Part five of The Nebraska Experience gives an outline of the initial work between the Nebraska Writing Project and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument and examines the rich place-based teaching that occurred in this partnership. Our guests describe how they developed the paleontological, geological, and early history of the plains stories from this park into a series of workshops designed for teachers.
The goal of this partnership was to create place-based workshops which:
immersed teachers directly in the experience of the park,
provided writing experiences that both enriched the park experience and were recreatable in the classroom,
and met the teacher as a writer and an educator.
Teacher-participants join the podcast to share how the workshop series evolved and impacted them as place-based writers and educators.
Guests
Diana Weis, 5th Grade Teacher, Millard Cather Elementary School
Alvis Mar, Lead Park Ranger, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
This episode features the founder and managing director of Novelly, Anna Gabriella Casalme, along with two youth authors who have had their work published through Novelly.