In this volume experienced and new college- and university-level teachers will find practical, adaptable strategies for designing or updating courses in western American literature and western studies. Teaching Western American Literature features the latest developments in western literary research and cultural studies as well as pedagogical best practices in course development. Contributors provide practical models and suggestions for courses and assignments while presenting concrete strategies for teaching works both inside and outside the canon. In addition, Brady Harrison and Randi Lynn Tanglen have assembled insights from pioneering western studies instructors with workable strategies and practical advice for translating this often complex material for classrooms from freshman writing courses to graduate seminars. Teaching Western American Literature reflects the cutting edge of western American literary study, featuring diverse approaches allied with women's, gender, queer, environmental, disability, and Indigenous studies and providing instructors with entree into classrooms of leading scholars in the field.

In A Book About My Grandpa, Grandpa's precious grandchild is the author and illustrator of a book all about Grandpa Sentences are started but left for the grandchild to finish, along with a blank adjacent page for the grandchild's own unique artwork illustrating what he or she has just written. A Book About My Grandpa would make a cherished one-of-a-kind birthday, Grandparent's Day, Father's Day, or Christmas gift. Encourage your child's creativity, and put a smile on Grandpa's face at the same time

In A Book About My Grandma, Grandma's precious grandchild is the author and illustrator of a book all about Grandma Sentences are started but left for the grandchild to finish, along with a blank adjacent page for the grandchild's own unique artwork illustrating what he or she has just written. A Book About My Grandma would make a cherished one-of-a-kind birthday, Grandparent's Day, Mother's Day, or Christmas gift. Encourage your child's creativity, and put a smile on Grandma's face at the same time

Filled with stories and poetry as well as some great articles, The StoryTeller Tymes magazine is sure to please children 8-12 years of age. This month, get advice from Betty Sue, explore Halloween with Sally Clark, and play with ghosts with M. Wilkinson. Learn about Poison Dart Frogs with Randi Lynn Mrvos. Horoscopes, Halloween Safety Tips, and more are waiting inside the cover for you.

100 Income Streams for Full-time Moms: Because Your Children are Your Full-time Job is an essential resource for full-time moms or those who wish to be stay-at-home moms. The purpose of the content is to provide a plethora of possible income streams to boost the family's income so the mother can afford to stay home with her children and focus on her main job - being a mom. With a self-assessment to help mothers decide what income streams would best meet their needs, there's sure to be at least one suitable income stream for every mother to earn a part-time or full-time income on her own terms while still being a full-time mom. What others are saying about 100 Income Streams for Full-time Moms: ..".I will be recommending this book to everyone who attends one of my debt-elimination workshops." Bob Marette, author of From A Millstone To A Milestone "What a great resource for moms who are just starting out on their work-at-home journey..." Jill Hart, Christian Work at Home Moms(r)

Choosing to read this book is taking the first step toward being in control of your finances. After all, that is the goal of budgeting. Whether you want to get out of debt, live within your means, or just know where your money is going, a budget is a great first step Simple. Basic. Easy to read. Easy to understand. Quit worrying about money. Learn how to use a budget to make sure you're always able to pay your bills. Be in control of your finances. Start today What others are saying about Basic Budgeting: "Randi Lynn Millward has a wonderfully concise, easy to understand way to provide practical advice on how to control personal finances." - SingleMom.com "The painless methods set forth makes a person not only feel better about the process, but actually helps a person to look past the 'budget' to the results of being in control. This is a must-read book for any person struggling with their finances because since it is so straightforward, 'anyone' can do it." - Bob Marette, Author of "From A Millstone To A Milestone: Get Out of Debt in 5-7 Years, Including Mortgage by Applying God's Principles" ..".no matter what stage of life you are in: rich, poor, middle class, single or married, a budget will help you have a financial plan." - Julie Thompson www.mylilbudgetbook.etsy.com

Ever wonder how to teach your children that money doesn't grow on trees? Money may not grow on trees, but lemons do With Beyond the Traditional Lemonade Stand: Creative Business Stand Plans for Children of All Ages, you can help your kids not only turn lemons into lemonade, but also turn lemonade into money. Listing the materials needed for the business stand, a basic overview of the business, the recommended age for kids to be while hosting that particular stand, the target audience, recommended locations to host the stand, and a brief section on what that particular stand may teach the kids who are operating it, this book is the parent's ultimate resource of creative business stand plans for children of any age at any time of the year. The fifty-three stands listed provide a source of family fun, education, and income for the reader's children. The businesses in the book can be used for personal profit or as fundraisers and can easily be adapted for children of any age to host.

Showcasing California's Central Valley, Westlands uses documentary photography to examine the danger drought and water policies represent to farming. The valley has been a productive food-growing region for decades, but water shortages and complicated laws have placed the region's farms-and subsequently its communities and culture-in precarious conditions. Moving beyond simplified narratives of environmentalist versus farmer or government versus worker, Westlands reveals the complex story of fragile ecosystems, a growing population, and the need for social responsibility and sustainable solutions. The lessons suggested in these breathtaking photographs apply not just to California but to worldwide conversations about water usage and rights.

Popular American fiction has now secured a routine position in the higher education classroom despite its historic status as culturally suspect. This newfound respect and inclusion have almost certainly changed the pedagogical landscape, and Teaching Tainted Lit explores that altered terrain. If the academy has historically ignored, or even sneered at, the popular, then its new accommodation within the framework of college English is noteworthy: surely the popular introduces both pleasures and problems that did not exist when faculty exclusively taught literature from anestablished "high" canon. How, then, does the assumption that the popular matters affect teaching strategies, classroom climates, and both personal and institutional notions about what it means to study literature? The essays in this collection presume that the popular is here to stay and that its instructive implications are not merely noteworthy,but richly nuanced and deeply compelling. They address a broad variety of issues concerning canonicity, literature, genre, and theclassroom, as its contributors teach everything from Stephen King and Lady Gaga to nineteenthcentury dime novels and the 1852bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin. It is no secret that teaching popular texts fuels controversies about the value of cultural studies, the alleged relaxation of aestheticstandards, and the possible "dumbing down" of Americans. By implicitly and explicitly addressing such contentious issues, these essays invite a broader conversation about the place of thepopular not only in higher education but in the reading lives of all Americans.