Steven Forrest Johnson

Background

Steven Johnson was born on March 8, 1954, in Melrose, Massachusetts, the United States. He is the son of Forrest Oscar and Helen Esther (Ploss) Johnson.

Education

Steven Johnson graduated from University of Lowell with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979. This year he also received his Master of Education degree from Fitchburg State College. He took further graduate study at University of Denver in 1979 as well.

Career

Johnson started his career as a teacher of history at Lowell University in 1980. During this time he also was an adult education lecturer at Lawrence Academy in Groton. He became a high school teacher of geography, world civilization, law, and government in Lowell in 1982.

In 1984, Johnson went to D.C. Heath Publishing Co. in Lexington, where he worked as a college textbook salesperson. The next year, he decided to continue his teaching career and became an eighth-grade social studies teacher in Acton. Since 1986, Johnson works as an instructor of history at Marlborough High School.

Achievements

• Steven Johnson is best known as the author of The Ninnuock, writing about the Native American experience in New England.

Works

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  • Ninnuock (The People) : The Algonkian People of New England

    (Book by Johnson, Steven F.)

    1997

Membership

Johnson is a member of the New England History Teachers Association and the Bay State Historical League.

Connections

Father:

Forrest Oscar Johnson

Mother:

Helen Esther (Ploss) Johnson