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In this episode of The Reading Symphony Podcast...
Katie talks with longtime history educator and education consultant Lauren Brown about why knowledge matters for literacy - and why subjects like history and social studies shouldn't be pushed aside to make more room for reading instruction.
Lauren explains why "knowledge is the material that we think with," how gaps in background knowledge can become gaps between students, and why building knowledge from an early age makes later learning easier.
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👤 About Lauren Brown
Lauren Brown taught U.S. history at the middle and high school levels for more than 20 years and spent another eight years working with future social studies teachers at the university level. Today, she works as an education consultant and writes about teaching, learning and why social studies matters.
Her work focuses on how rich history and social studies instruction can build students' knowledge, strengthen reading and writing, sharpen thinking and prepare young people to participate thoughtfully in democracy.
🔗 Lauren's Links:
MiddleWeb Writing & Consulting Services
Chapters
00:00 Why Background Knowledge Matters
00:45 Meet Lauren Brown
04:19 Why Science and Social Studies Matter
08:12 What Parents Should Ask Schools
10:02 Helping Struggling Readers
13:02 Should Kids Memorize Facts?
20:17 How Knowledge Makes Learning Easier
28:16 Building Knowledge at Home
35:22 Connecting School and the Real World
37:32 Where to Find Lauren
