Jana Mohr Lone

The Other Side

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Jacqueline Woodson’s picture book The Other Side begins as follows: “That summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger.” The story is narrated by Clover, who lives in a house on the side of the fence that separates the black townspeople from the whites in the town. Clover’s mother tells her not to climb … The Other Side

A New School Year

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The school year is off to a busy start for the UW Center for Philosophy for Children! We will be hosting an event for parents on October 6 and are excited about the growth of our work with parents and family members to encourage and support children’s philosophical thinking! We are also planning regular philosophy … A New School Year

Questions: Philosophy for Young People

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Call for Submissions Questions publishes philosophical work by and for young people. We welcome many types of submissions: Stories Essays Poems Photographs and drawings, In addition, we welcome articles related to doing philosophy with young people, reviews of books and materials useful for doing the same, lesson plans (include description or transcripts of student responses), … Questions: Philosophy for Young People

Call for Proposals, "Philosophy in Schools Project," 5/28-6/3/2016, Calgary, Canada

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Announcing a call for proposals from the Canadian Philosophy Association’s “Philosophy in the Schools Project” session at the Annual Conference of the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada: Congress 2016.  The conference is to be held May 28-June 3 at the edge of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada. … Call for Proposals, "Philosophy in Schools Project," 5/28-6/3/2016, Calgary, Canada

Call for Submissions for Questions: Philosophy for Young People

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Questions publishes philosophical work by and for young people. We welcome many types of submissions: Stories Essays Poems Photographs and drawings In addition, we welcome articles related to doing philosophy with young people, reviews of books and materials useful for doing the same, lesson plans (include description or transcripts of student responses), thought experiments to … Call for Submissions for Questions: Philosophy for Young People

New Book!

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I have had a number of inquiries recently about this blog and the time lapse since my last post. I have not been posting since the spring because I been working on a new book, which will be out this month! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442234784/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1442234784&linkCode=as2&tag=stehac-20&linkId=XAF3AVY3FUZIQB6I I hope to return to posting more regularly in 2016. Happy holidays to … New Book!