Prior+Knowledge+Activity

“Some of the earliest journal writers included: • Greeks and Romans • Women of 10th Century Japan • “Enlightened” Individuals of the Renaissance • North American Explorers • Authors • Presidents of the United States However, it wasn’t until the ‘60’s that researchers recognized the value of journal writing in educational settings.”
 * Lewis and Clark
 * John Wesley Powell
 * Gilbert White
 * Henry David Thoreau
 * John Muir
 * Margaret Mead
 * Aldo Leopold
 * Virginia Woolf
 * Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
 * Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank, have you read it?)
 * George Washington
 * John Quincy Adams
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * Harry S. Truman

http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/famous-historical-diaries-258739.html and ERIC article