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Just because these classic stories are usually told from the
protagonists' point of view doesn't mean the antagonists don't have
their side of the story, too. Of course you think I was the bad
guy, terrifying poor little Jack. You don't know the other side of
the story. Well, let me tell you.
* Helps teachers/leaders incorporate social justice themes and
lessons into their curriculum; aligns well with CCSS * Written
practically and accessibly to make it easy for readers to engage
with * Features ready to use rubrics and assignment sheets as well
as access to digital resources.
* Helps teachers/leaders incorporate social justice themes and
lessons into their curriculum; aligns well with CCSS * Written
practically and accessibly to make it easy for readers to engage
with * Features ready to use rubrics and assignment sheets as well
as access to digital resources.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help tenth-grade students connect their
existing knowledge about energy production and its effects on the
natural environment to create innovations in renewable sources of
energy based on research evidence. -Written and developed for
tenth-grade teachers, the book offers lesson plans challenging
students to draw from different academic disciplines to design an
innovative way to meet society's energy needs and to develop a
pitch to market their innovation, focusing on how the innovation
will optimize human experiences while being mindful of the natural
environment. -Anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards,
the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century
Learning, which can be used in full or in part to meet the needs of
districts, schools and teachers charting a course toward an
integrated STEM approach.
"For a man who proudly described himself as "simple," Barry
Goldwater remains a historical puzzle."
Barry Goldwater IS the conscience of a conservative.
Spot On is spot on! The most popular course in South Africa, Spot
On has everything a learner needs in one book. Spot On improves
results, makes learning enjoyable, makes teaching a pleasure and is
easy to use. The Spot On Teacher’s Guide comes with printable
planning material, Formal Assessment Tasks, revision tests and
exams.
The Collins Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives series offers a
skills-building approach to the Cambridge Primary Global
Perspectives curriculum framework (0838) from 2022. We are working
with Cambridge Assessment International Education towards
endorsement of this title for the Cambridge Primary Global
Perspectives curriculum framework (0838) from 2022. * Focused on
developing the six Global Perspectives skill strands, the Student's
book provides full coverage of the Stage 6 Cambridge Primary Global
Perspectives curriculum framework. * Each chapter enables students
to develop their Global Perspectives skills through practical
exploration of one of sixteen global topics. Stage 6 explores
Looking after planet Earth, Health and wellbeing, Moving goods and
people and Values and belief, and the final unit focuses students'
work on a team report, and the skills needed for this. * Students
will investigate issues relating to the topics within their school,
family, local surroundings and culture. Learners will build skills
to support their work in the final task of each unit, which draws
their learning together, allowing them to undertake a piece of
research, analysis or an action in their school or learning
community. * There are regular opportunities for reflection and
self-assessment. * The rich and engaging Student's Book content
provides students with a variety of sources, with an international
focus, to support their learning. * Prepare students for a seamless
transition to Lower Secondary.
This book examines the processes of economic and political reform in Tunisia, placing the current policies of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali within their historical context. Emma Murphy develops a theoretical understanding of the relationship between economic liberalization and political change in the Arab world, developing the concept of the disarticulation of the corporatist state and concluding that, despite efforts at democratization, an authoritarian political system is a more likely successor in the era of economic transformation.
"This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines
how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority
through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that
differences from one society to another, and across historical
periods, challenge current understandings of elite
distinction"--Provided by publisher.
The United States' social and economic inequities stood in high
relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, spotlighting the glaringly
disproportionate systemic injustices related to public health and
the economic impact on minoritized communities. Realities of
structural and institutionalized racism and classism were exposed
to greater degrees as we sought to understand and investigate the
inequitable impact regarding health and income disparities for
African American, Latinx, and Native American communities, as well
as racial violence explicitly targeting Asian American communities.
Further exacerbating the polarized sociopolitical landscape amidst
the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, witnessed by
countless people around the world, resulted in anguish and drew
heightened attention to the insidious racial injustice and ongoing
racial violence that continues to plague the nation. As many
advocates took to the streets in an attempt to have their voices
heard in the continued struggle for racial equality, the federal
government tried to further silence those who have been
historically placed on the margins, including the attack of
critical race theory, antiracism work in education, and training
for diversity and inclusion. Consequently, it is imperative social
science educators are equipped with the knowledge, tools, and
dispositions to facilitate learning that explores the implications
of power, privilege, and oppression and ask important questions to
ensure voices that have been muffled, or silenced altogether, are
strategically unsilenced, voiced, and valued. Given the
perpetuation of inequities, existing educational disparities, and
the continued need for reconciliation, this volume explores how the
social sciences can be examined and reimagined to combat injustices
and support further diversity, equity, and inclusion. Authors
explore how educators can (a) understand how knowledge is
constructed, shaped, and influences how students see the world, (b)
problematize current curricular approaches and reframe
instructional practices, (c) employ a critical lens to attend to
and proactively address existing challenges and inequities related
to race, (d) infuse their teaching with greater attention to
diversity and inclusion for all students; and (e) promote increased
awareness, advocacy, and educational justice. Through the
examination of research, theory, and practitioner-oriented
strategies, the authors encourage reflection, inspire calls for
action, and explore how to teach about, proactively challenge, and
encourage continued examination of society to support progress
through increased critical consciousness, cultural competence, and
critical multiculturalism.
The No Outsiders programme promotes an ethos of inclusion and
tolerance, and aims to prepare children for life in modern Britain.
Expanding the scheme published in the 2015 book, No Outsiders in
Our Schools, this book is designed to further support educators as
they make the No Outsiders ethos part of their school culture at a
time when messages of fear and division are rife. Written by a
practising teacher whose work to promote equality has been globally
celebrated, this book provides lesson plans for use in classes from
EYFS to Year 6. Key features of the resource include: * plans for
delivering the No Outsiders message through assemblies and classes,
allowing for a flexible approach * recommendations for picture
books that can be used to support messages of diversity and
inclusion * a scheme of work designed to meet the requirements of
the Equalities Act (2010) and support teachers as they prepare to
implement the new Relationships Education curriculum (2020). It is
the responsibility of primary schools to promote equality and
diversity. This is a vital resource for all teachers and trainee
teachers as they prepare children for a life where diversity is
embraced and there is no fear of difference.
Mark Kurlansky's bestselling works of nonfiction view the history
of the world through unexpected lenses, including cod, salt, and
paper. In this new book for young readers his lens is the art of
the big lie. Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and
corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent,
win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and
wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization. They corrupt public
understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent
history. They prevent humanity from addressing critical challenges.
They perpetuate injustices. They destabilize the world. As with his
book World Without Fish, Kurlansky has written A History of Big
Lies for young readers, the future stewards of our world. It is not
only a history but a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and
thinking critically. "I hope that you will keep asking yourself
what is true as you read this book and live your life," he entreats
readers at the outset. "If the Age of Enlightenment is not to be
followed by the Age of Chaos, we have to think for ourselves." A
History of Big Lies soars across history, alighting on the "noble
lies" of Socrates and Plato, Nero blaming Christians for the
burning of Rome, the great injustices of the Middle Ages, the big
lies of Stalin and Hitler and their terrible consequences, and the
reckless lies of contemporary demagogues, which are amplified
through social media. Lies against women and Jews are two examples
in the long history of "othering" the vulnerable for personal gain.
Nor does America escape Kurlansky's equal-opportunity spotlight.
The modern age has provided ever-more-effective ways of spreading
lies, but it has also given us the scientific method, which is the
most effective tool for finding what is true. In the book's final
chapter, Kurlansky reveals ways to deconstruct an allegation. Is
there credible, testable evidence to support it? If not, suspect a
lie. A scientific theory has to be testable, and so does an
allegation. Who is the source? Who benefits? Is there a money
trail? Especially in the age of social media, critical thinking
counters lies and chaos. "Belief is a choice," Kurlansky writes,
"and honesty begins in each of us. A lack of caring what is true or
false is the undoing of democracy. The alternative to truth is a
corrupt state in which the loudest voices and most seductive lies
confer power and wealth on grifters and oligarchs. We cannot
achieve a healthy planet for all the world's people if we do not
keep asking what is true."
This book emerged from the online project 'A Manifesto for Media
Education' and takes forward its starting points by asking some of
the original contributors to expand upon their view of the purpose
of media education and to support their perspective with accounts
of practice. Unlike other books, which focus on a particular sector
or offer a guide to teaching for particular exam specifications,
this book seeks to widen the debate and offers perspectives on
where media education has been and where it might be going. With
chapters from leading figures in the field, including David
Buckingham and Henry Jenkins, Current Perspectives in Media
Education brings together a range of viewpoints from across all
sectors, from primary to university and including accounts from the
UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
This book blends multiple research studies, historical and current
events, reflective teaching examples, and guidance for LGBTQ+
inclusion and queer pedagogy in elementary schools. It is divided
into three sections to guide the readers from a broad understanding
of the hxstories of LGBTQ+ discriminations, rights, and some
communities' resistance to LGBTQ+ children, teachers, and
curriculum to a focused invitation into the author's own
reflections, teaching, and discussions with children about LGBTQ+
literature and topics. The volume provides hxstories, theoretical
and methodological inquiry, resources, and encouragement for
teacher-researchers ready to engage LGBTQ+-inclusion and queer
literacy pedagogy in their classrooms, schools, and communities.
With PISA tables, accountability, and performance management
pulling educators in one direction, and the understanding that
education is a social process embedded in cultural contexts,
tailored to meet the needs and challenges of individuals and
communities in another, it is easy to end up in seeing teachers as
positioned as opponents to the 'system'. Jerome and Starkey argue
that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC, 1989) can provide a pragmatic starting point for educators
to challenge some of these unsettling trends in a way which does
not set up unnecessary opposition with policy-makers. They review
the evidence from international evaluations, surveys and case
studies about practice in human rights and child right education
before exploring the key principles of transformative and
experiential education to offer a robust theoretical framework that
can guide the development of child rights education. They also draw
out practical implications and outline a series of teaching and
learning approaches that are values informed, aligned with
children's rights and focused on quality learning.
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