Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael Goodwin - Learning Through History

Episode 038: Doris Kearns Goodwin & Michael Goodwin, Learning from History
Connect with Doris Kearns Goodwin
Website: https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/ | Twitter: @DorisKGoodwin
Connect with Michael Goodwin
Website: https://riversc9.wixsite.com/riversandrevolutions/michael-goodwin-rivers
Connect with Vrain Waves
Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
Links & Show Notes

Constitutional Convention Story (01:32)
Doris Kearns Goodwin (Website)
Leadership in Turbulent Times
Rivers and Revolutions (3:51)
How Doris & Michael got started in education (04:01)
The impact of Concord on their lives (05:46)
Layers of history
Richard Goodwin (08:22)
NPR story on Richard after his death
Doris’ many books (09:48)
Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties (10:38)
“It’s not a question of capacity, it’s a question of will.”
Social mobility, rising to our potential
Involvement in politics for our youth (13:17)
Help students create change on a local level first
Rivers & Revolutions (16:14)
Interdisciplinary approaches to education - holistic way of looking at the world
Concord Carlisle High School
Rivers, Revolutions, Air, Fire, & Love
A Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau
The Power of Storytelling (22:12)
Forbes article on Lincoln & Storytelling, based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s work
Squaw Sachem
Education is about building community
Investigation of Love
Empathy (27:07)
Through public life you experience other people’s worlds
Seeing people as ‘other’ is a threat to our future
Diverse classrooms v. Tracking
Open exploration of that diversity in that classroom
Soliciting feedback live from students in the classroom - how can we support each other
“If you think you have more to contribute than someone else, you don’t, and if you think you have less to contribute than someone else, you don’t.” Everyone has something to add.
Team of Rivals (33:17)
NPR story with Doris talking about Team of Rivals
Lincoln put 3 of his biggest rivals on his cabinet
Internal confidence that he could learn from those people around him who all thought they could do a better job than he could
Vulnerability & confidence
It’s not about giving up control, it’s about sharing it. This is not work we can or should do in isolation.
Leadership in Turbulent Times (36:41)
Story about LBJ and Doris Kearns Goodwin working for him
White House Fellow program
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Presidency
Building Learning Communities through the Arts (39:42)
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Concord River Institute
Resilience / Failure (44:18)
Role of Public Education in our society (47:10)
History can give us perspective and build empathy
Making connections
Takeaways (51:48)