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One Common Life, Thelma Sheree Clove

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The day my Grandfather died, my little sisters and brother and I were all out of school for Christmas Break in 1993. For some reason, all of us kids were hanging out in the front room of our house in Henderson, Nevada. We were laughing and talking, then the phone rang. My mom was sitting in a chair next to the phone, and she picked it up right away.

Teaching History Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach For The Fifth Grade Classroom, Tamara Gayle Crook

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

During my teacher education training I have become fascinated with the idea of teaching social studies through historical novels. As a result of this fascination, I chose curriculum development pertaining to this idea as the subject of my honors project. The purpose of this project was for me to develop, teach, and evaluate an integrated unit using historical novels to teach social studies and a variety of other subjects. I selected the American Revolution as the theme of my unit.

In this paper I have included a brief overview of my review of the literature on this topic, the procedures …