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Nonfiction Strategies That Work: Do This--Not That!
Lori G. Wilfong · Routledge; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Teachers are being bombarded with ideas for teaching nonfiction, but what really works? In this essential book, dynamic author Lori G. Wilfong describes ten best practices for teaching nonfiction and how to implement them in the classroom. She also points out practices that should be avoided,... |
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BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY; DELUXE 10TH EDITION
· Thomson West; 10 Deluxe edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The deluxe edition of this law dictionary contains more than 50,000 terms, earliest usage dates for nearly all terms, pronunciation guidance, Latin maxims, and more. For more than a century, Black s Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today, it s the most... |
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Popular Mechanics Gadget Planet: 150 Gizmos & Inventions that Changed the World
Popular Mechanics · Hearst
Format: Hardcover |
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These gadgets changed the world! In 2011, Popular Mechanics gathered a panel of experts—esteemed inventors, designers, tech gurus, even a moonwalking astronaut—to create a definitive list of 101 gadgets that changed the course of history. The feature was so popular that it became... |
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Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World
David Perkins · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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How to teach big understandings and the ideas that matter mostEveryone has an opinion about education, and teachers face pressures from Common Core content standards, high-stakes testing, and countless other directions. But how do we know what today's learners will really need to know... |
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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
Kennedy Odede · Ecco Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover |
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Find Me Unafraid tells the uncommon love story between two uncommon people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls and the urban poor. With a Foreword by Nicholas Kristof.This is the story of two young people from completely different... |
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The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More
Stephen Fishman · NOLO; Seventh Edition edition
Format: Paperback |
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Need content? Find public domain works free for the taking! Even though you've always been told otherwise, writers and artists can copy other people's work and get away with it. Enter the world of the public domain, where everything is free for the taking, and the only secret... |
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Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make
Peter Cappelli · PublicAffairs
Pages: 215
Format: Print book |
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The decision of whether to go to college, or where, is hampered by poor information and inadequate understanding of the financial risk involved.Adding to the confusion, the same degree can cost dramatically different amounts for different people. A barrage of advertising offers new degrees... |
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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide
Peri Pakroo · NOLO; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Paperback |
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Start a nonprofit and keep it running with this practical guideRescue a school library. Preserve an endangered species. Support the arts. Whatever it is you want to do to give back to your community, Starting & Building a Nonprofit provides the kick start you need.Filled with user-friendly... |
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
William Deresiewicz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover |
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A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be - but aren't - providing.As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest... |
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