2013 Jan Stauber-Sherlock Holmes Literacy Grant Awards
This year Jan Stauber Grant funding was able to provide up to $500 to seven teachers and librarians to assist them in developing a teaching project to introduce more young people to Sherlock Holmes. Here are the project winners for 2013:
1. Johanna Archer
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School, Hewitt, New Jersey.
Johanna.Archer@wmtps.org
“Whodunit?: Mysteries in the Library” (K-6th grade)
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School, Hewitt, New Jersey.
Johanna.Archer@wmtps.org
“Whodunit?: Mysteries in the Library” (K-6th grade)
2. Kirsten Bester
Guelph Public Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. kbester@guelphpl.ca "Sherlock Holmes Video Adventure Project—Unlocking Guelph Public Library’s Sherlock Holmes Collection” (grades 7-12) |
3. Brittany Maguet
Ste. Rose Regional Library, Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada.
“Baker Street Detective Club” (ages 8-12)
Ste. Rose Regional Library, Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada.
“Baker Street Detective Club” (ages 8-12)
6. Elizabeth Simmons and Sally Gummere
Granville High School, Granville, Ohio.
“What’s the Mystery?” (grade 12)
Granville High School, Granville, Ohio.
“What’s the Mystery?” (grade 12)
7. Marie Wright
The River School, Washington, DC. “ Sleuthing Through Books: A Scientific Connection” (grade 3) Marie Wright is a teacher at The River School in Washington DC, which offers inclusive and developmentally appropriate educational programs for children with and without hearing loss from birth through third grade. Students were introduced to Sherlock Holmes through the world of Geronimo Stilton, mouse author of a series of detective stories for young children. |