Going to School in Colonial America (Going to School in History) [Library Binding]

Shelley Swanson Sateren (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-Tightly written texts discuss where and when children went to school, how they were taught, what they studied, and more. Pioneer provides a picture of education in the Midwest while Colonial describes schooling in the New England, Atlantic, and Southern states. Both books provide an accurate, fascinating look at a child's education in our early history. The texts are enhanced by quotations from primary sources. Games, activities, special events, and crafts from the past are included. A cautionary note-some of the activities, such as making taffy or a writing slate, will require adult help; others, such as playing marbles or Math Buzz, are independent pursuits. Artfully arranged black-and-white and full-color photographs and reproductions appear throughout. All in all, these are fine renderings of life in the past for today's children.
Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Capstone Press (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736808035
• ISBN-13: 978-0736808033
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,982,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Shelley Swanson Sateren lives in Minnesota with her busy, fabulous family. Her writing credits include a middle grade novel, Cat on a Hottie's Tin Roof (Delacorte/Random House), which Publishers Weekly called, "Hilarious, punny, and fun." She's had a short story appear in Highlights for Children, plus many non-fiction children's books published. Her middle grade, non-fiction book, The Humane Societies: A Voice for the Animals, received the Children's Choice award in 1997.

Shelley graduated magna cum laude with an English major from Augsburg College, Minneapolis. She returned to Augsburg a few years later and earned her K-6 teaching certificate. She worked as a bookseller at the Red Balloon Bookshop for five years and as a non-fiction children's book editor at Dillon/Macmillan for two years. Shelley enjoys leading summertime writing workshops for tweens at her local library.

In 2007, an elementary school librarian from Ohio wrote to Shelley, "Please find enclosed the filled-up circulation card for your book Cat on a Hottie's Tin Roof. Please note that this filled up in just over two years. We have some books that are original to the building (built in 1969) in which the cards are still half filled. You should be pleased.... Girls are my most avid readers, and it can be hard to keep them in amusing books which also have some more serious issues.... Thanks for writing. Good books make my job easier."