Publications and workshops

Publications | Teacher Workshops

Publications

• MUSEUM: Step into a Time Machine workbook, author, illustrator, and designer, 1982-1983.
• "Looking Backward," Susan Donley & Julie Agar, School Arts, March 1984.
• Riverview Children's Center Museum Project Guide, Susan K. Donley & Janet E. Turner, 1984.
• Uncovering Oekonomie student workbook and teacher guide, designed and illustrated, co-authored with Ann T. Nickerson, Harmonie Associates, Old Economy Village, 1985.
• "Architecture: The Building Art" and "Landmark Survivors" Exhibit Guides, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1985.
• Pittsburgh's Pioneer Past: The Neill Log House teacher guide, author and illustrator, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1986.
• Hands-On History: An Introduction to Classroom Methods in Local History Research, author, editor, designer, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1986.
• 1987 Calendar for Children, author, illustrator/designer, Riverview Children's Center, 1986.
• Exploring Architecture, author, computer-illustration/design, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1987.
• Frontier Democracy curriculum kit, author, computer-design, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1987.
• Portable Pittsburgh docent outreach kit and manual, author, computer-design, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1988.
• Toward a Better Balance Curriculum Guides, Volumes I (K-6) and II (7-12), author, computer-illustration/design, Legislative Office of Research Liaison, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1987 and 1988.
• VYTAL Curriculum Enrichment Guide; author with Janet E. Turner,Ph.D, Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Ph.D. computer-illustration/design; Volunteer Action Center, United Way of Allegheny County, 1988, 1990.
• Havens, Houses, Forts, and Factories curriculum guides; author, illustrator, designer; Fallingwater, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 1990.
• A Sampler of Ethnic Crafts; author, illustrator, designer; Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, 1990.
• Within these Walls: A Viewer's Guide to Understanding the White House and Within these Walls: A Visit to the White House Teacher's Guide; White House Historical Association/QED Enterprises, 1991.
• There's Nothing to Do: A Guide Full of Answers Right in Our Hometown, co-author with Ann Nickerson Kowalski, illustrator, designer, Pittsburgh Fund for Arts Education and The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 1992.
• TRIAD Video Workshop for Choral Education; Instructional designer, editor, and designer of print manual (authors Christine Jordanoff, Robert Page) QED Communications and Music Educators National Conference (MENC), 1992.
• Space Explorations, Puppets, Riverscape, Warhol's Myths, Looking at You teacher's guides; Author, illustrator, designer. Pittsburgh Children's Museum, 1993.
• "Cultural Diversity: The Museum as Resource," author of article and sample materials published in collection Building Museum and School Partnerships, Beverly Sheppard, editor. Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations, 1993.
• Mind your own Body; Instructional designer for 12 program series, author/editor, illustrator, and designer of 12 student newsletters and teacher's manual. WQED and PBS Video, 1993­94.
• Next Step: Mars?; Interactive designer, content manager, and educational designer of interactive CD-ROM; WQED and IVI publications, 1994.
• GeoBee 2.0; Producer of interactive CD-ROM game; Digital Alchemy for National Geographic Society, 1996.
• Upon these Grounds: Exploring the White House Gardens; story research for video and author/designer of accompanying Activities for Learning; WQED Pittsburgh for White House Historical Association.
• National History Day in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Using State and Local Resources, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA, 1999. Author and designer.
• Partner's in Ecology, Modern Woodmen of America, Illinois, 2002-2003. Lead team that wrote and designed two-volume second edition of MWA's Ecology Awareness program.
• Voices Across Time, American History through Music, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh, 2004. Designer and co-author with Deane Root, Mariana Whitmer, Kathy Miller Haines. Essays, exercies, discussion questions for 120+ songs covering nine eras of American History.
• Pennsvylania, Our Home, Gibbs Smith Publisher, Layton, UT, 2004. Author of fourth grade textbook on Pennsylvania history, government and economy.

Teacher training workshops

• Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus, co-taught continuing education course for teachers, Communication Skills for Gifted Students, Spring 1983.
• Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center inservice course for teachers, Community and Family History; presentation on Riverview Children's Center Museum Project and workshop on artifact and archive analysis, August 1983.
• Social Studies Symposium, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, workshop for teachers, supervisors, and principals on "Local History Methods for the Social Studies Classroom," May 1986.
• Pennsylvania Art Education Association 1987 Conference, Harrisburg, PA, Special Session, "Drawing: A Way of Seeing," October 1987. "Drawing Development in Children" handout.
• Pittsburgh Public Schools, Social Studies Inservice Day, "Toward a Better Balance: Integrating Ethnic Studies into the Social Studies Curriculum," November 1987.
• Burrell School District, Act 80 Inservice Day, "Reading a Photograph: Visual Literacy for Social Studies," February 1988.
• Toward a Better Balance inservice workshop for Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center and Legislative Office for Research Liaison at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, March 1987, May 1988.
• Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Training Program for Administrators, "Building An Integrated Curriculum," with Nancy Pistone, August 1988.
• Intermediate Unit #1, Inservice Day workshop on art education for preschool special education, Ringold High School, August 1988.
• Toward a Better Balance inservice workshops for Lancaster School District, Dec. 1988, 1989; Warren S. D., Washington S. D., North Allegheny S. D., Jan. 1990; Pittsburgh Public Schools, Feb. 1990.
• Crafting Multicultural Art Strategies, Pittsburgh Public Schools visual arts faculty, April 1991.
• Introducing Clayton, Pittsburgh Public Schools social studies faculty, May 1991.
• Curriculum Design for Visual Arts and Music Teachers, Pittsburgh Fund for Arts Education and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, November 1991.
• National Teacher Training Institute for Math, Science, and Technology (a Texaco/WNET program), project director, instructional designer for WQED's inaugural Institute at Slippery Rock University, 1995.
• Intermediate Unit Teacher Inservice Credit Courses designed and taught:
• Exploring Your Neighborhood, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Fall 1985, Spring 1986, Fall 1986, Spring 1988.
• Exploring Your City, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Spring 1985, Fall 1985, Spring 1986, Fall 1986, Spring 1987, Fall 1987, Fall 1988, Fall 1989.
• Hands-On History: An Introduction to Classroom Methods in Local History Research Teacher Institute, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, August 1986, July 1987, July 1989, July 1990.
• Ethnic Crafts: A Mirror of Folk Culture, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 1986.
• Exploring Architecture, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Spring 1987, Spring 1989.
• Drawing: A Way of Seeing, Henry C. Frick Educational Commission for The Frick Art Museum's exhibition, Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth, August-September 1987. "Drawing Development in Children" handout.
• At Home in Pittsburgh, Henry C. Frick Educational Commission for Frick Art Museum exhibition, August-September 1988.
• Toward a Better Balance, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 1989, Fall 1989.
• Uncovering Hidden Treasure, Henry C. Frick Educational Commission for Frick Art Museum, Society for Art in Crafts, Kingsley Center, August 1989 and 1991.
• Havens, Houses, Forts, and Factories, Fallingwater, Fort Necessity, Friendship Hill, Nemacolin Castle, West Overton Village, June 1990 (I. U. #1).
• Introducing Clayton, Henry C. Frick Educational Commission, August 1990.
• Craft and Community: A Multicultural Approach to Crafts in the Classroom, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, September-October 1990. "Taking a Closer Look" worksheet from this course.
• An Eye for the Everyday: Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Painting, Frick Art Museum, November 1992.
• National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) for Math and Science, 1994-1995. Pittsburgh location at WQED one of 21 national PBS stations to host institute, which helped teachers develop math and science lessons using instructional television and experiential learning.
• Explore PA History, 2000 and 2002. Lead workshops at PHMC historical sites to coach teachers to use primary sources at PA museums and archives to create lessons around events and places commemorated by PA historical markers.
• Voices Across Time, American History through Music, Summerwind Teacher Institute for American Music, Georgia State University, 2002. Trained teachers in using music as a primary source for teaching American HIstory.
• Voices Across Time NEH Teacher Institute, Center for American Music, Stephen Foster Memorial, U. of Pittsburgh, five-weeks, Summer 2004. Nationally selected group of teachers trained to use music as a primary source for teaching American History.