The Pandemic Classroom

What is a Citizen? (8)

This episode is a discussion of citizenship and what that means to us all.

Remembering the Past: Monuments and Memorials (7)

In this episode, we discuss the use of monuments and memorials in history, as well as their recent controversial role in US and world politics.  Articles and links that we reference are located below: * https://en.unesco.org/ [https://en.unesco.org/] * https://pressingmattersblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/in-memoriam-confederate-monuments/ [https://pressingmattersblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/in-memoriam-confederate-monuments/] * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813014286 [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813014286] * https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187253-d10205418-Reviews-Monument_Aux_Morts_Des_Orients-Marseille_Bouches_du_Rhone_Provence_Alpes_Cote_d_.html [https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187253-d10205418-Reviews-Monument_Aux_Morts_Des_Orients-Marseille_Bouches_du_Rhone_Provence_Alpes_Cote_d_.html] * https://rusmania.com/lenin-monuments [https://rusmania.com/lenin-monuments] * https://www.gilderlehrman.org/news/fredericksburg-then-and-now [https://www.gilderlehrman.org/news/fredericksburg-then-and-now] Please join us again.

Assessing the Standard (6)

In this episode, we discuss the uses and struggles of assessment during the pandemic, as well as the validity of standardized assessment as a whole.

A Giving of Thanks (5)

Thank you for joining us to discuss the Thanksgiving holiday, as well as some of the traditions that now surround it. The following materials were referenced in this episode, and as always, we encourage you to give a close reading yourself. * https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-gsa-administrator-emily-murphy-s-letter-to-president-elect-joe-biden/a615a8b4-29b4-4628-8a9c-7e87fc2430dd/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-gsa-administrator-emily-murphy-s-letter-to-president-elect-joe-biden/a615a8b4-29b4-4628-8a9c-7e87fc2430dd/] * https://pressingmattersblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/turkey-dinner-with-geno-on-the-cide/ [https://pressingmattersblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/turkey-dinner-with-geno-on-the-cide/] * https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/transcript_for_abraham_lincoln_thanksgiving_proclamation_1863.pdf [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/transcript_for_abraham_lincoln_thanksgiving_proclamation_1863.pdf]

A Peaceful Transition? (4)

In this episode we discuss the process of U.S. Presidential transition in the aftermath of the 2020 Presidential Election. Links to documents or material that we referenced in our conversation are available below. * https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/M-20-24.pdf [https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/M-20-24.pdf] * https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/] * https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/9/6/469437.pdf [https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/9/6/469437.pdf]