Supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region grant.

https://www.easterseals.com/ma/get-involved/advocacy/teach-disability-history/

08/29/2024

Making History Visible: Creative and Dynamic Learning with LGBTQAI+ and Disabilities Histories

October 21 - 8am-3:30pm at The Vogel in Red Bank NJ - Free

Full-day professional development workshop focused on integrating the New Jersey LGBTQ and Disabilities Inclusive curriculum mandate.

Sponsored by: NJEA Consortium, Count Basie Center for the Arts, Make it Better for Youth, Emerging America and others.

The day will feature keynotes and project focuses for both LGBTQ and Disabilities scholarship and small group workshops to support teacher practice. Keynotes by:
• Eric Marcus - Making Gay History
• Rich Cairn - Emerging America

https://emergingamerica.org/workshops/making-history-visible-creative-and-dynamic-learning-lgbtqai-and-disabilities-histories