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#OnThisDay in 1963, the #MarchOnWashington for Jobs and Freedom brought nearly 250,000 people to the nation’s capital to protest racial discrimination and show support for civil rights legislation pending in Congress. For its resolute battle towards racial unity, social equity, and spiritual reckoning, The March on Washington, formed Black America’s greatest love note to the world. Precipitated by increased racial hostilities in the wake of desegregation legislation and the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the March on Washington sought equal access to the rights and protections guaranteed under citizenship. Identifying the Black community’s commitment to remain “wed” to the nation by upholding its mores and values, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom demanded the legitimacy of connubial ties through full citizenship. Immerse yourself in our museum’s resources, stories, collection items and video interviews surrounding the history of the March on Washington and the unique political and cultural impact it had on organizers, participants, and the nation: https://s.si.edu/3yVc4gu 📸 1. Photograph by G. Marshall Wilson. Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 2. and 4. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick, © Smithsonian Institution. 3. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James H Wallace Jr., © Jim Wallace. 5. Photograph by Norman L. Hunter. Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

You’ve got mail! 💌 Looking for high quality education resources, engaging student programs, and inspiring professional learning opportunities? Look no further than the Smithsonian Education enewsletter, a free monthly message in your inbox highlighting amazing resources and curated opportunities for teaching and learning. Our next enewsletter will be shared with subscribers early next week, so be sure to sign up for free today: https://s.si.edu/EduNews #SmithsonianEdu

“When I entered the art room [at Armstrong High school] it was like entering heaven. A beautiful place, just where I belonged.” -Alma Thomas What a gift to meet new DCPS educators and learn together at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum today. As DC students head back to school in the next couple of weeks, I hope they all find classrooms that make them feel just like Alma’s art class did for her.

Happy Back to School Season! 📚 Explore our bilingual educational resources to enhance the classroom or distance learning experience. Within each guide, we provide background information, activities, vocabulary, and additional resources that highlight the Latino experience in the U.S. https://s.si.edu/3vefq7y -- Explora nuestros recursos educativos bilingües para contribuir a la experiencia de aprendizaje en el salón de clases o a distancia. Dentro de cada guía, brindamos información general, actividades, vocabulario y recursos adicionales que resaltan la experiencia latina en los Estados Unidos. https://s.si.edu/3Gljo3E #BackToSchool #DeRegresoAClases

What do Panama and the USA have in common? Both rely on healthy ecosystems for people to thrive, but our actions are threatening them in many ways. 🌳 95% of deforestation occurs in the tropics 🐂 Approximately 1/3 of the world’s forests have become agricultural land 🌊 Human impacts on coasts and oceans have destroyed 20% of mangroves and 20% of coral reefs. Today, the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) and STRI are launching a new bilingual guide for students ages 11-18 called Smithsonian Science for Global Goals: "Ecosystem Resilience! How can people and ecosystems build resilience to change?” In this free community research guide, students become action researchers, exploring their communities, investigating local ecological stressors, and brainstorming nature-based solutions for their own resilience and the resilience of the ecosystem around them.  Available in English and Spanish: https://lnkd.in/eSXYp_rP / ¿Qué tienen en común Panamá y los Estados Unidos? Ambos dependen de ecosistemas saludables para que las personas prosperen, pero nuestras acciones los amenazan de muchas maneras. 🌳 El 95% de la deforestación ocurre en los trópicos 🐂 Aproximadamente 1/3 de los bosques del mundo se han convertido en tierras agrícolas 🌊 Los impactos humanos en las costas y los océanos han destruido el 20% de los manglares y el 20% de los arrecifes de coral Hoy, el Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) del y #STRI están lanzando una nueva guía bilingüe para estudiantes de 11 a 18 años llamada Smithsonian Science for Global Goals: "¡Resiliencia del ecosistema! ¿Cómo pueden las personas y los ecosistemas aumentar la resiliencia al cambio?" En esta guía de investigación comunitaria gratuita, los estudiantes se convierten en investigadores en acción, explorando sus comunidades, investigando los factores de estrés ecológicos locales y generando ideas sobre soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para su propia resiliencia y la resiliencia del ecosistema que los rodea. Disponible en inglés y español: https://lnkd.in/eSXYp_rP

This summer, Humanities Coach, Emily Watkins, was selected to be one of 20 educators in the nation to fly out to DC for facilitator training in the Democracy in Dialogue Virtual Exchange Program through the Smithsonian Institute. This fall term, One Stone students will be participating in the virtual exchange with students at Akins High School in Austin, Texas! Emily is eager to explore Boise's history through music and support students in finding their voice and value in our democracy.

Are your hands full this back-to-school season? Composer and bandleader Duke Ellington wrote his first song, “Soda Fountain Rag,” as a teenager working at a cafe in Washington, D.C. Sixty years later, in 1974, a high school for the arts named in his honor opened less than three miles away. Co-founded by artists and educators Mike Malone and Peggy Cooper Cafritz, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts has since educated generations of young Washingtonians interested in the arts, producing countless professional artists and educators. You can learn more about Duke Ellington School of the Arts, as well as the impact and legacy of influential artists and educators in D.C. through Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum’s exhibit, “A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000.” 📸: Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Did you know the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has a Teacher Advisory Council? Council members help to shape the development of our educational programs and resources and receive professional development contact hours toward license recertification! The Zoo is currently seeking new members to serve on its Teacher Advisory Council, beginning fall 2024. The 2024-2025 council term will include educators nationwide for grades pre-K to 5. Applications close Aug. 30. Take your professional development to the wild side by visiting https://s.si.edu/47axqmZ to learn more and apply!

For the second year in a row, our museum educators Kirsten Mallonee and Scarlett McCullough have won the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration's Pinnacle Award for their accomplishments in creating live, virtual field trips that have high educational value, actively involve learners at their level, and are professionally delivered. Please join us in congratulating Ms. Mallonee and Ms. McCullough! To learn more about our award-winning field trips, click here: https://s.si.edu/4dJlhqV #teachers | #homeschool | #winners | #edtech | #k12online #distancelearning

As teachers and students alike prepare for the new school year ahead, “Explore, Discover, Learn: Back to School With the Smithsonian” is a guide for generations of lifelong learners, featuring memorable milestones in education, an array of activities and ties to today. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gDtfVqyd #SmithsonianEdu