Her classroom comes alive — and so do her students' minds

October 25, 2007

This is part of an occasional series on members of the 2007 All-USA Teacher Team, USA TODAY's recognition program for outstanding K-12 teachers. To nominate a teacher for the 2008 team, click here http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-05-17-allstar-teacher-apply_N.htm .

Nearly three decades spent on a Midwestern farm provided Nancy Berry with virtually unlimited opportunities to teach and mold the lives of countless schoolchildren.

So it was only natural for Berry, 64, to bring the farm with her to her first-grade classes.

By Joe Culpepper Pensacola News Journal

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