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Explorations in ART, Grade 1
by Marilyn G. Stewart Eldon KatterFeatures student book that include six units, each organised around a universal theme relevant to students' lives that foster meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. This title contains various strands that include two concept lessons - each with a studio - and an extended Studio Exploration.
Explorations in ART, Grade 2
by Marilyn G. Stewart Eldon KatterTHEMES: Each Student Book includes six units, each organised around a universal theme relevant to students' lives. These themes foster meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. Elements and principles are embedded throughout each unit to ensure continual application and understanding. STRANDS: Each unit theme is organised into three teaching and learning strands that explore specific aspects of the unit theme. Each strand includes two concept lessons -- each with a studio -- and an extended Studio Exploration with hands-on, cumulative reinforcement of the two previous concept lessons.
Explorations in Art, Grade 3
by Marilyn G. Stewart Eldon KatterSometimes more is better! Each Student Book grades 1-5 has more: * Art images * Studios (54 per grade level) * Art criticism based on images, and * Student artwork than any other K-5 program. Six Theme-Based Units. Student Books also available as Big Books and e-Books.
Explorations in ART [Grade 4]
by Marilyn G. Stewart Eldon KatterIncludes six units that are organised around universal themes relevant to students' lives, fostering meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. This title provides elements and principles that are embedded throughout various units to ensure continual application and understanding.
Explorations in Art [Grade 5]
by Marilyn G. Stewart Eldon KatterIncludes six units, each organised around a universal theme relevant to students' lives; these themes foster meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. This book also features elements and principles that are embedded throughout each unit to ensure continual application and understanding.
Explorations in Art [Kindergarten]
by Cathy Weisman TopalHow does Kindergarten set a different standard? This book includes: Art images and a Studio Exploration with the lessons; and lessons in the first unit that focus on basic skills, such as how to hold and use a crayon, a pair of scissors, a paintbrush, and how to tear and cut paper; while fostering creative expression and exploration.
Explorations in Art [Grade 6]
by Marilyn G. Stewart Eldon Katter Laura H. ChapmanA NEW Standard in K-5 art curriculum Theme-Based Learning Unit themes show students the relevance of art in their lives and the lives of people across time and place. Elements and principles, skills and techniques, and forms and media are learned as tools that help students interpret the ideas of artists and express their own ideas through art. Process-Based Studios By learning a process that emphasizes the importance of thinking, planning, and reflection, students go way beyond "make and take. " Studio support includes technique illustrations; images from art and the real world; evaluation criteria for each studio; and art criticism. Alignment to Language Arts A five-step studio process, aligned with the five-step writing process, provides hands-on reinforcement of writing instruction and the cognitive processes critical to both visual and written compositions.
Communicating through Graphic Design
by Kevin Gatta Claire Mowbray Golding Scott Menchin Luis Kerch Reba LibbyNIMAC-sourced textbook
Southwestern Advantage Social Studies & Language
by Southwestern AdvantageThis unique, user-friendly textbook has been designed in such a way that students can spend "more time learning, less time looking." The pages are open and inviting and organized into information boxes, bulleted lists, and other easily usable and understandable pieces.
Creating Strategic Readers: Techniques for Developing Competency in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension
by Valerie ElleryHere Author Valerie Ellery describes a comprehensive literacy classroom, detailing appropriate curriculum, assessment, and instruction. The book includes numerous exciting and engaging techniques geared to students' reading levels and incorporating students' multiple intelligences. This updated, revised, and expanded second edition features: Over 140 classroom-tested techniques 35 new techniques. An expanded focus on educating the whole child A motivation/engagement section for many techniques. An accompanying CD with a wide assortment of reproducibles and assessment forms.
Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning (Third Edition)
by Doug BuehlBuehl has revised his collection of literacy skill-building strategies to bring this edition more in line with today's thinking about reading comprehension.
Reading And Writing With Understanding: Comprehension In Fourth And Fifth Grades
by Sally Hampton Lauren B. Resnick New Standards Organization StaffStudents in the upper elementary grades are ready for the rewards of reading and writing with increasing comprehension. But how can you prepare these 9- to 11-year-olds to meet—and beat—the challenges of increasingly complex texts? What do fourth and fifth graders need in order to grow as thoughtful readers and effective writers? Here you'll find Classroom ideas specially targeted for students at this critical stage of literacy development Dozens of examples of student performances Detailed commentaries on student work Through this rich portrait of readers engaged in making meaning, you'll learn how to set expectations for learning and hone your teaching to help students succeed in your classroom—and beyond.
The Good Life
by Charles GuignonOrganized around themes such as harmony with ones self and with the world, right relation to God, the use of reason, self-exploration, and living in a disordered world, the selections in this anthology explore traditional philosophical thought from Plato to de Beauvoir on the topic of human flourishing.
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
by Michael HarveyEngagingly written and filled with judicious examples, this short, practical, inexpensive handbook combines advice on writing clearly and plainly, structuring a piece of argumentative writing, and avoiding grammatical and other common mechanical errors -- including those in quoting and citing.
Classics Of American Political And Constitutional Thought, Volume 1: Origins Through The Civil War
by Scott J. Hammond Kevin R. Hardwick Howard L. LubertFrom James I's Address Before Parliament (1610) to Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 's Learned Hand Dinner Address Before the American Jewish Committee (2005), this two-volume set offers an unparalleled selection of key texts from the history of American political and constitutional thought.
Abortion: The Supreme Court Decisions, 1965-2007
by I. ShapiroUpdated to include the 2007 decision Gonzales v. Carhart, this volume provides all of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion -- as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions -- carefully edited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in a variety of disciplines. In his introductory essay, Shapiro sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the main issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future.
Rulebook for Arguments (Fourth Edition)
by Anthony WestonThis book is a brief introduction to the art of making arguments. It further discusses fairly simple arguments and moves to extended arguments and their use in essays and oral presentations at the end.
Readings from the Lu-Wang School of Neo-Confucianism
by Phillip J. IvanhoeThis volume provides selected translations from the writings of Lu Xiangshan; Wang Yangming; and the Platform Sutra, a work which had profound influence on neo-Confucian thought. Each of these three sections is preceded by an introduction that sketches important features of the history, biography, and philosophy of the author and explores some of the main features and characteristics of his work. The range of genres represented--letters, recorded sayings, essays, meditations and poetry--provide the reader with insights into the philosophical and stylistic themes of this fascinating and influential branch of neo-Confucian thought.
Political Science Research Methods, 6th Ed.
by Janet Buttolph Johnson H. T. Reynolds Jason D. MycoffDon't let an introduction to research methods be your students' least favorite (and most intimidating) political science course. Relevant, timely, insightful, comprehensive, and always mindful of their student audience, the authors have revamped their popular text so that the sixth edition is friendlier and more intuitive than ever--the perfect gateway to understanding not just the "how" but also the "why" behind research into politics. Covering the discipline's major methods, the authors lead students step-by-step through the logic of research design. "Building block" chapters on hypothesis formation and testing, variables, and measurement are right up front; the introduction to research design, sampling, and literature reviews now come with more explanation as to why a researcher would pursue different kinds of methods; the stats chapters begin with a common-sense primer that walks students through foundational ideas and practices. Throughout the text, updated examples of contemporary research problems keep readers engaged. Each chapter has bolded key terms that are also listed in a glossary at the end of each chapter and the end of the text. "Helpful hints" feature boxes give students nuts-and-bolts reminders they can refer to when they conduct their own research or assess the work of others. NEW TO THIS EDITION New examples of political science research in Chapter 1, including a case on judicial decision making and current research into public opinion on the war in Iraq. Expanded discussion of theory in Chapter 2, showing how competing paradigms can be applied to the same topic of study. Substantially updated discussion of survey research including coverage of Internet polling and a fuller description of interviewing. Computational formulas and calculations are now featured in "How It's Done" boxes allowing students to separate lengthy calculations from substantive discussion of the meaning or interpretation of statistical results. Greater coverage of newer developments in applied statistics, including exploratory data analysis and descriptive and inferential statistics for counts and functions of counts. In general, less emphasis on computation, and more on interpretation. Reorganized statistics chapters for better comprehension with regression analysis and logistic regression in their own chapters. A new overview of statistical analysis, including discussion of data preparation, description, modeling, inference, interpretation, and the communication of results.
Engines Of Democracy: Politics And Policymaking In State Legislatures
by Alan RosenthalState legislators have often been in the shadow of their national counterparts, but they drive the processes of democracy. Rosenthal brings together a lifetime of research and experience on state legislative politics into one eminently readable volume, Building on earlier work with new data and recent interviews and observations, Both a complement and contrast to the policymaking process on Capitol Hill, Engines of Democracy proves that no one gives insight into state legislators and their work the way Alan Rosenthal can.
The Politics of the Administrative Process (4th edition)
by Donald F. Kettl James W. FeslerThis textbook for public administration students details the administrative process in US government and public policy. Kettl (political science and leadership, U. of Pennsylvania) and the late Fesler, who was a professor of government at Yale U. , cover what government does and how it does it, organizational theories and structures, the role of individuals, and how administrative agencies accomplish their work. This edition includes new material on accountability; discusses the debate about the increase of executive power that accompanied the Bush administration; has updated and new tables and figures; and integrates case studies within the text, with new and updated cases on such as topics as waterboarding, the economic bailout of 2008, and the use of Tasers by police. A companion website is also new. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics
by Christine Barbour Gerald C. WrightUnited States -- Politics and government -- Textbook
Congress Reconsidered, 9th Edition
by Lawrence C. Dodd Bruce I. OppenheimerAlways a classic, Dodd and Oppenheimer's Congress Reconsidered is the recognized source for in-depth, cutting-edge scholarship on Congress geared to undergraduates. Thoroughly updated -- with ten brand new pieces and the others completely revised -- this ninth edition includes cogent, timely analysis of the 2008 congressional elections, as well as coverage of: <P><P> * the 110th Democratic Congress,specifically its energy policy, its handling of the Iraq War, and its taxing and spending; <P> * the role of committees in Congress; <P> * leadership by women and minorities in Congress; <P> * the effects of campaign finance reform; <P> * differences in legislative activity between the Republican and Democratic Congresses; <P> * party coalition-building across the postwar era; <P> * and perspective on campaigns, elections,and political careers from member of Congress Daniel Lipinski.
Creating Minnesota: A History From The Inside Out
by Annette AtkinsRenowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past. A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer that 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu. In Creating Minnesota Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.
Hmong and American: From Refugees to Citizens
by Vincent K. Her Mary Louise Buley-MeissnerFarmers in Laos, U. S. allies during the Vietnam War, refugees in Thailand, settlers in the Western world--the stories of the Hmong have been told in detail through books and articles and oral histories over the past several decades. Like any immigrant group, the first generation may yearn for the past as they watch their children and grandchildren find their way in the dominant culture of their new home. For Hmong people born and educated in the United States, a definition of self often includes traditional practices and tight-knit family groups but also a fully Americanized point of view. How do these members of the "1. 5" and second generation of American Hmong negotiate the expectations of these two cultures? How can their classmates and neighbors better understand what it means to be both Hmong and American? In this collection of essays, historians, sociologists, teachers, counselors, and artists explore the concepts of war, refugee status, resettlement, and assimilation, weaving their own stories into their depictions of a community that continues to develop complex identities, both abundantly shared and deeply personal. From the review by Mark Pfeifer: "The discussions and case studies presented on the different facets of contemporary Hmong identity are the most unique aspect of the Her/Buley-Meissner manuscript and provide the strongest argument for its publication. No other recent monograph has focused as exclusively or strongly on Hmong American identity to this degree. " From the review by Chia Youyee Vang: "The diversity of voices and perspectives makes this volume very powerful. Inclusion of scholars, creative writers and artists makes the volume interdisciplinary and potentially accessible to a broad audience . . . Collectively, they show that Hmong culture has not been static; instead, Hmong culture and its traditions have served as sites of change and disagreement. "