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- Where Did the Tradition of the Jack O'Lantern Come From? with author Nancy Churnin
In this episode, we talk with author Nancy Churnin about her latest book, Lila and the Jack O'Lantern: Halloween Comes to America. This book is not only a sweet story about an immigrant family but also tells the story of the origins of some of our Halloween traditions. Nancy's book can be ordered here.
The link to the teacher guide for the book is here.
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In this episode we are have a chance to talk with Peter Michaud from Noirlab. Noirlab has some amazing resources for teaching astronomy at a variety of grade levels you can take look at these resources here: https://noirlab.edu/public/education/
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In this episode we have the chance to catch up with Dr. Dan Franck, Director of Science Curriculum for the Core Knowledge Foundation. Dan helps us to understand what CKCompSci is and how teachers can use this new CKSci unit in their classrooms.
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In this episode we are talking with Adrienne Williams, a former CKLA classroom teacher and a Director at Student Achievement Partners. We discuss creating and using texts sets in conjunction with CKLA, which may seem like a daunting task, but Adrienne provides some sound advice. Links to the resources she mentions are below https://achievethecore.org/page/3416/creating-text-sets-to-support-culturally-relevant-instruction
https://achievethecore.org/peersandpedagogy/designing-culturally-relevant-text-sets/
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In this episode we are talking with Lauren Karas, Director of Education for the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanities Center. The Holocaust and anti-Semitism can be difficult topics to discuss with students but Lauren has insights to share. You can access the resources she talks about on the Center's website.https://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/education/
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In today’s episode we are talking with Linda Bevilacqua, president of the Core Knowledge Foundation about CKLA grades 6-8. We learn more about why contemporary fiction was added to the program as well as the new primary sources units. We also learn about the ELL resources that are available with this program.
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In this episode, we are talking with author Leslie Stall Widener about the biography she wrote about Toypurina an indigenous girl who stood up to the Mission System in early California history. Leslie is also the illustrator of the book.
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In this episode we are talking with Christina Erland, Director of School Support at the Core Knowledge Foundation. Christina shares detailed information about our Train the Trainer professional learning offering.
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In this episode we are chatting with Glenda Armand the author of the James Lafayette biography in our Voices in History Series. Glenda was a teacher and librarian before she became an author of picture books as well as chapter books.
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In today's episode we are talking with Katy Duffield, the author of our Rachel Carson biography in our Voices in History series. Katy S. Duffield is the award-winning author of more than forty children’s books including the picture books Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows, illustrated by Steve Gray (Rising Moon Children’s Books), Loud Lula, illustrated by Mike Boldt (Two Lions), and Aliens Get the Sniffles, Too, illustrated by K.G. Campbell (Candlewick), Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals illustrated by Mike Orodán (S&S/Beach Lane), and House Finds a Home, illustrated by Jen Corace (Viking Childrens). She has also written early chapter books and many nonfiction books for educational publishers.
For more information on Katy and her writing, please visit her at www.katyduffield.com and follow her on Twitter at @KatyDuffield.
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Building Knowledge explores the mission and vision of the Core Knowledge Foundation through its content and the schools that utilize it.
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