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Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities
'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English
Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated
to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are
filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes,
characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much
more.
This bundle book is a compilation of three of KidCaps top selling
history books; it is the second in a three-part volume. The first
volume presents the following wars in an easy to understand format
that kids love: *The First World War *The Second World War *The
Korean War
It will help you to: Check what you know - the warm-up activities
in the knowledge booster section help you recap what you already
know about the topic. Understand the exam questions - the exam
skills section break down each type of questions so you can see how
it works, then the 'steps to success' skills builder shows you how
to construct the answer Practice with exam-style questions - the
practice paper give you the change to putt your skills into action,
writing straight into the book, supported by plenty of hand hints
and tips to keep you focused Develop your skills and understanding
- the example answers to the proactive paper use student-friendly
mark schemes and annotations to show you what makes them successful
responses.
SELECTIONS: A Journey Toward Spiritual Formation The opening words
of the Prologue are as good a beginning toward a description of the
book as any: What began as a contemplative practice soon became a
time of self-examination, and then an ongoing reading of the New
Testament, followed by an aroused intellectual curiosity that led
to research into scriptural exegesis, and finally, after years of
repetition and reflection, to a satisfying experience of
internalization. Somewhere along the way I realized I was working
on my own personal spiritual formation. This is how my alternative
New Testament Lectionary came into being. My "uncommon lectionary"
is an invitation to a spiritual pilgrimage through salient
selections of New Testament passages. For those involved in or
interested in the Christian Movement there is no better place to
dig deeper. The New Testament text is provided so one does not have
to fumble around to find one's own copy. After describing the
evolution of the process, the book is divided into the seasons of
the Christian Year. Each week correlates a Gospel Reading and an
Epistle Reading. There is background material for each section,
setting the stage for the specific season. The reader is guided
through the reading in a lectio divina style, with variations to
keep it from becoming too repetitious. Unique to the book are some
"gentle challenges" in each week's reading to help the reader press
beneath the surface. These vary with each season, ranging from an
invitation to record several "I Believe" statements about a
particular passage to creating three handwritten, free-flowing
"Lenten Pages." During Holy Week one may be asked to practice one
hour of "Sacred Silence." Pentecost challenges the reader to
compose a Haiku based on the passages for the week. Missiontide
presses for an essay of no less than three, no more than five
sentences on each passage relative to the question, "What now is
expected of me." These "gentle challenges" are designed to lead one
to deeper reflection and clearer focus on the lectionary passages
for a given week. They help us to activate our soul's contemplative
nature. They also encourage us to allow the key words in a passage
to be formed into a personal prayer. I believe that serious
reflection, focus, contemplation, and prayer can draw us along a
path toward spiritual formation. The Seasons of the Christian Year
have a mystical correlation to the seasons of our own lives. To my
mind, this book has an appeal to that general audience that wants
to discover the deeper, more progressive aspects of the Christian
Faith. For many in the general audience, SELECTIONS: A Journey
Toward Spiritual Formation will be simply a book of daily
devotions. I believe, too, that churches will find it helpful and
effective in retreats, small groups, and class sessions. Many of my
colleagues in ministry have expressed an interest in an alternative
lectionary. They, too, would find this book very useful. I have
tested it in all these ways with very positive responses.
Invokes curiosity and wonder to engage all pupils through arresting
source material, thought-provoking enquiry and clear, vibrant
pates. Supports development of thinking skills through progressive
steps in each enquiry, which gradually build understanding and
support individuals' thinking. Supports development of thinking
skills thorough progressive steps in each enquiry, which gradually
build understanding and support individuals' thinking. Explicit and
meaningful support for assessment for learning; including
systematic attention to learning objectives and sharing these with
pupils. Encourages and challenges pupils of al abilities through
differentiated steps based on key questions of historical
significance. 'Extra access' and 'extra challenge' support ideas
are provided in the Teacher's Books. Effectively aids the teaching
of literacy across the curriculum through a rich range of texts.
MasterClass in Religious Education provides a comprehensive
exploration of the major themes in religious education research and
pedagogy, drawing on international research. The author draws
together historical, theological/religious and comparative and
international perspectives to explore religious education's role in
confronting controversial issues, and the implications this has for
teaching, learning and research. This book incorporates discussions
of current, post-9/11 debates on religion in the modern world,
focusing particularly on the relationship of religion to secular,
political contexts. Liam Gearon pays close attention to debates
around religion in liberal democratic societies, looking at topics
such as citizenship, human rights, and identity.
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