The Art of Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.03.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale/Objectives
  3. Demographics
  4. Background/Content
  5. Strategies
  6. Lessons: Language Arts, Social Studies, Grade 5
  7. Bibliography
  8. Appendices
  9. Notes

Inspire, Reach, and Teach Through Biography

Lisa Christenson

Published September 2013

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Notes

1. Lerner, Bernice. "Why Teach Biography?" Education Week n.d.: n. pag. Web. 15 March, 2005

2. Hedeen, Jane. IHS Coordinator, Student and Educator Programs Teaching with Biographies • "Why Teach with Biographies?" • Indiana Historical Society

Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center • Indianapolis <http://www.indianahistory.org/teachers-students/teacher-resources/classroom-tools/Why%20Teach%20with%20Biographies.pdf>

3. Watson, Angela. <http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/content-areas/social-studies>

4. All Title I funded schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) that do not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) are identified for Program Improvement (PI) under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). <http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/programimprov.asp>

5. Critical Issue: Addressing Literacy Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms. <http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li400.htm>

6. Ussery, Susie Robin. Mississippi State University, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2006. 3238945.

7. Bayshore Elementary School District, < http://www.bayshore.k12.ca.us/bayshore-elementary-school.html>

8. All Title I funded schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) that do not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) are identified for Program Improvement (PI) under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). <http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/programimprov.asp>

10. California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, &Accountability Reporting Division,6/25/2013.<http://ayp.cde.ca.gov/reports/Acnt2012/2012APRDstAYPReport.aspx?cYear=&allCds=4168858&cChoice=AYP11b>

11. Baldwin, James A. "A Talk to Teachers ", < http://richgibson.com/talktoteachers.htm> (Delivered October 16, 1963, as "The Negro Child – His Self-Image"; originally published in The Saturday Review, December 21, 1963, reprinted in The Price of the Ticket, Collected Non-Fiction 1948-1985, Saint Martins 1985.)

11. American Legacy Library Book description of Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, 2013. <https://www.digitalegend.com/americanlegacylibrary/index.php?cPath=76>

12. Picco, Kait, < http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/clemens/AfricanAmericansRevolution.html>

13. Ibid.

14. Ibid.

15. Ibid.

16. Quarles, Benjamin. The Negro in the American Revolution, 5-6.

17. Jordan Freeman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Connecticut DAR, 2009. <http://www.jordanfreemandar.org/history.htm>

18. Publishers Weekly Book review of Jordan Freeman Was My Friend by Richard White 04/04/1994 < http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-941423-73-1>

19. Anderson., (SC) Independent-Mail, Review of Almost Invisible: Black Patriots of the American Revolution <http://www.amazon.com/dp/0966711467>

20. School Library Journal Review of Black Heroes of the American Revolution <http://www.amazon.com/Black-Heroes-American-Revolution-Odyssey/dp/0152085610/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books>

21. Landrum, Mary. Lexington Public Library, KY. Review of Americas Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities <http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Black-Founders-Revolutionary-Activities/dp/1556528116>

22. Book description of African Americans in the Revolutionary War, November 29, 2005

< http://www.amazon.com/African-Americans-Revolutionary-Michael-Lanning/dp/0806527161>

23. Book description of The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, July 4, 2010. <http://www.amazon.com/The-Colored-Patriots-American-Revolution/dp/1453687424>

24. Colored Patriots of the Revolution: Introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stowe, H. B., 5-6.

Dear America series:

- A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky (September 2010)

- The Winter of Red Snow: The Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory (September 2010)

- Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory (May 2011)

- Standing in the Light: The Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne (May 2011)

- I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino (September 2011)

My Name is America series:

- A True Patriot: The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 by Barry Denenberg (December 2012)

- The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim boy, Plymouth, 1620 by Ann Rinaldi (July 2000)

26. Taylor, Linda. Family Education Network, Inc. 2000-2003 <http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/lessons/LindaTaylor5232002265/Bio_Poem_handout.rtf.>

27. Frech, Alexandra. teacherweb.com., < teacherweb.com/OH/.../Updated—All-About-Me—Icebreaker.docx>

28. Trapani, Robin S., Cornell University. <http://www.gobookee.net/get_book.php?u=aHR0cDovL2NpZXMuZWluYXVkaS5jb3JuZWxsLmVkdS9zeXN0ZW0vZmlsZXMvUmVhbExpdmVzLnBkZgpSZWFsIExpdmVzIOKAkyBSZWFsIEhpc3Rvcnk>

29. California Department of Education, 2011. <http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/glc5thgradecurriculum.pdf>

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