Terrific Women Teachers

by Helen Wolfe

Overview

Maria Montessori, founder the Montessori method of self-directed learning Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, her "miracle worker", USA Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger, USA Dorval Onesime, a Native Metis educator in the early 1900s from Saskatchewan, Canada Denise Fruchter, a special education teacher with tourettes syndrome from Toronto, Canada Malalai Joya, campaigning for girls’ education in Afghanistan Erin Gurswell, founder of Freedom Writers, USA Raden Ayu Kartini, campaigned for the education of women, Indonesia Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, taught art in Terezin Ghetto during WWII, Austria Marva Collins, African American teacher dedicated to improving schools in US cities, USA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927583340
Publisher:	Second Story Press
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Series:	Women's Hall of Fame Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	126
Lexile:	1100L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Helen Wolfe has been a teacher for more than thirty years. Her students have ranged from kindergarten to grade twelve. In her career, she has focused on teaching English, ESL, Special Education, and History. For more than twenty years she has been working with adults, many of whom speak English as a second language. Helen lives with her family in Toronto.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Onesime Dorval 5

Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan Macy 13

Maria Montessori 27

Raden Ayu Kartini 37

Friedl Dicker-Brandeis 47

Marva Collins 59

Christa McAuliffe 71

Denise Fruchter 81

Erin Gruwell 91

Malalai Joya 99

Sources and Resources 109

Acknowledgments 115

Photo Credits 117

Editorial Reviews

Potential teachers, as well as any reader whose life has been touched by a teacher, will find inspiration in the success of these remarkable women, which has often taken place in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Centre for Children's and Young Adult Books

Readers will be fascinated by Wolfe's stories of courage, perseverance and dedication to the cause of education. One particularly interesting feature of this book is the "black box" explanation of various challenging concepts such as: arranged marriages, ADHD, and domestic violence. Wolfe has managed to take a fresh approach to the series, The Women's Hall of Fame, by examining the teaching profession through the unique stories of ten fascinating women.

Resource Links

Every book in "The Women's Hall of Fame Series" is a treat for readers—especially female readers—in the intended age group as well as for those who have left their tweens and teens behind them. Not only are the books pleasing to the eye, but they also have substance.

CM Magazine

"Well-written and compelling...This is a great series that should continue to find a place in every school collection."

Canadian Children's Book News

Gr 6–8—This collection of biographical sketches includes well-known educators like Annie Sullivan Macy, Maria Montessori, and Christa McAuliffe, as well as lesser-known but equally fascinating women like Indonesia's Raden Ayu Kartini and Afghanistan's Malalai Joya. Their stories are interesting and often inspiring. Unfortunately, the writing is marred by slightly awkward language ("many students with physical disabilities can enjoy whatever activities they would like"), some inaccuracies (the life span of Kartini, from 1879 to 1904, is listed as being "more than 150 years ago" and the Holocaust is defined as the "time in history when Hitler and the Nazis were trying to conquer the world"), and confusing comparisons ("You certainly wouldn't have found any cell phones" in Marva Collins's orderly Westside Prep in the 1970s). Nevertheless, this is a fun collection of portraits of women who generally don't receive as much biographical attention as they should. Each chapter contains at least one black-and-white photograph of its subject and several sidebars explaining details like ADHD and Tourette's syndrome, or Nazi deporation.—Rebecca Donnelly, Loma Colorado Public Library, Rio Rancho, NM

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