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Bone, Eric – Social Studies Journal, 1990
Describes the life of former Louisiana governor Huey Long through five fictitious letters. Discusses Long's experiences as a state public service commissioner, governor, and senator. Attributes Long's assassination to his killer's personal motives. Concludes that Long's life showed how much personal power could be gained even in a democracy. (SG)
Descriptors: American Studies, Biographies, Fiction, High School Students
McKee, Sharon A. – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1991
Presents two activities as a literature supplement to a history lesson to provide students with materials well suited to their reading levels. Describes a biography book wheel project to be used as an alternate to the standard book report. Proposes choral reading of historical poetry to enrich the social studies experience. (DK)
Descriptors: Biographies, Charts, Choral Speaking, Elementary Education
Harrington-Lueker, Donna – Executive Educator, 1993
Two years into her first superintendency, Detroit Superintendent Deborah McGriff has advanced an ambitious and controversial urban school reform package. The public school choice plan has been expanded, and 21 schools have adopted school-based-management plans despite union opposition. This fall, the district will abolish the general education…
Descriptors: Biographies, Blacks, Change Agents, Core Curriculum
Angulo, Alex J. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1999
Profiles Thomas F. Gilbert, a pioneer and influential leader in educational media and instructional technology, who is often cited as the founder of the field of performance technology. Discusses Gilbert's educational background and early interests, contributions to scholarship, awards, work as instructional-design consultant and performance…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Biographies, Educational Media, Educational Research

Bullough, Robert V. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1994
Discusses how writing and analysis of life histories, identification and analysis of personal teaching metaphors, and action research can be powerful means for encouraging professional development in teachers. Recommends that teacher educators engage in self-study and life-history analysis to encourage students to do the same. (SM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Biographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development

Trotman, Janina; Kerr, Trevor – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2001
Describes the development of a graduate preservice education course in which students integrated personal life histories with other views and perspectives, thus broadening their outlooks. Students kept journals in which they reacted personally to reading material and related it to their own life histories. This encouraged them to examine their own…
Descriptors: Biographies, Consciousness Raising, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Kruse, Robert J., II – Journal of Geography, 2004
Human geography can be taught by focusing on popular culture contexts with which undergraduate students may already be familiar such as rock music. The Geography of the Beatles introduced undergraduate students to concepts of "new" cultural geography such as space, place, representation, geopolitics, social space, and tourism-pilgrimage…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Popular Culture, Music, Undergraduate Students
Schwitzer, Alan M.; Boyce, Debra; Cody, Patricia; Holman, Angela; Stein, Jackie – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2005
The use of clinical supervision is central to mental health work. In this article, the authors propose using practice cases drawn from characters found in literature, popular fiction, biographies, television, and movies as one method for clinical supervision and professional development in the mental health skill areas of client assessment, case…
Descriptors: Supervision, Clinical Experience, Mental Health, Counselor Training
Lieberman, Shelly, Ed. – Loblolly, 1989
This publication contains three articles written by students from Gary High School (Texas). The first article, "Baptistry Paintings" (Arthur Head and others), provides pictures, histories, and descriptions of eight paintings in Baptist churches located in East Texas. The second article, "Estelle Thomas Webb" (Debra Dubois;…
Descriptors: Biographies, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews
Cottrell, Debbie Mauldin – 1993
This biography chronicles the life and career of Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945), who was the first woman state superintendent of public instruction in Texas. She was elected to this post in 1918, 2 years before women were allowed to vote in general elections. Like many other young women during the 19th century, Blanton began her teaching career as…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Cummings, Melodie – 1980
This guide offers a variety of teacher and student materials which are designed to develop student appreciation of different forms of literature, stimulate ideas for student writing, and develop or expand student understanding of story elements and writing techniques. The objectives and the student goals and expectations are stated, followed by a…
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Fables, Fantasy
Children's Book Council, New York, NY. – 1989
One hundred nineteen trade books are identified in this annotated bibliography. In general, they all (1) were written primarily for children in grades K-8; (2) emphasize human relations; (3) present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional topic; (4) are highly readable, and (5) have a pleasing format and, when appropriate, were…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness
North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. School of Medicine. – 1976
The Indians Into Medicine Program presents 20 brief biographies of American Indian/Alaska Native health professionals (17 men and 3 women) from 14 different tribal groups, to acquaint young Indian people with potential careers in health professions. The biographical sketches contain information on: age; tribal affiliation; family and educational…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Biographies, Career Choice
Pastron, Allen – 1986
Brief biographies and pen and ink portraits of over 40 chiefs and other distinguised American Indians comprise this book. Each page contains a full page portrait and a biography that notes tribal affiliation, important dates, geographical location, major accomplishments, and dealings with other tribes, white settlers, and the United States or…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Biographies
Patrick Des Jarlait, Ojibwe Artist. With Teacher's Guide. Native Americans of the Twentieth Century.
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1977
A biography for elementary school students of Patrick Des Jarlait (Ojibwe), an American Indian painter, includes photographs of the artist and some of his work. A teacher's guide following the bibliography contains excerpts from the artist's published reminiscences about his childhood, learning objectives and directions for teachers, suggested…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, Artists, Biographies