Educated, by Tara Westover
Educated HANDOUTS and ACTIVITIES
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American Council on Education Interview with Westover
Author Tara Westover discussed her best-selling memoir Educated and the transformative power of education at aa ACE2019 Luncheon Plenary.
The daughter of survivalist, fundamentalist parents, Westover grew up in Idaho and didn’t set foot in a classroom for the first time until age 17. She pursued education for the next decade, graduating magna cum laude from Brigham Young University (UT) in 2008, and then earning an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge, and a position as a visiting fellow at Harvard University (MA) before returning to Trinity College, where she was awarded a PhD in history in 2014.
Calling it a “book that testifies to an irrepressible thirst to learn,” The New York Times has named Educated one of the 10 best books of 2018.
The daughter of survivalist, fundamentalist parents, Westover grew up in Idaho and didn’t set foot in a classroom for the first time until age 17. She pursued education for the next decade, graduating magna cum laude from Brigham Young University (UT) in 2008, and then earning an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge, and a position as a visiting fellow at Harvard University (MA) before returning to Trinity College, where she was awarded a PhD in history in 2014.
Calling it a “book that testifies to an irrepressible thirst to learn,” The New York Times has named Educated one of the 10 best books of 2018.
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Response questions for the video:
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When armed suspects stand off against the law today, one event continues to cast a shadow on both sides of the police line: the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge.
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A Podcast: Mormon Stories #903: Q&A with Tara Westover, March 29, 2018 at the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City
Dr. Westover gets philosophical! This is long, but worth it. Her aunts show up!
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The Moment When Tara Westover Faced the Truth About Her Brother's Abuse. SuperSoul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey, May 5, 2019
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The Places Where the Recession Never Ended
A conversation with Tara Westover on the urban/rural divide, The Atlantic, December 2019
A conversation with Tara Westover on the urban/rural divide, The Atlantic, December 2019
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The Un-Instagramable Self, Tara Westover, Northeastern University Commencement Speech, Boston, MA, May 2019
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The Ellen Show
"Tara Westover’s Incredible Story About Leaving Her Strict Survivalist Family" March 14, 2019 |
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