Gail Hennessey
Gail Ellen Skroback Hennessey was born on June 28, 1951. Gail taught social studies at Harpursville Central School in New York State for 33 years. She writes often for children’s publications and is the author of six books for teachers and students.[1] In 1988, she was named Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year from the New York State Council for the Social Studies and also named Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the National Council for the Social Studies.
Her books for teachers and young people include:
- Famous Crafty People(DOK) out of print
- Discoverying Economics, Consumer Ed. for Kids (DOK) out of prin
- Will the Real Notable Women Please Stand Up? (Cottonwood Press) out of print
- Will the Real Notable American Authors Please Stand Up? (Cottonwood Press) out of print
- Will the Real Paul Revere Please Stand Up? (and 14 other American History Plays) (Scholastic Professional Books) out of print
- Readers Theater Scripts (Teacher Created Materials) (CURRENT)
- Will the Real Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Christopher Columbus and Benjamin Franklin Please Stand Up?(CURRENT)
Gail's articles have appeared in most children's publications including:
- Scholastic News
- Scholastic's Super Science
- Scholastic's Science World
- Time for Kids
- Ranger Rick
- AppleSeeds
- Cobblestone
- FACES
- Ask Magazine
- Muse Magazine
- Highlights for Children
- National Geographic Kids
- Boys' Life
- Girls' Life
- Child's Life
- US Kids, and others.
Gail writes monthly teaching guides for Cobblestone's Ladybug, Click and Spider Magazines, American Legacy Times and has had a number of articles in Instructor Magazine.
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