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Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiv, 129 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book shares a vision of project-based learning that is rooted in systemic understandings of social change and provides a pragmatic framework and tools for teachers to develop their practice in creative and sustaining ways. It demonstrates how to support different learners to produce intellectually rigorous and creative work by centering students' lives and experiences and offers the realistic perspective of a teacher working in an urban public...
Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Common Core and C3 Framework emphasize literacy and inquiry in social studies, but do not offer resources to achieve these goals. This practical guide presents six research-tested investigations, along with corresponding teaching materials and tools that have improved the historical thinking and argumentative writing of academically diverse students. Each investigation integrates content with reading, analysis, planning, composing, and reflection...
Author
Series
Publisher
Quarry Books, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
IG 910L
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"There's little wonder why Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time. Its completely unrestricted game play gives players unlimited opportunities to explore, design, and build their own worlds. Written by educators John Miller and Chris Fornell Scott, 'Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids' is a collection of creative, collaborative projects that connect in-game challenges with hands-on activities that are fun as well as educational. [In this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teachers College Press, Columbia University
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xvi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Calling for a new way to teach history, this book offers teachers specific ideas for how to get students excited about history, how to get them to DO history, and how to help them read critically.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A resource for all who teach and study history, this book illuminates the unmistakable centrality of American Indian history to the full sweep of American history. The nineteen essays gathered in this collaboratively produced volume, written by leading scholars in the field of Native American history, reflect the newest directions of the field and are organized to follow the chronological arc of the standard American history survey. Contributors reassess...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Compiled from his original lecture notes, Bond's book brings his invaluable teachings to a new generation of readers and provides a necessary toolkit for today's activists in the era of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. Beginning with the movement's origins in the early twentieth century, Bond tackles key events from the founding the NAACP to the assassination of Martin Luther King. He explains the youth activism, community ties, and strategizing required...
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