Explores the importance of field trips and discusses how to increase students' learning experience outside of traditional classroom settings.

Product Description: What's so Catholic about Christmas? The Church's celebration of Christmas isn't just for a day (or even twelve) but starts with the joyful waiting of Advent and lasts until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Fascinating stories of some favorite saints—such as Nicholas, Lucy, and Stephen—make their legends come alive, while the history and lore surrounding some of our most popular feasts—such as the Epiphany and the Immaculate Conception—will help you understand the importance of keeping the Mass in Christmas...read more

Product Description: Two how-to handbooks in one! In Africans There: The Yoruba, Ashanti, and Mende in 19th Century West Africa, your students will take part in the activities of three young people in their native lands. In Africans Here: The Middle Passage and 19th Century America, they will learn through simulations and activities about the passage of the slave ships to America; life of the enslaved people in America; and the underground railway...read more

Product Description: Give students an understanding of the history and the impact of the Constitution on their daily lives.

Product Description: Science fiction is a story played in a surreal background, a fantasy that could take place if certain advancements in science and technology were to occur. This self-directed learning unit spurs your students to research what is and imagine what could be...read more

Product Description: This book leads students to a deeper understanding of themselves and where they fit into their community and society at large.

Product Description: Inaugurated for a second term on March 4, 1873, Ulysses S. Grant gave an address that was both inspiring and curiously bitter. He told the assembled crowd, "It is my firm conviction that the civilized world is tending towards republicanism, or government by the people through their chosen representatives, and that our own great republic is destined to be the guiding star to all others...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Teachers will learn to combine inquiry-based learning and alternative assessments to increase real scientific understanding. Specifically designed to help teachers link their curriculum to National Science Standards, an outline is provided for setting teaching goals and a tried-and-true format is offered for making sure activities are aligned with objectives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Prompt your students to do their best with helpful test-taking tips and advice. Use these posters as part of a program to alleviate anxiety while raising expectations of success. This work is perfect for use in a single classroom or school-wide...read more

Product Description: Share with your students the value and importance of brain function and anatomy through eight thought-provoking posters. Learn how to use and care for the brain to keep it healthy and celebrate with your students the different ways each person is smart...read more

Product Description: Here’s a brain-friendly approach to science and a new way to teach it! You’ll find that songs, raps, and stories are indispensable tools to reinforce science concepts your children are learning. Get started with an easy-to-read overview of brain-friendly teaching that touches on the work of Howard Gardner, Marian Diamond, and Robert Sylwester...read more

Product Description: Helps students learn to value their own strengths as they think about how we decide who is smart, how the brain works, what can damage the brain, and what can make the brain perform better.

Product Description: Engage your learners in positive thinking with these charming posters. Give your students the powerful knowledge of their own ability to choose their responses and actions. This colorful set of eight friendly posters will remind your students to use winning attitudes and behaviors in their lives...read more