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The 7 Steps to Help Boys Love School: Teaching to their Passion for
Less Frustration is an easy to follow, humorous book with
practical, researched strategies for ensuring boys success in
school, home, and in their future pursuits. This book is built upon
the 7 Es of Excellent Education with step-by-step exciting lessons
for both struggling and bright boys. Girls love them too! More
children are being misdiagnosed with ADHD, academics are required
earlier in school, recess is being cut out, and many frustrated
boys drop out by high school. This prevalent frustration can lead
to a child's lack of self-confidence and self-worth, but worse yet,
aggression. People are now realizing the increasing crisis facing
us today with children slipping further and further behind other
nations in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science. The many years of
brain research proves over and over that boys and girls need
different techniques in the classroom for their best learning
environment. This book will guide teachers and parents in
activities that are appropriate for boys to excel in learning.
Elena Maria Covington's story begins when she is taken to Miami in
1992 as Hurricane Andrew approaches. She informs her caretaker, "I
am an heiress." With these words and through journals, she
introduces the endearing and dangerous characters who shared her
life and her world. In 1906, Elena is born into a wealthy, but
dysfunctional, Philadelphia family. After years of her mother's
mental abuse, her distant father takes an interest in his child.
Through him, she meets and marries Cal, his handsome business
associate. Elena knows nothing of Cal's very active, secret life,
which he funds by dipping into the company inventory. As her
father's health fails, Cal anticipates the exposure of his double
life. To conceal his unraveling schemes and steal Elena's fortune,
he fakes his young wife's death-while actually abandoning her on an
isolated island deep within the Florida Everglades. At first, Elena
fears Cal's return as well as her wild surroundings. Eventually,
she gains strength and resolve through memories of family tenacity
and courage. When Sam discovers her island years later, she finally
has a choice-leave the Everglades, or stay where she is. Beyond the
Mangroves tells a tale of trust and betrayal, of love lost and
found. It is a story of survival, faith, and understanding in the
face overwhelming treachery and deceit within the most unlikely of
places-an island hidden deep within the watery expanse of the
Everglades.
The organizing and management of your classroom at school can be
very daunting, and depending upon your comfort level, a little
scary! Children often can be a real challenge in teaching if you do
not speak their language. We as teachers and parents need not to be
afraid in acting a little silly, and even goofy when dealing with
children. Research shows that humor promotes learning and when used
appropriately, it can strengthen relationships of all shapes and
sizes. Administrators, teachers, and parents who are dedicated to
the best interests, social development, and academic success of
their children can accomplish great things by using a wide variety
of creatively humorous approaches, including rhymes, chants,
riddles, nonsensical speech, jokes, banter, anecdotes, games, and
even self-effacing commentary, to make valuable connections and
enhance learning.
The 7 Steps to Help Boys Love School: Teaching to their Passion for
Less Frustration is an easy to follow, humorous book with
practical, researched strategies for ensuring boys success in
school, home, and in their future pursuits. This book is built upon
the 7 Es of Excellent Education with step-by-step exciting lessons
for both struggling and bright boys. Girls love them too! More
children are being misdiagnosed with ADHD, academics are required
earlier in school, recess is being cut out, and many frustrated
boys drop out by high school. This prevalent frustration can lead
to a child's lack of self-confidence and self-worth, but worse yet,
aggression. People are now realizing the increasing crisis facing
us today with children slipping further and further behind other
nations in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science. The many years of
brain research proves over and over that boys and girls need
different techniques in the classroom for their best learning
environment. This book will guide teachers and parents in
activities that are appropriate for boys to excel in learning.
"This is an outstanding book that provides the reader with an in-depth understanding of religion in the lives of African Americans. Both historical and empirical research findings provide a context for understanding religion in the lives of African Americans. Most importantly, this book highlights the role religion plays in affecting emotional and physical health processes and outcomes among African Americans. The contributions of this book to the discussion of religion in the social and behavioral sciences will last for years!"--Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "This is a blockbuster of a book on black religion. Comprehensive, systematic, analytic, and very well written, it sets a new high water mark in the social scientific study of religion and life in the African American Community. It will be especially helpful in the teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses in African American history and culture."--Andrew Billingsley, University of South Carolina The religious faith of African Americans has many avenues of expression. Consequently, there has been a long-standing interest in the nature, patterns, and functions of religion in the lives of this particular ethnic group. African American religious life, in all its forms, is a vibrant, creative, resourceful testament to the power of faith to uplift and sustain in the face of prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion. Religion in the Lives of African Americans: Social, Psychological, and Health Perspectives examines many broad issues including the structure and sociodemographic patterns of religious involvement; the relationship between religion and physical and mental health and well-being; the impact of church support and the use of ministers for personal issues; and the role of religion within specific subgroups of the African American population such as women and the elderly. Authors Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, and Jeff Levin reflect upon current empirical research and derive conclusions from several wide-ranging national surveys, as well as a focus group study of religion and coping. Features and Benefits: - Empirical.
Incorporates findings from a total of eight national surveys that contain representative cross-section samples of the adult Black population living in the continental U.S. Additionally, a focus group study conducted by the Program for Research on Black Americans at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, provides a rich source of qualitative information about the nature and functions of religion. - Interdisciplinary.
Although the primary points of view are sociological and psychological, the perspectives represented by the authors transcend disciplinary bounds. - Pedagogical.
Includes important data sources, tables, recommendations for further reading and resources, end of chapter summaries, and implications for future research that enhance student comprehension. Recommended for students taking courses in racial and ethnic studies, multicultural and minority studies, black studies, religious studies, psychology, sociology, human development and family studies, gerontology, social work, public health, and nursing.
Medieval Considerations of Incest, Marriage, and Penance focuses on
the incest motif as used in numerous medieval narratives.
Explaining the weakness of great rulers, such as Charlemagne, or
the fall of legendary heroes, such as Arthur, incest stories also
reflect on changes to the sacramental regulations and practices
related to marriage and penance. Such changes demonstrate the
Church's increasing authority over the daily lives and
relationships of the laity. Treated here are a wide variety of
medieval texts, using as a central reference point Philippe de
Remi's thirteenth-century La Manekine, which presents one lay
author's reflections on the role of consent in marriage, the nature
of contrition and forgiveness, and even the meaning of relics.
Studying a variety of genres including medieval romance, epic,
miracles, and drama along with modern memoirs, films, and novels,
Linda Rouillard emphasizes connections between medieval and modern
social concerns. Rouillard concludes with a consideration of the
legacy of the incest motif for the twenty-first century, including
survivor narratives, and new incest anxieties associated with
assisted reproductive technology.
The organizing and management of your classroom at school can be
very daunting, and depending upon your comfort level, a little
scary! Children often can be a real challenge in teaching if you do
not speak their language. We as teachers and parents need not to be
afraid in acting a little silly, and even goofy when dealing with
children. Research shows that humor promotes learning and when used
appropriately, it can strengthen relationships of all shapes and
sizes. Administrators, teachers, and parents who are dedicated to
the best interests, social development, and academic success of
their children can accomplish great things by using a wide variety
of creatively humorous approaches, including rhymes, chants,
riddles, nonsensical speech, jokes, banter, anecdotes, games, and
even self-effacing commentary, to make valuable connections and
enhance learning.
Medieval Considerations of Incest, Marriage, and Penance focuses on
the incest motif as used in numerous medieval narratives.
Explaining the weakness of great rulers, such as Charlemagne, or
the fall of legendary heroes, such as Arthur, incest stories also
reflect on changes to the sacramental regulations and practices
related to marriage and penance. Such changes demonstrate the
Church's increasing authority over the daily lives and
relationships of the laity. Treated here are a wide variety of
medieval texts, using as a central reference point Philippe de
Remi's thirteenth-century La Manekine, which presents one lay
author's reflections on the role of consent in marriage, the nature
of contrition and forgiveness, and even the meaning of relics.
Studying a variety of genres including medieval romance, epic,
miracles, and drama along with modern memoirs, films, and novels,
Linda Rouillard emphasizes connections between medieval and modern
social concerns. Rouillard concludes with a consideration of the
legacy of the incest motif for the twenty-first century, including
survivor narratives, and new incest anxieties associated with
assisted reproductive technology.
This critical review of behavior patterns in nonhuman primates is
an excellent study of the importance of female roles in different
social groups and their significance in the evolution of human
social life.
"A book that properly illuminates in rich detail not only
developmental and socioecological aspects of primate behavior but
also how and why certain questions are asked. In addition, the book
frequently focuses on insufficiently answered questions, especially
those concerned with the evolution of primate sex differences.
Fedigan's book is unique . . . because it places primate
adaptations and our explanation of those patterns in a larger
intellectual framework that is easily and appropriately connected
to many lines of research in different fields (sociology,
psychology, anthropology, neurobiology, endocrinology, and
biology)--and not in inconsequential ways, either."--James McKenna,
"American Journal of Primatology"
"This is "the" feminist critique of theories of primate and human
evolution."--John H. Cook, "Nature"
People are dying in mysterious ways around Asheville, NC. Men once
linked to a nefarious land deal are now dropping faster than the
fall foliage. Assassin-for-hire Garnell Lee Ray has one last target
in her sights--but not if Detective J.D.Klontz can put all the
pieces together first. He soon discovers that everyone is hiding
something--or somebody--and all hell and hilarity will break loose
before he finds out the truth. A zany Southern Appalachian take on
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Naked Came the Leaf Peeper is a
serial collaborative novel representing the collective wit and
genius of twelve western North Carolina authors. Charles Frazier,
author of Cold Mountain, praises, "Some of WNC's best writers...let
their hair down and run a literary relay race. Except, in place of
a baton, they pass along lit firecrackers, greased pigs, whoopee
cushions, rubber chickens, and loaded tater guns. Hugely
entertaining..."
An examination of if and how medieval romance was performed,
uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner.
Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre
closely related to romance, often playing the harp or the fiddle,
the question of if, and how, Middle English romance was performed
has been hotly debated. Here,the performance tradition is explored
by combining textual, historical and musicological scholarship with
practical experience from a noted musician. Using previously
unrecognised evidence, the author reconstructs a realistic model of
minstrel performance, showing how a simple melody can interact with
the text, and vice versa. She argues that elements in Middle
English romance which may seem simplistic or repetitive may in fact
be incomplete, as missing an integral musical dimension; metrical
irregularities, for example, may be relics of sophisticated
rhythmic variation that make sense only with music. Overall, the
study offers both a more accurate comprehension of minstrel
performance, and a deeper appreciation of the romances themselves.
Linda Marie Zaerr is Professor of Medieval Studies at Boise State
University.
The Inside Series prepares students to communicate effectively in
academic contexts, while acquiring key academic vocabulary from the
Academic Word List. Each unit features texts and tasks from
academic content areas, explicit skills instruction relevant to
academic study, and targeted words from the Academic Word List.
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