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Marian L. Martinello (1935–2015)

Auteur de The Search for Emma's Story: A Model for Humanities Detective Work

12 oeuvres 50 utilisateurs 1 Critiques 1 Favoris

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Marian Martinello grew up in New York City, attended public schools, completed her bachelor's and Master's degrees at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and earned her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. She taught in New York and California public schools, afficher plus and in teacher education programs at Queens College, CUNY, the University of Florida, and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) where she directed the Interdisciplinary Studies degree program and federally funded projects for teacher education. She received teaching awards in Florida and Texas and was named a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in 1982. Her publications include articles and books, now in second editions, on inquiry learning, published by Merrill/Prentice-Hall and Alliance Press. Her award winning titles for young readers, young adults, and teachers on the history and cultures of Texas were published by the Institute of Texan Cultures, Texas Christian University Press, and Corona Publishing Company. Dr. Martinello retired from UTSA in May 2000 as Professor Emerita and continues to inquire into topics of personal interest. She writes for young adults from those experiences. Ready's Gifts is the product of her most recent exploration. 050 afficher moins
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An impressive account of the authors search to uncover the life that a trooper of the Spanish Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar (San Antonio in modern Texas) would have lived and fought during the years 1774 through to 1780's. Using archive documents, artifacts and with much help from local and specialist experts she is able to sub-divide each chapter into the search for the facts that would create the second part of the chapter which is the story section. This last section helps to bring these events and items to life for the reader. Very helpful to the budding history teacher who would like to motivate their pupils in the research process for course work. It's also an interesting read for the historian too.… (plus d'informations)
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TerryD.Hooker | Dec 9, 2009 |

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