After studying the Revolutionary War
through the
novel, Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson,
fifth grade students collaborated in groups and chose from a project «menu» of arts - integrated options, including drama, poetry, illustration, and even stand - up comedy, to convey their understanding of events.
In the «old days» of traditional publishing (roughly 1450 — 2007) the vast majority of authors went
through many rounds of rejection, and it was that third or fourth or
fifth novel that finally sold.