About Me

Hello! My name is Britt LeBeau, and I am currently in between blocks 3 and 4 as an education student at FGCU. I am a Special Education major, and I hope to be a resource teacher at the high school level. I lived in Chicago, Illinois for 19 years. While in Chicago I ran track all throughout high school. I have been playing volleyball since I was 11. My high school was number three in the Nation, and my club team even went to the Junior Olympics twice. After graduating high school in 2009 I began school at University of Dayton in Ohio. When I was a sophomore I moved here to Fort Myers and began attending FGCU. I spend my summers at my cottage in Eagle River, Wisconsin. While there, I enjoy being boating on the lake, water skiing, wake boarding, and just being in the north woods. I am also part of a profession water ski show team called the Chain Skimmers Water Ski Show Team in Wisconsin. I attended Saint John Fisher from 3 year old preschool all the way up to 8th grade. Then I went to Mother McAuley High School for four years. I have always worn a uniform at school up until college. I have worked in retail, restaurants, resorts, and as a volleyball coach. For four years I was a water ski instructor for students from the ages of 6-18. My family has always lived on the South Side of Chicago, and the community is very close. My dad was a Chicago Fire Fighter for 35 years and is currently retired. My mom was a High School business teacher for 35 years in the suburbs of Illinois and is also retired. I have one younger brother who currently is attending University of Illinois. My family also has a pug that is ten years old, and I myself have a puppy that is just about to turn two! I enjoy being at the beach, out on the water, paddle boarding, playing sand volleyball, water skiing, and everything that has to do with the outdoors. Although I moved to Florida for the weather, I do enjoy spending my Christmas breaks in Wisconsin where I go snowmobiling and snow skiing. I am very active and love teaching. I have wanted to be a teacher because it is a job that keeps you on your feet, and I love working with kids.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Chapter 8- Historical Fiction


              Chapter 8 contains information about historical fiction. This section brings together historical fact and imagination. Because we cannot experience the lives of people in the past we can come close by reading historical fiction books to get a better sense of that time period. The benefits of historical fiction are that they convey a sense of life as it was lived during that time, it happens to ordinary people, it broadens perspectives, and it helps children understand that the present and future are linked to actions of the past. Historical fiction helps students realize they are not just outsiders looking in on great historical events. These books help people appreciate that everyone plays a role in shaping history. 
There are various categories of historical fiction which include: Ancient Times, Medieval Times, Colonial Times, Revolutionary Times, Early Frontier Era, Civil War, Post-Civil War, World War I, Great Depression, World War II, Post- World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement to name a few. I found some great websites that were offered towards the end of the chapter that could benefit readers looking for historical fiction books. The fist site I visited was Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site. This site has a collection of reviews on great books for children. You will also find great ideas on how to use the books discussed in the classroom. What I like most about this site is that there are also a large amount of books that have activities about that particular subject. Curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics are also listed on this site. The other site I visited was the Historical Fiction Book Lists. I liked this site because the books are categorized by continent and subdivided by countries or historical eras. I thought that this was an interesting way to do things because it gives students a different view of where things took place. Each country or era book list is divided by grade level as well. Finally, the site has a cover picture of the book, a synopsis, and number of pages are provides for each book as well. 

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