About the Authors

Authors

Anne Campbell is a faculty member at the LSU Laboratory School, serving as a master teacher and a middle school team leader. She has taught social studies in Louisiana for more than twenty years, in East Baton Rouge and Bossier parishes. She has presented a number of workshops throughout the state as a member of the Louisiana Writing Project. She worked with the committee of teachers to develop the Louisiana Social Studies Standards. She has also served as a curriculum writer for both state and local projects. Ms. Campbell earned a B.A. and an M.Ed. from Northwestern State University and has completed additional postgraduate work at Louisiana Tech and Louisiana State University.

Dr. Wilson Marston is a native Louisianian. He was born and raised in Baton Rouge, where he attended public schools and Louisiana State University. He taught in grades 4-8 in the East Baton Rouge Parish school system for 12 years. After completing his doctorate at the University of Virginia, he returned to LSU as an assistant professor in the College of Education. Dr. Marston teaches courses in elementary and middle school social studies, with emphasis on integrated thematic instruction and creative thinking. He also teaches and advises in gifted education.