Russell Freedman
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AN: ED444177
AU: Close,-Elizabeth, ed.; Ramsey,-Katherine-D., ed.
TI: A Middle Mosaic: A Celebration of Reading, Writing, and Reflective Practice at the Middle Level.
CS: National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
PY: 2000
AV: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 00341-3050: $15.95 members, $21.95 nonmembers). Tel. No. 1-800-369-6283; Web site http://www.ncte.org.
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DEM: *Middle-Schools; *Reading-Instruction; *Reflective-Teaching; *Teacher-Effectiveness; *Teacher-Improvement; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Reading-Difficulties; Spelling-Instruction; Team-Teaching; Thematic-Approach
AB: Offering 16 essays by presenters at the first Middle School Mosaic (held in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997), this book connects the themes of literacy, reflective practice, and the special characteristics of middle level teaching. In the first section, Literature and Literacy at the Middle Level, the authors examine questions of literacy by looking at ways to improve reading, broaden the definitions of literacy and literature, and address important issues through choices of literature. In the second section, Reflective Practice in the Middle, the authors focus on ways in which teachers can learn more about themselves, their students, and the ways to support students so that students can, in turn, learn more about themselves and each other. The writers in the third section, The Nature and Needs of Students at the Middle Level, give readers a glimpse of middle level concerns and address the needs of both middle level students as they struggle with who they are, and educators as they struggle with the day-to-day growth of their students and provide a learning environment conducive to a population in transition. Essays in the book are: (1) "When Reading Is Stupid: The Why, How, and What To Do about It" (Jeffrey D. Wilhelm); (2) "From Hall Talk to Classroom Talk to Book Talk: Helping Struggling Readers Connect to Reading" (Kylene Beers); (3) "Teaching Literature through Thematic Units" (Mary Santerre); (4) "Nonfiction and Young Readers" (Robert C. Small, Jr.); (5) "Literature and Lessons of the Holocaust: Theory and Practice" (Marlene B. Hartstein and Karen Zelde Schejtman Sultan); (6) "Telling Lewis Hine's Story: Russell Freedman's 'Kids at Work'" (Myra Zarnowski); (7) "Footprints in the Mud: Reading Science" (Petey Young); (8) "Sweating the Small Stuff: When Spelling Is More Than Small Stuff" (Rebecca Bowers Sipe); (9) "Literacy Narratives" (Cathy Fleischer), "Literacy Narratives: Knowing Students" (Jennifer Hannick Walsh), and "Literacy Narratives: Working with Parents" (Julie A. King); (10) "The Writer's Notebook: A Place To Think" (Janet Angelillo and Anna Danon Reduce); (11) "The Middle Schooler" (Jim Johnston); (12) "A Habit of the Heart: Service Learning" (Martha M. Magner); (13) "Interdisciplinary Teaming in the Middle School" (Lois T. Stover); (14) "Advisory: Building Relationships" (Martha M. Magner); (15) "Middle Level Teacher Preparation" (Judith A. Hayn); and (16) "Vertical Connections" (Lanny van Allen). Appendixes provide a brief history of the Middle School Mosaic, and the conference program. (RS)
AN: ED426923
AU: Sanchez,-Tony-R.
TI: Heroes, Values, and Transcending Time: Using Trade Books To Teach Values.
PY: 1998
NT: Paper presented at the Ackerman Conference for Democratic Citizenship (West Lafayette, IN, July 18, 1998).
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DE: *Citizenship-Education; *Curriculum-Enrichment; *United-States-History; *Values-Education
DE: Cultural-Context; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Social-Studies; Student-Needs
AB: This paper traces the apparent disillusionment of current American society as attributed to alleged misguided values and the neglect of effective citizenship education. Acknowledging that the schools' attempts at values education have encountered problems, this is still a mission of social studies education. The paper examines the spirit of heroism as an important step in teaching/promoting the values of effective citizenship and promotes utilizing the depth and accuracy of commercial trade books to supplement the limited conventional textbook. Six selected trade books by Milton Meltzer and Russell Freedman note the commonality and continuity of values demonstrated by six "traditional" American heroes. Contains 14 notes and 4 references. (Author/BT)
AN: ED414574
AU: Zarnowski,-Myra
TI: Telling Lewis Hine's Story: Russell Freedman's "Kids at Work."
PY: 1997
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (87th, Detroit, MI, November 20-25, 1997).
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DE: *Child-Labor; *Nonfiction-; *Photographs-; *Photojournalism-; *Quality-of-Life
DE: Child-Abuse; Child-Welfare; Children-; Industrialization-; Story-Telling
AB: In "Kids at Work," Russell Freedman explores the world of child labor during the years 1908-1918 when Lewis Hine, "teacher-crusader," worked as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). Hine's writing and the photos he gathered from across the country revealed a "shocking reality that most Americans had never seen before." Russell Freedman's intertwining of three distinct sources of information - facts, photographs, and the focused experience of a single individual - provides readers with the basis for compassionate imagining, a blending of both knowing and caring about the past. Freedman uses storytelling techniques such as vivid, detailed scenes; characters developed through the use of small but "telling" details; and personal anecdotes. Readers cannot fail to be moved by the numerous photographs taken by Lewis Hine. Using "direct eye" contact with the observer, Hine showed viewers the conditions under which children worked in mills, canneries, mines, farms, and factories. "Kids at Work" focuses on children's quality of life as a result of industrialization in the United States. Freedman helps bridge compassionate imagining with contemporary concern - child labor has not vanished from America. It exists today in children of recent immigrants and migrant farm workers. (Contains 17 references.) (CR)
AN: EJ479832
AU: Freedman,-Russell
TI: Bring 'Em Back Alive: Writing History and Biography for Young People.
PY: 1994
SO: School-Library-Journal; v40 n3 p138-41 Mar 1994
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Authors-; *Nonfiction-; *Writing-Composition
DE: Characterization-; Diaries-; History-; Personal-Narratives; Story-Telling
AB: Discusses how to write nonfiction for young readers based on the personal experiences of the author. Topics addressed include storytelling to establish the setting and the mood; developing characters, including the use of quotes from diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs; the use of anecdotes; and research and serendipity. (LRW)
AN: ED391741
AU: Tunnell,-Michael-O.; Ammon,-Richard
TI: The Story of Ourselves: Teaching History through Children's Literature.
PY: 1993
AV: Heinemann, a Division of Reed Elsevier Inc., 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Childrens-Literature; *History-Instruction; *Interdisciplinary-Approach
DE: Critical-Thinking; Elementary-Education; Problem-Solving; Teaching-Methods; Whole-Language-Approach; Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
AB: This collection of writings by trade book authors, public school teachers, and college-faculty offers support for using children's literature in history education. Divided into three parts, the Introduction asks "Why Teach History to the Young?" (Terrie L. Epstein). Part 1, "The Creative Process," addresses the process of writing and illustrating historical fiction and nonfiction with essays that inclu
DE: (1) "Perspectives on Historical Fiction" (Joan W. Blos); (2) "Historical Nonfiction for Young Readers: An Artist's Perspective" (Leonard Everett Fisher); (3) "Voices from the Past" (Milton Meltzer); (4) "Finding Ourselves in History" (Pam Conrad); and (5) "Bring 'Em Back Alive" (Russell Freedman). Part 2, "Research and Other Considerations," compares and contrasts history textbooks and trade books by examining content emphasis and coverage, along with other stylistic concerns, in the essays: (1) "The Content and Writing of History in Textbooks and Trade Books" (Carl M. Tomlinson; Michael O. Tunnell; Donald J. Richgels); (2) "'I Wanted to Be There': The Impact of Narrative on Children's Historical Thinking" (Linda Levstik); and (3) "Unmasking the Fiction of History: Children's Historical Literature Begins to Come of Age" (Michael O. Tunnell). Part 3, "Practical Applications," shares teacher-tested strategies for structuring history units around the reading of children's and adolescent literature and includes the essays: (1) "A Look at Other Trade Book Topics and Genres" (Richard Ammon; Diane Weigard); (2) "Approaches for Using Children's Literature to Teach Social Studies" (Judith S. Wooster); (3) "Teaching the Holocaust through Trade Books" (Gail Tunnell; Jeannie Ammon); and (4) "Breathing Life into the Past: The Creation of History Units Using Trade Books" (Anita Downs). (EH)
AN: ED346468
AU: Freeman,-Evelyn-B., ed.; Person,-Diane-Goetz, ed.
TI: Using Nonfiction Trade Books in the Elementary Classroom: From Ants to Zeppelins.
CS: National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
PY: 1992
AV: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801 (Stock No. 18119-0015; $8.95 members, $11.95 nonmembers).
NT: Developed by the Committee on Using Nonfiction in the Elementary Language Arts Classroom.
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DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Material-Selection
DE: Books-; Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Fine-Arts; High-Risk-Students; Literary-Genres; Publishing-Industry; Reading-Writing-Relationship; Science-Instruction; Social-Studies; Thematic-Approach
AB: Intended primarily for classroom teachers, this book discusses the genre of nonfiction, the link between nonfiction and elementary curriculum, and specific ways to integrate nonfiction into the elementary classroom. The book's 16 essays and their authors are as follows: (1) "Fact or Fiction?" (Russell Freedman); (2) "The Evolution of a Science Writer" (Patricia Lauber); (3) "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Juvenile Nonfiction, 1961-1988" (James Cross Giblin); (4) "The Nonfiction Scene: What's Happening?" (Barbara Elleman); (5) "Trends and Evaluative Criteria of Informational Books for Children" (Frances Smardo Dowd); (6) "The Voice of Learning: Teacher, Child, and Text" (Bette Bosma); (7) "On the Road to Literacy: Pathways through Science Trade Books" (Marjorie Slavick Frank); (8) "Windows through Time: Literature of the Social Studies" (Diane Goetz Person and Bernice E. Cullinan); (9) "Reading Aloud and Responding to Nonfiction: Let's Talk about It" (Sylvia M. Vardell and Kathleen A. Copeland); (10) "Reading and Writing Connection: Supporting Content-Area Literacy through Nonfiction Trade Books" (Rosemary A. Salesi); (11) "Invite Children to Respond Using the Fine Arts" (Patricia Grasty Gaines); (12) "Nonfiction Books in the Primary Classroom: Soaring with the Swans" (Peter Roop); (13) "Get Real, Teacher! What Happens When At-Risk Middle-School Readers Become Involved with Nonfiction" (Nancy DeVries Guth); (14) "Using a Nonfiction Author Study in the Classroom" (Judith W. Keck); (15) "Using Informational Books to Develop Reference Skills" (M. Jean Greenlaw); and (16) "Putting It All Together: Theme Teaching with Nonfiction Books" (Evelyn B. Freeman). Appendixes list reference works cited, children's books cited, nonfiction book awards, and sources for nonfiction book titles. (SR)
AN: EJ373318
AU: Dempsey,-Frank-J.
TI: Russell Freedman.
PY: 1988
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v64 n4 p452-56 Jul-Aug 1988
DE: *Authors-; *Childrens-Literature
DE: Biographies-; Nonfiction-
AB: Presents an appreciation of Russell Freedman, writer of children's nonfiction. Discusses Freedman's life and the development of his craft. (ARH)
AN: EJ373317
AU: Freedman,-Russell
TI: Newbery Medal Acceptance.
PY: 1988
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v64 n4 p444-51 Jul-Aug 1988
DE: *Biographies-; *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-
DE: Authors-; Dialogs-Literary; Story-Telling
AB: Presents the Newbery Medal acceptance speech of Russell Freedman, writer of children's nonfiction. Discusses the place of nonfiction in the world of children's literature, the evolution of children's biographies, and the author's work on "Lincoln." (ARH)
AN: EJ329346
AU: Freedman,-Russell
TI: Pursuing the Pleasure Principle.
PY: 1986
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v62 n1 p27-32 Jan-Feb 1986
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-
DE: Attitudes-; Authors-; Emotional-Experience; Personal-Narratives; Recreational-Reading
AB: Discusses the importance of making nonfiction a pleasure to read. (EL)
AN: EJ311554
AU: Freedman,-Russell
TI: Glen Rounds and Holiday House.
PY: 1985
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v61 n2 p222-25 Mar-Apr 1985
DE: *Authors-; *Creative-Writing; *Publishing-Industry; *Writing-for-Publication
DE: Childrens-Literature; Personal-Narratives; Picture-Books; Writing-Processes
AB: Relates the story of how Glen Rounds, author and illustrator, came to work at Holiday House Publishing Company. (CRH)
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Other resources from
Doucette Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Freedman, Russell
Lincoln: a photobiography
See pp.789-796:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Freedman, Russell
Lincoln: a photobiography
See pp.180-186:
Ammon, Bette D.
Handbook for the Newbery Medal and Honor books, 1980-1989 (Hagerstown, Maryland: Alleyside Press, 1991)
Freedman, Russell
Lincoln: a photobiography
See p.135:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Long ago and far away...: an encyclopedia for successfully using literature with intermediate readers (Allen, Texas: DLM, 1991)
Freedman, Russell
See pp.109-112:
McElmeel, Sharron L.
Educator's companion to children's literature: folklore, contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, biographies, and tales from here and there (Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1996)
Freedman, Russell
The life and death of Crazy Horse
See pp.241-250:
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol.11 (Detroit: Gale Group, 2001)
Resources from Academic Search Premier (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Russell Freedman.
AN: Stories Worth Telling.
Source: School Library Media Activities Monthly, Oct2000, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p45, 4p
Author(s): Brodie, Carolyn S.
Abstract: Features Russell Freedman, a writer of children's books. Childhood background; Awards and recognition; Selection of his works.
Title: Talking with Authors.
Source: Publishers Weekly, 02/14/2000, p98, 4p
Author(s): Marcus, Leonard S.
Abstract: Interviews some well-known children's book writers about their childhoods and their vocation. Bruce Brooks; Karen Cushman; Russell Freedman; E.L. Konigsburg.
Title: Russell Freedman.
AN: Telling the lives of leaders.
Source: Curriculum Administrator, Dec99, Vol. 35 Issue 12, p47, 1p
Abstract: Presents Russell Freedman's children's books about leadership. "Lincoln: A Photobiography'; "Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion'; "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery'; "Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor'; "Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille'; "Indian Chiefs.'
Title: Russell Freedman.
Source: Horn Book Magazine, Jul/Aug98, Vol. 124 Issue 4, p455, 4p, 1bw Author(s): Giblin, James Cross
Abstract: Provides information on Russell Freedman, an author. Career of Freedman as broadcast journalist; Factors that made Freedman a good speaker; Books written by Freedman; Awards received by Freedman.
Title: Russell Freedman.
Source: Publishers Weekly, 7/19/93, Vol. 240 Issue 29, p228, 2p, 1bw
Author(s): Maughan, Shannon
Abstract: Features author Russell Freedman and his biography for young readers "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery. Personal interest in the subject of the book; Selection of elements of a subject's life to present to the readers; Inclusion of controversy on the Roosevelts' marital infidelity; Writing career; Researching for a project; Winning of the Newbery award; Plans on writing a biography of photographer Lewis Hine.
Resources from Education Abstracts FullText (available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: 1998 Laura Ingalls Wilder medal acceptance speech
AUTHOR(S): Freedman, Russell
Source: Journal of Youth Services in Libraries v 11 no4 Summer 1998.p.
Abstract: The acceptance speech of Russell Freedman, who won the 1998 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for children's literature, is presented. The speech was given at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association on June 28, 1998, in Washington, D.C.
Title: Message from Beijing
AUTHOR(S): Freedman, Russell
Source: School Library Journal v 35 Sept 1989.p. 173-5.
Resources from OCLC¹s WorldCat (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Skills through literature: reproducible activities. Buffalo hunt by Russell Freedman
Author(s): Anelli, Karen, A. ; Freedman, Russell. ; Buffalo hunt.; Buffalo hunt. Publication: New York: Scholastic
Year: 1998
ISBN: 0439044804
Abstract: Provides you with ready to go reproducible skill development activities to support the book 'Buffalo hunt' which examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.
Title: Lincoln: a photobiography by Russell Freedman: teacher's guide. Author(s): Freedman, Russell. ; Lincoln: a photobiography.
Publication: Oakland, CA: Developmental Studies Center
Year: 1996
ISBN: 1576211053
Title: "Meet the author". [Book 6]: Lois Ehlert, Russell Freedman, Jon Scieszka, Ed Young: activities
Author(s): Sharp, Peggy A.
Publication: Portland Ore.: Designs for Learning
Year: 1993
Title: Lincoln: a photobiography by Russell Freedman.
Publication: [San Ramon, CA: Developmental Studies Center]
Year: 1992
Title: Russell Freedman (audio material)
Author(s): Colen, Kimberly.
Publication: New York, NY:; Scholastic
Year: 1991
ISBN: 0590610155
Title: Russell Freedman (audiovisual material)
Publication: Highstown, N.J.: American School Publishers
Year: 1991
ISBN: 0079099963:
Abstract: Russell Freedman speaks candidly about his life as a writer.
Title: A visit with Russell Freedman (audiovisual material)
Author(s): Connors, Bruce. ; Freedman, Russell. Publication: [United States]:; Houghton Mifflin-Clarion
Year: 1990
PUBLISHER: 1-11490; Houghton Mifflin-Clarion;
ISBN: 0395575567
Abstract: An interview with author Russell Freedman, in which he talks about his life as a writer and the books he has written.
Title: Using Lincoln, a photobiography in the classroom.
Publication: Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Year: 1990
ISBN: 0395525470
Title: Lincoln: a photobiography/(audiovisual material)
Author(s): Freedman, Russell. ; Lincoln, a photobiography.
Publication: [S.l.]:; McGraw Hill Media
Year: 1989
Abstract: Photographs trace the life of the Civil War president.
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