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available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The U.S. Senate is so sharply polarized along partisan and
ideological lines today that it’s easy to believe it was always
this way. But in the turbulent 1960s, even as battles over civil
rights and the war in Vietnam dominated American politics,
bipartisanship often prevailed. One key reason: two remarkable
leaders who remain giants of the Senate—Republican leader Everett
Dirksen of Illinois and Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of
Montana, the longest-serving majority leader in Senate history, so
revered for his integrity, fairness, and modesty that the late
Washington Post reporter David Broder called him “the greatest
American I ever met.” The political and personal relationship of
these party leaders, extraordinary by today’s standards, is the
lens through which Marc C. Johnson examines the Senate in that
tumultuous time. Working together, with the Democrat often ceding
public leadership to his Republican counterpart, Mansfield and
Dirksen passed landmark civil rights and voting rights legislation,
created Medicare, and helped bring about a foundational nuclear
arms limitation treaty. The two leaders could not have been more
different in personality and style: Mansfield, a laconic,
soft-spoken, almost shy college history professor, and Dirksen, an
aspiring actor known for his flamboyance and sense of humor, dubbed
the “Wizard of Ooze” by reporters. Drawing on extensive Senate
archives, Johnson explores the congressional careers of these
iconic leaders, their intimate relationships with Presidents John
F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and their own close professional
friendship based on respect, candor, and mutual affection. A study
of politics but also an analysis of different approaches to
leadership, this is a portrait of a U.S. Senate that no longer
exists—one in which two leaders, while exercising partisan
political responsibilities, could still come together to pass
groundbreaking legislation—and a reminder of what is possible.
A collection of comedic and dramatic monologues with 50 monologues
for guys and 50 monologues for girls.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help students use the engineering design
process (EDP) to design and create prototypes of compost systems
-Written and developed for elementary school teachers, the book
offers lesson plans guiding students to synthesize their learning
about biotic and abiotic factors, decomposition, and engineering
design into full-scale models -Anchored in the Next Generation
Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the
Framework for 21st Century Learning
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help students devise a model for counting
populations of a given species on Earth and develop a formal
presentation of their models for consideration -Written and
developed for middle school teachers, the book offers lesson plans
guiding students to examine species’ ecosystems, explore global
populations with an economic and geographical lens, take on the
role of an urban planner considering the consequences of population
density and overpopulation, and share relevant literature -Anchored
in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State
Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning
Human geographers have been at the forefront of research that
examines the relationships between space, culture and society. This
volume contains twenty-one essays, published over the past thirty
years, that are iconic instances of this investigative field. With
a focus on four broad themes - landscape, identity, colonialism,
nature - these essays represent some of the best and most
innovative interventions that geographers have made on these
topics. From the visual to the corporeal, from rural Ceylon to
urban America and from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first,
this volume brings together a set of theoretically sophisticated
and empirically grounded works.
Human geographers have been at the forefront of research that
examines the relationships between space, culture and society. This
volume contains twenty-one essays, published over the past thirty
years, that are iconic instances of this investigative field. With
a focus on four broad themes - landscape, identity, colonialism,
nature - these essays represent some of the best and most
innovative interventions that geographers have made on these
topics. From the visual to the corporeal, from rural Ceylon to
urban America and from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first,
this volume brings together a set of theoretically sophisticated
and empirically grounded works.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, five-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help seventh grade students investigate
the health, social, and economic impacts of GMO production and
consumption, designed to infuse real-world learning into K-12
classrooms. -Written and developed for seventh grade teachers, the
book offers lesson plans guiding students to research different
aspects of GMO production and consumption, analyze various sources
of research, and share their findings by creating a documentary.
-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.
-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.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, three-lesson module using project-
and problem-based learning to help ninth-grade students investigate
different epochs and time periods of the Earth's formation.
-Written and developed for ninth grade teachers, the book offers
lesson plans guiding students to identify, define and describe the
attributes scientists use to delineate Earth's eras, periods, and
epochs, in order to determine the appropriate boundary event to
define the Anthropocene Epoch, and to develop a publication-ready
textbook entry for an Earth science textbook. -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.
What if you could challenge your eleventh graders to come up with a
design solution for developing, managing, and utilizing mineral
resources? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series,
you can! Mineral Resources outlines a journey that will steer your
students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in
integrated STEM disciplines. Like the other volumes in the series,
this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world
learning into K-12 classrooms. This interdisciplinary, three-lesson
module uses project- and problem-based learning to help students
develop an in-depth understanding of mineral resources by
researching the utility and impact of particular mineral resources
on society. Working in teams, students will locate quantitative and
qualitative data on mineral resources and discern the reliability
of the information, then use their data to write an opinion article
and develop a website to convince readers of the effectiveness of a
particular design solution for developing, managing, and utilizing
mineral resources. To support this goal, students will do the
following: Explain how mineral resources are located and used in
various ways in society. Explain why mineral resources are
important to society. Critically evaluate quantitative and
qualitative data about mineral resources. Write an opinion article
demonstrating their knowledge about competing design solutions for
extracting mineral resources. The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
is anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common
Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning.
In-depth and flexible, Mineral Resources can be used as a whole
unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and
teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM
approach.
This book explores the relationships between empire, natural
history, and gender in the production of geographical knowledge and
its translation between colonial Burma and Britain. Focusing on the
work of the plant collector, botanical illustrator, and naturalist,
Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe, this book illustrates how natural history
was practised and produced by a woman working in the tropics from
1897 to 1921. Drawing on the extensive and under-studied archive of
private and official correspondence, diaries, sketchbooks,
photographs, paintings, and plant lists of Wheeler-Cuffe, this book
advances our conceptual understanding of the 'invisible’
historical geographies underpinning scientific knowledge
production, by focusing on the role of a female actor in the
complex gendered setting of colonial Burma. Using a
bio-geographical approach, this analysis reconceptualises female
agency beyond authorship and publication, and stresses how
Wheeler-Cuffe represents an instantiation of the occluded
contribution of women to the historiography of natural history.
This book highlights Wheeler-Cuffe’s production of scientific
knowledge about Burma in the context of her relationship, as a
white Western woman, with local, indigenous actors and details her
practice of fieldwork and its embodied geographies in different
parts of Burma, while she maintained the domestic superstructure of
a colonial wife. This book will be of interest to advance-level
students and researchers in historical and cultural geography; the
history of science; feminist geography; women and natural history;
colonial Burma and imperialism; and botanical art and illustration.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, three-lesson module using project-
and problem-based learning to help students create an action plan
to address issues of energy consumption and climate change,
exploring the topic at both local and global levels by working with
international student partners. -Written and developed for twelfth
grade/high school teachers, the book offers lesson plans guiding
students to gather and analyze data on energy consumption and
climate change in their communities, share those findings with
international student partners and publish their results on an
international blog, and to design and present an action plan
(including a white paper and presentation) that explores the issues
locally and internationally. -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.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help students use the engineering design
process (EDP) to design and create prototypes of compost systems
-Written and developed for elementary school teachers, the book
offers lesson plans guiding students to synthesize their learning
about biotic and abiotic factors, decomposition, and engineering
design into full-scale models -Anchored in the Next Generation
Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the
Framework for 21st Century Learning
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help students devise a model for counting
populations of a given species on Earth and develop a formal
presentation of their models for consideration -Written and
developed for middle school teachers, the book offers lesson plans
guiding students to examine species’ ecosystems, explore global
populations with an economic and geographical lens, take on the
role of an urban planner considering the consequences of population
density and overpopulation, and share relevant literature -Anchored
in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State
Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning
Most modern scholars recognize that there were great differences
between China's ruling elite in the middle and late traditional
period; many have called the period up through the T'ang dynasty
aristocratic, in contrast to the more meritocratic and socially
mobile age that followed. But until now there has been no serious
effort to discover how the social elite was defined in medieval
times, and who belonged to it. David Johnson discusses in detail
medieval definitions of the social elite, and, with the help of
several manuscripts of the ninth century, identifies the families
that belonged to that class.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, three-lesson module using project-
and problem-based learning to help kindergarten students
investigate and reduce human impact on the environment, designed to
infuse real-world learning into K-12 classrooms. -Written and
developed for kindergarten teachers, the book offers lesson plans
guiding students to investigate various types of pollution,
participate in a classroom recycling program, and share their
scientific findings in a publication. -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.
This book is a guide for clinicians seeking to use metabolic
approaches in the care of hospitalized patients. Since a
nutritional component exists for practically any disease process
managed, it is important to properly address the macro- and
micronutrient issues that can help facilitate a favourable clinical
outcome. Metabolic medicine is a newly recognized speciality that
applies proven nutritional approaches to support hospitalized
patients within existing standards of care. Optimizing Metabolic
Status for the Hospitalized Patient: The Role of Macro- and
Micronutrition on Disease Management addresses the gap of nutrition
knowledge among physicians who generally care for patients without
addressing the nutritional and metabolic perspective. Features:
State-of-the-art guidelines for practicing metabolic medicine in
the hospital setting "Hands on" guide for day-to-day metabolic
management of hospitalized patients Personal insights from one of
the field's leading practitioners, drawing upon decades of
experience Historical reviews of key scientific developments This
book is written by Dr Michael M. Rothkopf, Clinical Professor of
Medicine at Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School. Dr Rothkopf founded
the Metabolic Medicine Center at Morristown Medical Center and is
the current Metabolic Medicine Consultant for the Heart Transplant,
Lung Transplant, Cardiac Surgery and Wound Care Programs at
RWJBH/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. This book is directed at
the physician level of hospital care. It provides value to a broad
range of physicians regardless of their medical specialty or
subspecialty. It will also be useful for medical students and
resident physicians in training as well as nurse practitioners and
physician assistants working in hospital settings.
This book is a guide for clinicians seeking to use metabolic
approaches in the care of hospitalized patients. Since a
nutritional component exists for practically any disease process
managed, it is important to properly address the macro- and
micronutrient issues that can help facilitate a favourable clinical
outcome. Metabolic medicine is a newly recognized speciality that
applies proven nutritional approaches to support hospitalized
patients within existing standards of care. Optimizing Metabolic
Status for the Hospitalized Patient: The Role of Macro- and
Micronutrition on Disease Management addresses the gap of nutrition
knowledge among physicians who generally care for patients without
addressing the nutritional and metabolic perspective. Features:
State-of-the-art guidelines for practicing metabolic medicine in
the hospital setting “Hands on” guide for day-to-day metabolic
management of hospitalized patients Personal insights from one of
the field’s leading practitioners, drawing upon decades of
experience Historical reviews of key scientific developments This
book is written by Dr Michael M. Rothkopf, Clinical Professor of
Medicine at Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School. Dr Rothkopf founded
the Metabolic Medicine Center at Morristown Medical Center and is
the current Metabolic Medicine Consultant for the Heart Transplant,
Lung Transplant, Cardiac Surgery and Wound Care Programs at
RWJBH/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. This book is directed at
the physician level of hospital care. It provides value to a broad
range of physicians regardless of their medical specialty or
subspecialty. It will also be useful for medical students and
resident physicians in training as well as nurse practitioners and
physician assistants working in hospital settings.
Creating a Person-Centered Library provides a comprehensive
overview of various services, programs, and collaborations to help
libraries serve high-need patrons as well as strategies for
supporting staff working with these individuals. Public libraries
are struggling to address growing numbers of high-need patrons
experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, mental health problems,
substance abuse, and poverty-related needs. Creating a
Person-Centered Library will help librarians build or contribute to
library services that will best address patrons' psychosocial
needs. The authors, experienced in both library and social work,
begin by providing an overview of patrons' psychosocial needs,
structural and societal reasons for the shift in these needs, and
how these changes impact libraries and library staff. Chapters
focus on best practices for libraries providing person-centered
services and share lessons learned, including information about
special considerations for certain patron populations that might be
served by individual libraries. The book concludes with information
about how library organizations can support public library staff.
Librarians and library students who are concerned about both
patrons and library staff will find the practical advice in this
book invaluable. Provides a comprehensive overview of the various
services, programs, and collaborations that can help public
librarians address their patrons' needs Teaches library directors
how to support staff working with high-need patrons Offers best
practices for libraries providing person-centered services and
shares lessons learned Connects person-centered libraries to recent
conversations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion Examines
timely lessons learned about cultural and societal impacts on
libraries from the COVID-19 pandemic
Featuring a team of over thirty STEM education professionals from
across the United States, the updated and revised edition of this
landmark book provides an integrated STEM curriculum encompassing
the entire K-12 spectrum, with complete grade-level learning based
on a spiraled approach to building conceptual understanding. Taking
into account the last five years of evolution in STEM education,
the second edition includes an increased focus on computer science,
computational thinking, mathematics, and the arts, as well as
cultural relevance and addressing the needs of diverse learners and
underrepresented students. Divided into three main parts -
Conceptualizing STEM, STEM Curriculum Maps, and Building Capacity
for STEM - each section is designed to build common understandings
of integrated STEM, provide rich curriculum maps for implementing
integrated STEM at the classroom level, and offer supports to
enable systemic transformation to an integrated STEM approach.
Written for teachers, policymakers, and administrators, this second
edition is fully updated to account for the needs of K-12 learners
in the innovation age. STEM Road Map 2.0 enables educators to
implement integrated STEM learning into their classroom without the
need for extensive resources, empowering educators and supporting
students.
A fascinating look into the myths that continue to shape our
understanding and appreciation of Jane Austen. Was Jane Austen the
best-selling novelist of her time? Are all her novels romances? Did
they depict the traditional world of the aristocracy? Is Austen's
writing easy to understand? Well into the 21st century, Jane Austen
continues to be one of the most compelling novelists in all English
literature. Many of her ideas about class, family, history,
intimacy, manners, love, desire, and society, have inspired "myths"
that are often contradictory -- she was a Tory who was also a
liberal feminist, or, her novels are at once sharply satirical and
unapologetically romantic. Myths, like Austen's works, are dynamic,
changing over time and impacting how we read and interpret
literature. 30 Great Myths about Jane Austen examines the accepted
beliefs -- both true and untrue --that have most influenced our
readings of Austen. Rather than simply de-bunking, or validating,
commonly-held views about Austen, authors Claudia L. Johnson and
Clara Tuite explore how these myths can be used to engage with the
life, work, and reception of Jane Austen. Applying the most
up-to-date scholarship to better understand how myths shape our
appreciation of Jane Austen, this fascinating volume: Introduces
readers to the history of Austen reception, both in academic
scholarship and in the general public Examines Jane Austen's life
and letters, her historical contexts, her texts, and their
afterlives Discusses Austen's influence on the development of
literary criticism as a discipline Explores each of Austen's main
novels, as well as relatively obscure texts such as Sanditon and
The Watsons Offering engaging narrative and original insights, 30
Great Myths about Jane Austen is a must-read for scholars,
instructors, and students of English and Romantic literature, as
well as general readers with interest in the life and works of Jane
Austen.
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