This unique historical and genealogical resource draws on the extraordinarily intact legislative, judicial, religious, and personal records of members of the first Maryland legislature. The two-volume set contains profiles of nearly fifteen hundred men who served in the state's legislature in the first 150 years after Maryland's founding.The major ......
This unique historical and genealogical resource draws on the extraordinarily intact legislative, judicial, religious, and personal records of members of the first Maryland legislature. The two-volume set contains profiles of nearly fifteen hundred men who served in the state's legislature in the first 150 years after Maryland's founding.The major ......
Escape from Cosmic Pessimism and the Quest for a Biocentric Ethic
A Kind of Pantheism: Escape from Cosmic Pessimism and the Quest for a Biocentric Ethic explores how such nineteenth-century transcendentalists as Henry David Thoreau and John Muir advanced a biocentric ethic that recognized the intrinsic worth of both plants and animals. This ethic required a pantheistic cosmology to be coherent, however. As ......
Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality
Reveals the historical and political significance of "The Divine Nine"-the Black Greek Letter Organizations In 1905, Henry Arthur Callis began his studies at Cornell University. Despite their academic pedigrees, Callis and his fellow African American students were ostracized by the majority-white student body, and so in 1906, Callis and some of ......
The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815
In the early 1800s, when once-powerful North American Indian peoples were being driven west across the Mississippi, a Shawnee prophet collapsed into a deep sleep. When he awoke, he told friends and family of his ascension to Indian heaven, where his grandfather had given him a warning: ''Beware of the religion of the white man: every Indian who ......
Exploring Bach's enduring importance.That Johann Sebastian Bach is a pivotal figure in the history of Western music is hardly news, and the magnitude of his achievement is so immense that it can be difficult to grasp. In About Bach, fifteen scholars show that Bach's importance extends from choral to orchestral music, from sacred music to musical ......
A Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book Classroom-ready activities to help all your fifth graders learn! In today's highly diverse classrooms, differentiated instruction enables teachers to plan strategically so they can meet the individual needs of all their students. Now this unique resource makes the challenge of reaching all learners easier by providing teachers with a wide array of practical activities for the differentiated fifth-grade classroom-all based on the strategies presented in the best-selling Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Second Edition. Correlated to national academic standards, the activities in this book are ideal for supplementing differentiated lessons on geometry, percentages, the water cycle, chemical reactions, government, economics, primary sources, metaphors, main ideas, and much more. These ready-to-use tasks can be immediately incorporated into lesson plans, and each activity features objectives, materials lists, helpful tips on conducting the activity, and reproducibles. Teachers can adjust learning based on individual students' knowledge, skills, experience, preferences, and needs by using tested, research-based strategies such as: Choice boards Cubing Graphic organizers Centers Problem-based learning Cooperative learning With this valuable resource, teachers can instruct students according to their readiness and ability levels. By putting the authors' proven strategies into practice, educators are sure to make a positive difference in student achievement! For other grade-specific Corwin Press Classroom books, please see: Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Kindergarten Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade One Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade Two Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade Three Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade Four Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Language Arts, Grades 6-8 Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Math, Grades 6-8 Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Science, Grades 6-8 About the Authors Gayle H. Gregory consults internationally with teachers, administrators, and staff developers in the areas of differentiated instruction, emotional intelligence, brain-compatible learning, block scheduling, and instructional and assessment practices. She also works with educators in the areas of cooperative group learning, presentation skills, coaching and mentoring, renewal of secondary schools, and facilitating large-scale change. She has written many books about differentiated instruction, brain-compatible learning, and block scheduling. Carolyn Chapman is an international educational consultant, author, and teacher who has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her hands-on professional development training sessions challenge educators to use strategies that ensure success for learners of all ages. Carolyn has written many books about differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, multiple assessments, and the brain-compatible classroom.
A Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book Classroom-ready activities to help all fourth graders learn! In today's highly diverse classrooms, differentiated instruction enables teachers to plan strategically so they can meet the individual needs of all their students. Now this unique resource makes the challenge of reaching all learners easier by providing teachers with a wide array of practical activities for the differentiated fourth-grade classroom-all based on the strategies presented in the best-selling Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Second Edition. Correlated to national academic standards, the activities in this book are ideal for supplementing differentiated lessons on long division, fractions, measurement, the scientific method, electricity, state history, government, story structure, poetry, and much more. These ready-to-use tasks can be immediately incorporated into lesson plans, and each activity features objectives, materials lists, helpful tips on conducting the activity, and reproducibles. Teachers can adjust learning based on individual students' knowledge, skills, experience, preferences, and needs by using tested, research-based strategies such as: Choice boards Cubing Graphic organizers Centers Problem-based learning Cooperative learning With this valuable resource, teachers can instruct students according to their readiness and ability levels. By putting the authors' proven strategies into practice, educators are sure to make a positive difference in student achievement! For other grade-specific Corwin Press Classroom books, please see: Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Kindergarten Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade One Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade Two Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade Three Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Grade Five Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Language Arts, Grades 6-8 Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Math, Grades 6-8 >Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Science, Grades 6-8 About the Authors Gayle H. Gregory consults internationally with teachers, administrators, and staff developers in the areas of differentiated instruction, emotional intelligence, brain-compatible learning, block scheduling, and instructional and assessment practices. She also works with educators in the areas of cooperative group learning, presentation skills, coaching and mentoring, renewal of secondary schools, and facilitating large-scale change. She has written many books about differentiated instruction, brain-compatible learning, and block scheduling. Carolyn Chapman is an international educational consultant, author, and teacher who has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her hands-on professional development training sessions challenge educators to use strategies that ensure success for learners of all ages. Carolyn has written many books about differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, multiple assessments, and the brain-compatible classroom.
