About the Author
Caroline Sheffield has taught middle grades social studies for eight years – six of those years as a teacher of the gifted. She is doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of South Florida, where she is also an instructor of social studies education. Her research interests include middle school social studies teachers’ use of technology, gifted student education and social studies, and the use of trade books in the middle grades social studies classroom. Please send correspondence to ccsheffi@mail.usf.edu.
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