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by Pat T. Sharp (Author)
Exploring the United States through Literature describes the best of current print and nonprint materials teachers can use with their students to study individual states. Each volume covers a different geographic area and presents selected materials that represent the uniquely rich and varied history, diversity, geography, industries, resources, famous people, and contemporary culture of each state in that region. Much more than a series of detailed bibliographies, the volumes in the Exploring the United States through Literature series also describe classroom-tested activities that directly relate to each source.
Author Biography
PAT TIPTOM SHARP is chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. A professor in the School of Education, Dr. Sharp teaches children's literature and directs the Learning Resource Center. She has published articles and reviews in School Library Journal, American Reference Books Annual, and Top of the News, and has written chapters that appear in Multicultural Aspects of Library Media Programs and in Public Relations for School Library Media Centers.
