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writes about war from a young person's view #bannedbyrussia
Deerwood ES in Humble Tx and Raisinwood ES in Monroe MI. Such great questions from students about the real history behind Winterkill and the real people I based my characters on.
Here is the complete video of the webinar on Winterkill and the historical background of the Holodomor. Thank you, Dr Mateusz Świetlicki for the perceptive questions and Valentina Kuryliw for the curriculum connections. And of course, thank you HREC ED for all your amazing work and resources.
Thank you, Valentina Kuryliw and HREC ED for hosting this wonderful opportunity to discuss Winterkill with Dr. Mateusz Swietlicki, author of many academic works, including the upcoming Next-Generation Memory and Ukrainian Canadian Children’s Historical Fiction. Thank you to all who tuned in. The webinar will soon be available online as an educator resource.
Thank you Ms Richardson and your 7/8 students for great questions and interesting conversation about Winterkill, the Holodomor and Russia’s current war on Ukraine. Thank you, HREC ED for making this visit possible!
It was a pleasure speaking with 5th grade students and younger about my picture books Enough and Silver Threads, about those who flee from war and about the situation in Ukraine right now. Thank you for the great questions!
It’s an honor to be included in this commemoration of Kateryna Sikorska and her daughters and to participate in a Q&A about my novel, Don’t Tell the Nazis, inspired by Kateryna and her daughters.
Thank you, HREC Education, for providing this webinar for educators. I look forward to speaking with Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki about Winterkill, my novel set during the Holodomor, and how it can be used in the classroom as an entry into a time in Ukraine’s history that is chillingly like the current war.
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