This one is in honor of my father-in-law, who has spent most of his life in North Carolina but runs Missouri blood in his veins. Missouri is a fascinating state…like Arkansas, its right in the middle, between the north and the south, the east and the west. If you remember your history, you know that …
I chose Ohio for this installment of The Lois Level Reads the States because I found that Ohioans are one of our most consistent readers! So let me start by saying “thank you” to the State of Ohio! What I discovered is that Ohioans provide us all with a very nice range of fiction, but …
Utah is a relatively young state and part of what I think of as the wild west. I’ve just barely been in the state…my family visited the “four corners” monument when we went to visit family in Arizona when I was 9. Utah is one of the four states, also including Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado …
How I Read Arkansas Every time I finish a new State Reads post (this is number 6 already), I feel as though I have taken a trip to the state I’m covering because I’ve learned new things about it, whether I have visited there in person or not. What I came to appreciate about Arkansas …
Book Mapping In 2013, I attended a “Google Educational Summit” while I was working in Tokyo. During that conference, I learned about using Google Maps in the classroom, and the thing that stuck with me is its application to the study of literature. My time teaching overseas made me aware of the importance of connecting …
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