A resident of Oberlin for the past twenty years, I currently live in town with my husband, Tom, and three children, Mike, Molly, and Mary Kate, as well as an extremely fat beagle, Annie.

I am currently participating in the NEH funded, year-long workshop, "Oberlin History as American History; Enduring Questions, New Approaches" http://www.oberlin.edu/~EOG.

social studies theme units

First Americans

New World explorers

Colonial America

Revolution/U.S. government

U.S. westward expansion *1

Civil War

 

reading

social studies connections (see units above)

humorous fiction *2

biography *3

mystery

 

***** HELP WANTED *****

*1: children's literature titles with young males as main characters, third through sixth grade reading levels, with your critique

 

*2: children's literature titles with African-American children as main characters, fourth through sixth grade reading levels, with your critique

 

*3: biographies of personalities associated with the above listed social studies units, third through sixth grade reading levels, with your critique