Rock & Rap Middle School (Paperback)
With Rock & Rap Middle School, students exercise skills from both language arts and social studies as they organize a music concert tour. At the same time, they have a wonderful time exercising their imaginations In this very practical and adaptable book, authors Suzanne Stansberry and Sheree Sevilla share their highly successful cross-curricular project for middle-school students. Although most of the activities involve language arts and social studies, the authors include ideas for incorporating Rock & Rap Middle School into other subject areas as well.
Sheree Barrios has been teaching middle school and high school students for 11 years. She currently teaches seventh and eighth grade social studies and language arts at Willamina Middle School in Willamina, Oregon. She holds a bachelor's degree in history and a bachelor's degree in secondary education in social sciences from Western Oregon University. She recently completed a master's degree in secondary education from Western Oregon University.Suzanne Stansberry has been teaching language arts and reading for seven years in the states of Alaska and Oregon. In addition to her regular classroom experience, she has taught instructional workshops at many educational conferences and schools. She holds a bachelor's degree in secondary English from Montana State University.