Friday, March 5, 2010

Loudon Wainwright III talks about "Grey in L.A.

Aired on The California Report Magazine on Friday March 5, 2010.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201003051630/e

Bear Hunting

Aired on The California Report Magazine on Friday, March 5, 2010.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201003051630/d

And NPR's All Things Considered on March 31:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125420237

The Department of Fish and Game holds hunter education clinics throughout the state of California, like the bear hunting clinic I attended in Diamond Springs, near Placerville. Bear hunting is getting a lot of attention right now as the department is proposing changing regulations to expand where and how Californians can hunt bears.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Gaining Historical Empathy Through Slave Narratives

Published on edutopia.org on March 6, 2010.

http://www.edutopia.org/engaging-students-history-slave-narratives

Some amazing teachers in Oakland help students give voice to slaves through a collaborative slave narrative project.