Tate and His Historic Dream - Softcover

Bernard C. Turner; Michelle Duster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971048746 ISBN 13: 9780971048744

Publisher: Highlights of Chicago Press, 2014

Synopsis

Tate put off writing his fourth grade history paper until the last minute and would still rather play outside with his friends than work on the paper. While staring blankly at a picture that includes a group of people who made an impact on the history of the United States, he suddenly finds himself interacting with them. Through interesting dialogue and questions, Tate learns how these historic figures worked together or influenced each other. As a result of his experience, he is motivated to learn more and feels that he, too, can make a difference.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernard Turner has a career in teaching German and Spanish and a sales representative and marketing manager in educational publishing. He is a docent at the Chicago History Museum where he gives walking tours of Old Town and Lincoln Park. He also provides Green Line and Brown Line L Tours and guided tours of Bronzeville and other neighborhoods. Mr. Turner founded Highlights of Chicago Press in 2002 with the publication of A View of Bronzeville, a neighborhood tour guide that focuses on the important institutions and people that made Bronzeville a great neighborhood. In addition to his volunteer work at the Chicago History Museum, Bernard is on the board of the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation and the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission. Bernard Studied German and History at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and at the University of Chicago. Michelle Duster is a writer, speaker, and personal historian. She has written articles, essays and compiled two books that include the original writing of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells--journalist, civil rights activist and suffragist: Ida In Her Own Words (2008) and Ida From Abroad (2010). She was also a contributor to the book In Spite of the Double Drawbacks: African American Women in History and Culture (2012) and Women Building Chicago: 1790-1990 (2001). A native Chicagoan, Michelle earned her B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, and her M.A. in Media Studies from The New School in New York City.

Review:

With an imaginative spirit and a skillful pen, Michelle Duster and Bernard Turner make the people and places of our past feel fresh, action-packed and contemporary. Young readers accustomed to the lightning speed of the Internet will find much to excite them as Tate time travels through the worlds of our courageous ancestors. --A'Lelia Bundles, Great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker

I've always loved history--and particularly black history! Never before has it been this much fun to learn, while staying informative and engaging! The journey with Tate left me feeling like I had actually been interacting with the great leaders of black history--over and over and over! --Arthur E. McFarlane II, Public Speaker and Educator, Great-grandson of W.E.B. DuBois

The authors imaginatively engross a fourth grade student in African American history through a series of images in which his heroes some alive. Young Tate's dream reveals historical truths that are informative for kids and awaken personal heroes in all of us. --Lee Hampton: Executive Director, Amistad Research Center

About this edition

• Publisher: Highlights of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0971048746
• ISBN 13: 9780971048744
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Editor: Bernard C. Turner, Michelle Duster
• Illustrator: Jennifer Turner, Derrell Spicy