2007-08 School Year
The 2007-2008 program runs from June 25, 2007 to May 31, 2008. Hours toward Year II program stipends must be completed during that period.
For details on current programs, go to the News page.
Emerging America 2007-2008 School-Year Programs
Spring
Skills Workshop: Middle School MCAS & Frameworks Update (Focused on MCAS at 7th Grade and at Grades 9 or 10)
Co-sponsored by the Western Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies
Tuesday, January 30, 3:30-5:30 (2 hrs)
Mahar Regional School, 507 South Main Street, Orange, MA 01364
Kevin M. Dwyer, Massachusetts Department of Education
Directions: http://www.rcmahar.mec.edu/Directions.htm
Seminar: Consequences of the Industrial Revolution: Aftermath of 1874 Mill River Flood
Saturday, March 15, 8:30-3:30 (6 hrs)
Hilltown Cooperative Charter School, 132 Main Street, Haydenville, MA
(Site of the rebuilt Haydenville Brassworks, mostly destroyed by the flood.)
Elizabeth Sharpe, Historian, Educator, and Author of In the Shadow of the Dam
Directions: http://www.hilltowncharter.org/ >> Click on “Contact Us”
Skills Workshop: Library and Online Tools for Researching Local History
Thursday, April 3, 3:30-5:30 (2 hrs)
W.E.B. DuBois Library, UMASS: Meet at the Calipari Classroom, Main Floor (Limited to first 25.)
Leonard Adams, Govt. Documents/Patents & Trademarks Librarian; Danelle Kovacs, Curator of Collections, Special Collections and Archives; and Melinda McIntosh, Microforms Reference Librarian and Genealogy Specialist
For a map with the Library and Parking Garage next door: http://www.umass.edu/umhome/visit_campus/map_simple.gif
Seminar: Radical Labor in the Age of Reform 1877-1920
Saturday, April 12, 8:30-3:30 (6 hrs)
Holyoke Heritage State Park, 221 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA 413 534-1723
Bruce Laurie, Professor of History, UMass
Find directions at: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/hhsp.htm (Please park in garage across the street.)
Skills Workshop: Immigration: Passenger Lists 1820-1943 & Naturalization 1790-present
Saturday, May 17, 8:30-3:30 (6 hrs)
AM: Accessing and Using the Archives, PM: Structured individual research on topic of choice. (Limited to first 25.)
National Archives, Northeast Region, 10 Conte Drive, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Jean Nudd, Teacher Liaison, National Archives
National Archives (& directions to Pittsfield office): http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/education/educators.html
Fall
Skills Workshop: Windows on History – Required of all 2007-2008 Mini-grant Recipients.
Thursday, September 20, 3:30-5:30 -
Hampshire Educational Collaborative, 97 Hawley Street, Northampton
Emerging America Staff and Partners; last year’s projects (2006-2007).
See Windows on History examples, guidelines, background at: http://tah.collaborative.org
Skills Workshop: Using the Census - National Archives, Northeast Region, Pittsfield
Thursday, September 27, 9:30-3:30
National Archives, Northeast Region, 10 Conte Drive, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Jean Nudd, Teacher Liaison, National Archives
Morning: Archival Research and Document Analysis, and U.S. Census.
Afternoon structured individual research on topic of your choice. Registration limited to first 25.
National Archives (& directions to Pittsfield office): http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/education/educators.html
Skills Workshop: History of the Photograph
Thursday, October 25, 3:30-5:30
Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton
Kerry Buckley, Executive Director, Historic Northampton
Study the development photographic technology and its uses. Learn new ways to read and use historic photographs.
Registration limited to first 15.
Learn more about Historic Northampton: http://www.historic-northampton.org/
Seminar: Landscapes and Cityscapes of the Connecticut River Valley
Saturday, November 3, 8:30-3:30
Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton
Kerry Buckley, Executive Director, Historic Northampton
Using paintings, drawings, and photographs to teach local history. Study the internationally significant landscapes and streetscapes of Northampton and the Connecticut River Valley.
Registration limited to first 15.
Learn more about Historic Northampton: http://www.historic-northampton.org/
Emerging America participants may count these hours toward stipend & professional development requirements.
Resistance, Love & Luck: The Chinese Experience in the Americas – Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Morrison Room, Willits-Hallowell Center, Mount Holyoke College
Discussion and book signing with noted Eurasian author Ruthanne McCunn. (See www.mccunn.com for background.)
There is no charge for the event but pre-registration by October 3 is required.
Register with the Five College Center for East Asian Studies. Email fcceas@email.smith.edu to register.
Fall Meeting of the Association of Pioneer Valley Historical Societies (APVHS)
Wednesday, October 17, 9:30-3:30 - “History in the Next Generation”
White Church Community Center in Deerfield
Join the regular meeting of the APVHS to learn about the concerns and plans of this one-year-old organization.
Cost $10 + $10 box lunch if you want one. Teachers welcome.
Register with the APVHS. For details, contact Mary Ramsay – mramsay@historic-deerfield.org
Teaching History in the Elementary Grades - Western Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (WMCSS)
Date and time to be announced.
Register with WMCSS. For details, contact Virginia Ahart - vahart@rcn.com
See Program Options for additional details on requirements for stipends and PDPs.
