Bill Carbone and the Essence of Music in Education

11/07/22 • 46 min

Social Studies, Music & Martin Scorsese?! WELCOME TO SEASON 2!
In the first episode of our second season, we invited Bill Carbone, Executive Director of TeachRock.org, to speak about his experience with music and how it affected his relationship with Social Studies. Carbone explains the importance of music in education and how it keeps students engaged in Social Studies & other school subjects taught across CT.

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Larissa Babij and Her Eye-Opening Outlook on the War in Ukraine

In this special episode, Larissa Babij, a former student of Steve Armstrong, tells her unique experience during the war in Ukraine and details her crucial role in aiding Ukrainian citizens in a time of turmoil and bloodshed. As she plans to return to the country soon, she describes some possible outcomes for Ukraine's future and how we can support Ukrainians from our end of the world.
Further Ukraine-related reading:

An excellent recent article by American journalist George Packer in The Atlantic: Ukrainians Are Defending the Values Americans Claim to Hold: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-civilian-volunteers-survival/671241/
Historian Timothy Snyder is teaching a course at Yale this fall on The Making of Modern Ukraine with video lectures available online: https://www.openculture.com/2022/09/the-making-of-modern-ukraine-a-free-online-course-from-yale-professor-timothy-snyder.html
Daily comprehensive digest of news on the war in Ukraine from various sources compiled and curated by Monique Camarra -- EuroFile: https://camarra.substack.com/
The Guardian's online Live Ukraine feed: https://www.theguardian.com/

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