Building Knowledge – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Core Knowledge is committed to creating literate citizens through the implementation of knowledge-building curricula. History and geography have been a large component of that effort.

Now, to help deepen students’ knowledge building and expand students’ literacy skills, Core Knowledge History and Geography is introducing Primary Source Activity Books for Grades 3–6.

We chat with the editorial director of Social Studies, Ilene Goldman about this new and exciting product and how you can use it in your classroom.

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We are pleased to announce our first national conference in over a decade! To get more information checkout out conference webpage. To learn more about our call for proposals check out this page. To sign up to stay in the know about all things Core Knowledge fill out this form.

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In this episode, we chat with Susan Smith. Susan is our Core Knowledge Licensed Professional for our preschool program. We talk about the importance of preschool in general and how the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence can even work for schools that do not use Core Knowledge in later grades.

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In this episode, we chat with Emily Bryant, Education Manager of the USS Constitution Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, about the various teacher and student resources they provide about the oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy and its involvement in the War of 1812. A link to their website can be found here.  The educator resources can be found here. Field Trip Information can be found here.

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In this episode, we are talking with Kajal Patel Below about biliteracy and Amplify Education's Caminos product.  You can learn more about Caminos here.

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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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