BRUCE ADELSON
| Author: 301-762-7996 E-mail: badelson1@comcast.net |
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| Books: | Author of 14 children's and adult nonfiction multi-cultural, history and sports books, including: the nationally acclaimed, Brushing Back Jim Crow - The Integration of Minor League Baseball in the American South; Grand Slam Trivia; Touchdown Trivia; and biographies of Baron von Steuben and David Farragut, titles in the Famous Fighters of the Civil Ward Era and Revolutionary War Leaders series. Upcoming book - a young adult biography of President Benjamin Harrison. | |||
| Fee: | $250 for a one hour presentation. $700 for a full school day presentation, including assemblies and small group discussions. $400 for a half-day presentation. For a mock trial, courtroom presentation or a writing workshop lasting more than one full school period, please contact me for details. I prefer schools in the greater Baltimore-Washington area but will travel outside the area. Mileage charged for schools outside the Washington Beltway and reasonable travel expenses charged for any overnight stays. | |||
| Availability: | Grades 1-7; Teacher, librarian and other school groups as well as professional organizations | |||
| Features: | While an Arlington County (VA) Elementary School Substitute Teacher for seven years, I developed numerous writer's workshops and mock courtroom presentations at Zachary Taylor Elementary School in Arlington. I am an experienced classroom, Author's Day, and large group presenter. My presentations focus on multi-cultural themes, sports, American history and writing techniques. I have been a Black History Month presenter at, for example, the Birmingham (Alabama) Civil Rights Institute and Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary Schools Black History Celebration in Flint, Michigan. I have also been an NPR and CBS Radio commentator. | |||
