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Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages with
history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the
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This collection presents theoretical, critical, applied, and
pedagogical questions and cases of publics and public spheres,
examining these contexts as sources and sites of civic engagement.
Reflecting the current state of rhetorical theory and research, the
contributions arise from the 2002 conference proceedings of the
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). The collected essays bring
together rhetoricians of different intellectual stripes in a
multi-traditional conversation about rhetoric's place in a
democracy. In addition to the wide variety of topics presented at
the RSA conference, the volume also includes the papers from the
President's Panel, which addressed the rhetoric surrounding
September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. Other topics include the
rhetorics of cyberpolitical culture, race, citizenship,
globalization, the environment, new media, public memory, and more.
This volume makes a singular contribution toward improving the
understanding of rhetoric's role in civic engagement and public
discourse, and will serve scholars and students in rhetoric,
political studies, and cultural studies.
This collection presents theoretical, critical, applied, and
pedagogical questions and cases of publics and public spheres,
examining these contexts as sources and sites of civic engagement.
Reflecting the current state of rhetorical theory and research, the
contributions arise from the 2002 conference proceedings of the
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). The collected essays bring
together rhetoricians of different intellectual stripes in a
multi-traditional conversation about rhetoric's place in a
democracy. In addition to the wide variety of topics presented at
the RSA conference, the volume also includes the papers from the
President's Panel, which addressed the rhetoric surrounding
September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. Other topics include the
rhetorics of cyberpolitical culture, race, citizenship,
globalization, the environment, new media, public memory, and more.
This volume makes a singular contribution toward improving the
understanding of rhetoric's role in civic engagement and public
discourse, and will serve scholars and students in rhetoric,
political studies, and cultural studies.
THE BOOK BEHIND THE BBC SERIES 'HIS DARK MATERIALS' The third
volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking HIS DARK MATERIALS
trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO television
series starring Ruth Wilson, Dafne Keen and James McAvoy. "We're
going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back." Will
and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own
worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each
other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been -
and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever
returned... The first series was the most-watched new British show
in five years - and peaked at 7.2 million viewers. It received a
5-star review from Lucy Mangan in The Guardian: "a riveting
realisation of Philip Pullman's magic". HIS DARK MATERIALS is one
of the most popular and successful children's series of all time.
A Teacher's Guide to Philosophy for Children provides educators
with the process and structures to engage children in inquiring as
a group into 'big' moral, ethical and spiritual questions, while
also considering curricular necessities and the demands of national
and local standards. Based on the actual experiences of educators
in diverse and global classroom contexts, this comprehensive guide
gives you the tools you need to introduce philosophical thinking
into your classroom, curriculum and beyond. Drawing on
research-based educational and psychological models, this book
highlights the advantages gained by students who regularly
participate in philosophical discussion: from building cognitive
and social/emotional development, to becoming more informed
citizens. Helpful tools and supplementary online resources offer
additional frameworks for supporting and sustaining a higher level
of thinking and problem-solving among your students. This practical
guide is essential reading for teachers, coaches and anyone
wondering how you can effectively teach philosophy in your
classroom.
In the last decade alone, the world has changed in seismic ways as
marriage equality has been ruled on by the supreme court, social
justice issues such as #metoo and BlackLivesMatter have arisen, and
issues of immigration and deportation have come to the forefront of
politics across the globe. Thus, there is a need for an updated
text that shares strategies for combining canonical and young adult
literature that reflects the changes society has - and continues to
- experience. The purpose of our collection is to offer secondary
(6-12) teachers engaging ideas and approaches for pairing young
adult and canonical novels to provide unique examinations of topics
that teaching either text in isolation could not afford. Our
collection does not center canonical texts and most chapters show
how both texts complement each other rather than the young adult
text being only an extension of the canonical. Within each volume,
the chapters are organized chronologically according to the
publication date of the canonical text. The pairings offered in
this collection allow for comparisons in some cases, for extensions
in others, and for critique in all.
Based on the New Curriculum for Citizenship, this book provides
practitioners in secondary schools with the essential tools needed
to teach citizenship. The authors provide an overview of the
citizenship order and give guidance on how to fulfill its three
main elements: social and moral responsibility, community
involvement and political literacy.
The book focuses on curriculum developments, teaching, learning
and assessment issues and includes a rationale for planning schemes
of work in citizenship for the whole school. It also includes
lesson plans, teaching ideas and resources, and step-by-step
guidance on assessment.
Emphasis is placed on including all pupils and references are
made to cross-curricular links with other subjects.
John Dewey wrote in multiple places that education should be an
experience of the content and processes of life itself. Too often,
social studies is taught in a way that tells students about
real-life, but fails to engage them in the process of life for
which Dewey advocated. The core purpose of simulations is to
reflect the processes, events, and phenomena expressed in a variety
of real-life domains. They engage students in these reflections of
real life meaningfully, as active agents who have the power to make
decisions that impact the direction of events and that lead to both
intended and unintended consequences. Because of the nature of
simulations, students who participate in them are able to build
their capacities to think in complex and critical ways. Today,
despite the growing evidence that simulations have an important
role to play in the teaching of social studies, they remain an
underutilized and undervalued approach to the discipline. One of
the key obstacles to their widespread adoption is the limited
availability of training resources available to social studies
teachers. Teachers need support to develop a new vision of social
studies teaching and learning coupled with practical guidance
necessary to implement simulations effectively. This volume
provides teachers with both. When teachers are able to weave
simulations effectively into the fabric of social studies teaching
and learning, they help to promote social studies experiences that
are both powerful and purposeful. They offer students an experience
of the discipline that is, indeed, More Like Life Itself.
Bringing together over 25 years of research into the social aspects
of learning disabilities (LD), this book presents a range of topics
that reflect on the richness of research interests in the
discipline. In honor of Tanis Bryan, the pioneer in research on
social competence of children with LD, the researchers that follow
her lead systematically examine critical issues in the social
relationships of these children. The book begins by placing the
work of Bryan and her research associates' in context, in terms of
the prevailing theoretical frameworks and social political
influences that led to the enormous impact of the work. The
chapters that follow discuss:
*social cognition in children and adolescents with LD;
*self-understanding and self-esteem in children and adults with
LD;
*the lonely plight, peer influence, and friendship patterns of
children with LD;
*parental understanding and how this understanding shapes their
scaffolding of learning in their children with language
disabilities;
*a new intervention approach toward enhancing self-concept and
reading comprehension in LD students through bibliotherapy;
*important and timely information on interventions for enhancing
peer relations and preventing drop-out in adolescents;
*models in longitudinal research with implications for research on
social dimensions of LD; and
*the important role of teachers in enhancing classroom social
experiences for students with LD.
Summarizing research findings and their implications in the
various areas in the field, this book will be an excellent text for
a special topics course in graduate programs in learning
disabilities, special education, psychology, and social work. In
addition, it will be a highly important resource for
university/college teachers, researchers, graduate and honors
students, and professionals in learning disabilities, social
psychology, and social work.
In this educational era of increasing emphasis on student
performance, there is a definite shortage of high-interest
resources through which teachers can effectively address the ten
standards identified by the National Council for the Social Studies
(NCSS). Teachers need ideas for simple, low-cost activities, which
they can do with their students to allow social studies learning to
occur in an interesting, engaging manner. Now there is a resource
designed with hands-on learning opportunities that are aligned with
the NCSS standards. Included in this sourcebook are: * Assessment
rubrics * Student and professional technology resources *
Descriptions of various instructional models * An appendix
containing background information to facilitate the users'
understanding of certain activities * A glossary of specialty terms
and concepts used Each activity, which addresses multiple
standards, can be used for enrichment or to accommodate students
with various needs. The activities feature: * Recommendations for
interesting children's literature * Links to web sites related to
each activity * Suggestions for adaptations or extensions to
effectively meet the needs of specific students Will be of interest
to pre-service and in-service elementary teachers who want to
enliven their classrooms with student involvement and interest in
social studies topics.
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On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California,
became the first woman and the first African-American and South
Asian-American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While
her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to
national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and
obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she
tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the
legal ranks, serving as district attorney of San Francisco, then
California's attorney general, and soon, senator. As a politician,
Kamala Harris has been a vocal champion of progressive reforms and
women's rights. This exciting story details the defining moments of
what led to her nomination and all the monumental ones since that
have shaped her career and the future of America.
This text supports student teachers, NQTs and practitioners in
implementing the Citizenship Order in secondary schools - to be
introduced in September 2002. With a practical, clear focus, the
authors provide: an intellectual challenge; argument and evidence
to help the reader come to an informed view on the complex and
controversial issues in each chapter; well-focused examples; and
strategies for use in the classroom.
Addressing education for citizenship and the teaching of democracy
in schools, the final report of the advisory group set up by the
Secretary of State for Education notes a need for citizenship
education as a distinct part of the curriculum, but also recognizes
that "it can be taught in combination with other subjects". It
highlights history as one of the key subjects. This book defines
the contribution that history can make to citizenship and democracy
education, and which it must make if citizenship education is to be
effective in a crowded curriculum. It addresses both the ways in
which the content and the pedagogy of the secondary history
curriculum can contribute to the teaching of citizenship and ways
in which the proposed content of the curriculum for citizenship can
be addressed through history. Theoretical discussion is used to
provide a platform for the presentation of practical teaching
suggestions. The use of case studies in the final section clarifies
classroom issues.
Do you want to be the next Richard Branson? Have you developed the
new Angry Birds game? Do you bake the most delicious recipes that
people just need to try? Then you need Be A Young Entrepreneur! In
this book you will learn all the business advice, practical tips,
real-life stories, up-to-date ideas and inspiration you need to
make a success of your first business. Starting your own company
doesn't have to be boring and this book is all about inspiring you
to think creatively about your company, guiding you through every
step, from registering your company name to elevator pitches, all
stress-free. A great title for project work or leisure reading.
Written by award-winning journalist Adam Sutherland and illustrated
by the ever-popular award-winner Mike Gordon.
Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Modern Studies First
Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: May 2019 Get your best grade with
comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts,
fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher assessment. How
to Pass Higher Modern Studies Second Edition contains all the
advice and support you need to revise successfully for your Higher
exam. It combines an overview of the course syllabus with advice
from top experts on how to improve exam performance, so you have
the best chance of success. - Revise confidently with up-to-date
guidance tailored to the latest SQA assessment changes - Refresh
your knowledge with comprehensive, tailored subject notes - Prepare
for the exam with top tips and hints on revision techniques - Get
your best grade with advice on how to gain those vital extra marks
This book is part of the Cavendish Essential series. The books in
the series are designed to provide useful revision aids for the
hard-pressed student. They are not,of course, intended to be
substitutes for more detailed treatises. Other textbooks in the
Cavendish portfolio must supply these gaps. The Cavendish Essential
Series is now in its second edition and is a well established
favourite among students. The team of authors bring a wealth of
lecturing and examining experience to the task in hand. Many
students who have studied or are studying law find the experience
'painful'. One of the main complaints is that there is so much to
learn and so many cases to remember. This book is written based on
both A Level and GCSE Law Syllabus. For students who progress to
higher level, this book can also be used as a basis for them to
develop their own personal law revision notes.
Accompanying "Developing Citizenship in Schools", but also fully
stand-alone, this is a resource for busy teachers. It features
detailed lesson plans and schemes of work to assist them with
developing citizenship in their teaching activities. With the
introduction of a new curriculum in 2000, citizenship education is
a key issue for all teachers. This practical guide provides
activities for use in teaching, and includes lesson plans,
photocopiable work sheets and guides to further resources.
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