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Oregon
by Eric A. Kimmel Dorothy Nafus MorrisonThe textbook contains many special features that will help you to read, understand, and remember the geography, history, and people of Oregon.
Creative And Mental Growth
by Viktor Lowenfeld W. BrittainChildren are the essence of this book, but more than that, they are the essence of society. Creative and intellectual growth are the basis of any educational system, and it is the hope that this book can contribute to an understanding of the importance of this area so as to make the education of children a joyful and meaningful experience.
Homes, Today and Tomorrow (5th edition)
by Ruth F. SherwoodThe book contents include topics on the universal need of housing, careers in housing, architecture and home designs, homes from the 18th century to today, choosing a place to live-buying-renting, basics of construction, interiors, role of colors, home maintenance, safety, security, remodeling, renovating, etc.
Exploring Art
by Rosalind Ragans Gene MittlerEXPLORING ART takes a media approach to art, giving students insights into the ways artists are inspired, and the reasons they choose particular media to realize their artistic visions. Focusing on the elements and principles of art, students learn about various media and techniques, such as drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpting, as the chapters interweave compelling lessons on art, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism with opportunities for studio production.
Art in Focus (4th Edition)
by Gene A. MittlerTHE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ART PROGRAM AVAILABLECompletely redesigned, Art in Focus is filled with colorful reproductions, photographs, graphics, and student artwork, all designed to challenge, surprise, and inspire your students to create and appreciate art. Your students expect something a little different from art class. The 2000 edition of Art In Focus offers the kind of inspiration and challenge your students expect. It is filled with more colorful reproductions, photos, and graphics than ever before. It uses both words and graphics to highlight relevant art topics. It integrates technology resources. It even features student artwork, so your students can see that talent can be celebrated and acknowledged at any age.
Mechanical Drawing: CAD Communications (12th Edition)
by Thomas E. French Jay D. Helsel Carl L. Svensen Byron UrbanickThe nation's #1 drafting text – first published in 1919. The twelfth edition combines basic drafting elements and concepts with modern advancements in the technologies of the industry. Empowers students to move successfully from school to work by helping them visualize in three dimensions, build imaginations, think precisely, and understand the language of the industry.
Mechanical Drawing: CAD Communications (12th Edition)
by Thomas E. French Jay D. Helsel Carl L. Svensen Byron UrbanickThe nation's #1 drafting text – first published in 1919. The twelfth edition combines basic drafting elements and concepts with modern advancements in the technologies of the industry. Empowers students to move successfully from school to work by helping them visualize in three dimensions, build imaginations, think precisely, and understand the language of the industry.
Working with Wood
by Gilbert R. HutchingsThe authors of Working With Wood have endeavored to introduce beginning students to wood. To teach woodworking and keep motivation high, the text has been written in a "hands-on" manner.
Metalwork: Technology and Practice (9th edition)
by Victor E. ReppThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to metal fabrication technology. It is intended as a textbook for entry level courses that provide laboratory experiences in metal fabrication.
Architecture: Design, Engineering, Drawing
by William Perkins SpenceDesigned especially for college design courses and drafting classes, the text provides an overview of the planning and design of residential and commercial buildings
Beginning Woodwork (Seventh Edition)
by John L. Feirer"Beginning Woodwork, as a part of a modern industrial education program, includes the following as some of its major objectives: It teaches: 1. students about the woodworking industry. 2. students how to design, plan, and carry through a project in woodworking. 3. basic hand skills in woodworking that are useful to everyone. 4. students how to work safely with woodworking tools and materials and to protect themselves from accidents. 5. consumer values. 6. the conservation of natural resources."
The Stage and the School
by Harry H. Schanker Katharine Anne OmmanneyThe Stage and the School offers more of what you've always loved about the nation's most comprehensive high school drama program. More hands-on exercises. More teacher support. More discussion of the conventions of the theatre. More opportunities to creative expression through performance. More connections to the other arts. With all the hands-on exercises and application activities, scenes and monologues, chapter openers and reviews, students are provided with every opportunity for success.
Listening To Movies: The Film Lover's Guide To Film Music
by Fred KarlinThis text is a lay person's guide to the world of film music, from the silent era to the present day. Oscar-winning film composer Fred Karlin describes how music is written and recorded for the movies; who the composers are and how they work with film makers; and the music itself - what to listen for in a film score, and what makes one score better than another.
Holt World History, the Human Journey: Modern World
by Holt Rinehart WinstonHistory and geography share many elements. History describes important events that have taken place from ancient times until the present day. Geography describes how physical environments affect human events. It also examines how people's actions influence the environment around them. One way to look at geography is to identify essential elements of its study.
Arts & Ideas (7th edition)
by William FlemingIntended for courses in Western Humanities, this book chronologically explores the major styles as they appear in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from antiquity to present using lively anecdotes.
Adventures in Appreciation (Athena Edition)
by Carroll Moulton Glenda Zumwalt William BassellThe book is a collection of poems, stories, dramas and biographies from different books. It has questions at the end of each section, breaks down the process of essay writing and also defines some vocabulary at the end of each illustration.
When Everybody Wore a Hat
by William SteigFrom the book: This is the story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody wore a hat.
Pictures of Adam
by Myron LevoyFourteen-year-old Lisa, a talented amateur photographer, becomes involved in a bittersweet relationship with an emotionally disturbed boy when she does a photo essay on his run-down home up in the hills.
Art Dog
by Thacher HurdSomeone has stolen the Mona Woofa from the Dogopolis Museum of Art and it's up to Art Dog, the mysterious, masked painter, to find the missing masterpiece. With the same high-spirited fun and adventure that have made Mystery on the Docks and Mama Don't Allow such perennially popular stories, Hurd serves up a new action-packed tale to delight young readers.
William Shakespeare and the Globe
by AlikiFrom "Hamlet", to "Romeo and Juliet", to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Shakespeare's celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare's world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater.
Stink Alley
by Jamie GilsonIn this authentic and entertaining story of 17th-century Holland, 12-year-old Lizzie finds that her undisciplined tongue and willful spirit are always getting her in trouble. Her kitchen craft has landed her a job cooking for a Dutch family, whose precocious eight-year-old son has a nose for trouble even greater than Lizzy's own.
Rain Is Not My Indian Name
by Cynthia Leitich SmithThe next day was my fourteenth birthday, and I'd never kissed a boy--domestic style or French. Right then, I decided to get myself a teen life. Cassidy Rain Berghoff didn't know that the very night she decided to get a life would be the night that Galen would lose his. It's been six months since her best friend died, and up until now Rain has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around her aunt Georgia's Indian Camp in their mostly white mid western community, Rain decides to face the outside world again--at least through the lens of her camera. Hired by her town newspaper to photograph the campers, Rain soon finds that she has to decide how involved she wants to become in Indian Camp. Does she want to keep a professional distance from the inter tribal community she belongs to? And just how willing is she to connect with the campers after her great loss? In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, Cynthia Leitich Smith tells of heartbreak, recovery, and reclaiming one's place in the world.
On Your Toes: A Ballet ABC
by Rachel IsadoraA former professional ballerina and Caldecott Honor artist presents this ABC book that gives young readers an inside look at the ballet while explaining terms and positions using the alphabet.
Animal Antics: From A to Z
by Anita LobelFrom adoring alligators to zany zebras, the animals in this book are sure to keep you amused with their antics. And look at the acrobats! For they are a talented group indeed.