social studies learning about your state and community

Resources & Population

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacFarlane, Alan / MacFarlane / Fortes, Meyer, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In many areas of the world destruction of natural resources and the rapid growth of populaton are among the most important problems facing individuals and governments. This book, first published in , utilises the tools of social anthropology and population studies in an attempt to see some of the causes and consequences of populations growth and some of the effects of change on natural resources. It analyses a particular 'community' in the Annapurna range of the central Himalayas during this century, and investigates how the destruction of forests and the growth of settled rice cultivation have occurred, and some of the consequences. The Gurungs are famous as recruits to the Gurkha regiments of the British and Indian armies, and the demographic and economic effects of foreign mercenary labour are among the topics examined.

On the Border of Opportunity: Education, Community, and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pugach, Marleen / Pugach / Pugach, Marleen Carol, PUBLISHER: Routledge, In , the author set out to try and gain some understanding about school and community in Havens, New Mexico--a place where she had the opportunity to be immersed in border culture, where she could learn how the border figured into everyday life, and where she could pay uninterrupted attention to the issues as they occurred in the personal and professional lives of those who taught in and administered the schools--and in the lives of the students who studied there. This book offers an interpretation that is disciplined by the long hours, days, and months spent in Havens, and by the personal stance the author brings to the study of a place and its people. This book tells the story of Havens from the perspective of what it is, of the present in all of its complexity, and as a window on what might exist in the future in this border community. It begins with a description of Havens and its inevitable interdependence with its Mexican neighbors, followed by an introduction of three cultural mediators--two students and one teacher from Havens High School. Focusing on the relationship between the use of Spanish and English, the language landscape in the community and in the schools is laid out. This is followed by a specific description of the development of bilingual education programs in the district, and an introduction of the social structure of the high school, describing the students' interactions across cultural lines. The final chapter presents an alternative metaphor for thinking about the border and identifies markers of opportunity that already exist in Havens as it works toward defining what it means to be a bicultural and binational community.

Fifty State Quarters: Handbook and Coin Album; Complete

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: CheckerBee Publishing, PUBLISHER: CheckerBee Publishing, -- An interactive handbook to the 50 state Quarter Program "TM" -- Facts and trivia about the 50 states -- An in-depth look at the first 10 State Quarters -- A coin album that holds 100 State Quarters (two coins per state one each from the Philadelphia and denver mints) -- A bonus coin holder for the Golden Dollar Coin

Energize Your Life: A Three Week Plan to Change the Way You

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bennett, Peter / Barrie, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Bindu Health, Two leading nutritional doctors, authors of the 7-Day Detox Miracle, bring you this unique, easy to use guide to improving your health and boosting your energy. It will show you why you feel tired, overweight or stressed, what you can do about it and how to start energizing your life today.

The Myths of Technology: Innovation and Inequality

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burnett, Judith / Senker, Peter / Walker, Kathy, PUBLISHER: Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc., This book questions whether technologies are the rational, tangible, scientific, forward-thinking, neutral objects they are so often perceived to be, exploring instead how powerful, mythic ideas about technologies drive our social understanding and our expectations of them. Against a rising tide of information, we encounter significant technological, scientific, and medical advances which promise to create an educated, humane, and equal world. This book explores that promise, deconstructing technologies to conclude that though they do afford us significant and empowering advances, they remain largely cloaked in mystery, and often promise more than they can deliver. Contributors from diverse intellectual backgrounds and political and epistemological stances - spanning sociology and psychosocial investigations, innovation studies, and scientists - combine philosophical inquiry and empirical case studies to create a book which is at once provocative, innovative, and exciting in the challenges it poses.

How Children Develop Social Understanding

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carpendale, Jeremy / Lewis, Charlie, PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing Professional, This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's "theories of mind." Takes an integrated approach to the development of children's social understanding Brings out the connections between mental state understanding and children's understanding of language, social skills, morality and emotions. Sets research within a historical and theoretical context Contributes unique insights and perspectives, particularly in its discussions of Piaget and Vygotsky, and in its Wittgensteinian focus on the role of language.

Making Your Own Paper

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saddington, Marianne / Art, Pam, PUBLISHER: Storey Publishing, Step-by-step instructions and color illustrations provide the beginner with information about using a mold, pressing and drying, coloring and texturing, preparing a writing surface, and creating paper art and crafts.

Social Cognition, Joint Attention, and Communicative

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carpenter, Malinda / Nagell, Katherine / Tomasello, Michael, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, The studies in this volume measure the various behaviors that are displayed as infants and mothers share their attention on an outside object: joint engagement, following gazes and points, gestures, imitation of actions, and language comprehension and production. The authors show how infants follow a progression from "sharing" to "following" to "directing" others' attention and behavior, and how these skills are related to early communicative competence. Their results have important implications for theories of social-cognitive and language development.

Baby-Led Weaning: The Essential Guide to Introducing Solid

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rapley, Gill / Murkett, Tracey, PUBLISHER: Experiment, The Natural, No-Fuss, No-Puree Method for Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods "Baby-Led Weaning" explodes the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed and shows why self-feeding from the start of the weaning process is the healthiest way for your child to develop. With baby-led weaning (BLW, for short), you can skip purees and make the transition to solid food by following your baby's cues. At about six months, most babies are ready to join the family at the kitchen table and discover food for themselves. "Baby-Led Weaning" is the definitive guide to this crucial period in your child's development, and shows you how to help your baby: Participate in family meals right from the startExperiment with food at his or her own paceDevelop new abilities, including hand-eye coordination and chewingLearn to love a variety of foods and to enjoy mealtimes Baby-led weaning became a parenting phenomenon in the UK practically overnight, inspiring a fast-growing and now international online community of parents who practice baby-led weaning-with blogs and pictures to prove it In "Baby-Led Weaning, " world-leading BLW authority Gill Rapley and early BLW practitioner and coauthor Tracey Murkett deliver everything you need to know about raising healthy, confident eaters.

Federalizing Europe?: The Costs, Benefits, and Preconditions

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hesse, Wright / Hesse, Joachim J. / Wright, Vincent, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This constitutional and institutional development of the European Community, and federalism in particular, are widely and intensely debated, and the issue of federalism has proved to be divisive and misunderstood. This book provides a critical reappraisal of the political, economic, and socio-cultural potential of current federal political-institutional arrangements. It includes both an analysis of their necessary preconditions as well as evaluation of their advantages and disadvantages compared with other forms of state organization. The book concludes with an overall assessment of the federalizing processes at work in Europe, both at the Community and nation state level, and pints out the problems, paradoxes and likely outcomes of theses processes.

Never Eat Your Heart Out

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, Judith, PUBLISHER: North Point Press, In this tart, satisfying memoir, as keenly lyrical about its author's life as it is down-to-earth and hilarious about American food, Judith Moore recollects the good, bad, and terrible dramas of her life and places them in memorable culinary frames. Acquista Ora

The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life: An Extension and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Finn, Daniel K., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Caritas in veritate (Charity in Truth) is the ''social'' encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, one of many papal encyclicals over the last 120 years that address economic life. This volume, based on discussions at a symposium co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, analyzes the situation of the Church and the theological basis for Benedict's thinking about the person, community, and the globalized economy. The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life engages Benedict's analysis of ''relation, '' the characteristics of contemporary social and economic relationships and the implications of a relational, Trinitarian God for daily human life. Crucial here is the Pope's notion of ''reciprocity, '' an economic relationship characterized by help freely given, but which forms an expectation that the recipient will ''reciprocate, '' either to the donor or, often, to someone else. This ''logic of gift, '' Benedict argues, should influence daily economic life, especially within what he calls ''hybrid'' firms, which make a profit and invest a share of that profit in service to needs outside the firm. Similarly, development - whether of an individual or of a nation - must be integral, neither simply economic nor personal nor psychological nor spiritual, but a comprehensive development that engages all dimensions of a flourishing human life. The essays, written by social scientists, theologians, policy analysts and others, engage, extend, and critique Benedict's views on these issues, as well as his call for deeper dialogue and a morally based transformation of social and economic structures.

Management

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Richard H. / Williams, Chuck, PUBLISHER: Thomson South-Western, This single-authored text begins with an introduction to the subject, discussing organizational environments and cultures, and ethics and social responsibility. Eschewing fads, but incorporating "been there" features (case studies and interviews), the text continues with chapters on making things happen; meeting the competition; organizing people, projects, and processes; and leading. Acquista Ora

Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Grades 5 - 8+: Destructive Forces

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ward, Pat / Ward, Barbara, PUBLISHER: Mark Twain Media, -Promote the scientific method and critical-thinking skills while providing information about the destructive forces of nature that will fascinate your students. This comprehensive text introduces volcanoes, the ozone layer, earthquakes, earth plates, fault lines, and more in a fun, engaging format with activities that promote reinforcement An answer key is also included. ---Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since , Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources. -

The Salem Witch Trials

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilson, Lori L., PUBLISHER: Lerner Publishing Group, Spotlighted in Booklist as an "established series that continue s] to turn out titles of high quality and appeal." Supports the national curriculum standards Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; and Power, Authority, and Governance as outlined by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Daily Learning Drills, Grade 6

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Douglas, Vincent / School Specialty Publishing / School Specialty Publishing, PUBLISHER: Brighter Child, Daily Learning Drills, Grade 6 provides children with additional practice for skills taught in sixth grade. This 416 page workbook includes entertaining, skill-building activities that cover the core subjects, language arts, math, science, and social studies. Topics include figurative language, research, division with fractions, plant reproduction, glaciers, and many more. Featuring a review section with a complete answer key at the end of each subject to help reinforce the skills covered, this workbook also includes perforated pages with thumb tabs for easy reference to each subject.

Social Psychology and Human Nature, Brief Version 2nd

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brad J Bushman Roy F Baumeister, PUBLISHER: CENGAGE Learning, NA

Get Rich with Apps!: Your Guide to Reaching More Customers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feiler, Jesse, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill, Grab a share of one of today's hottest markets Out of nowhere, apps have taken the world by storm. In a short time, millions of customers have downloaded apps--and they're eagerly awaiting more. If you're considering entering the market, stop thinking about it and make your move. You'll reach more customers, expand your product offerings, and grow new revenue streams. And it's much easier than you may realize. "Get Rich with Apps " explains how to: Marry iPhone and Facebook app features with your business and marketing needs Integrate apps with other resources, such as databases and websites Take advantage of the social web to expand your customer base Measure the success of new and existing projects You don't need a team of computer whizzes to make a killing in the apps market. All you need is the business advice in this book to get an early foothold in a market with a soaring future.

Hematology in Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ciesla, Betty / Ciesla, PUBLISHER: F. A. Davis Company, "I just finished reading your chapter about the normocytic anemias caused by hemoglobinopathies, and it was so fascinating that I forgot that I was actually studying You have a real knack for presenting information."-Joan BleegStudent, University of North Dakota Review of the 1st EditionBuild a solid understanding of hematology in the context of practical laboratory practice and principles. Superbly organized, this reader-friendly text breaks a complex subject into easy-to-follow, manageable sections.Begin with the basic principles of hematology; discover red and white blood cell disorders; journey through hemostasis and disorders of coagulation; and then explore the procedures needed in the laboratory.Thoroughly updated and peer reviewed, and with expanded coverage of vital topics, the 2nd Edition offers state-of-the-art coverage and new online resources that make learning easy.

Reason in the Age of Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gadamer, Hans-Georg / Lawrence, Frederick G., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), The essays in this book deal broadly with the question of what form reasoning about life and society can take in a culture permeated by scientific and technical modes of thought. They attempt to identify certain very basic types of questions that seem to escape scientific resolution and call for, in Gadamer's view, philosophical reflection of a hermeneutic sort. In effect, Gadamer argues for the continued practical relevance of Socratic-Platonic modes of thought in respect to contemporary issues. As part of this argument, he advances his own views on the interplay of science, technology, and social policy. These essays, which are not available in any existing translation or collection of Gadamer's work, are remarkably up-to-date with respect to the present state of his thinking, and they address issues that are particularly critical to social theory and philosophy. Perhaps more than anyone else, Hans-Georg Gadamer, who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Heidelberg and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Boston College, is the doyen of German Philosophy. His previously translated works have been widely and enthusiastically received in this country. He is recognized as the chief theorist of hermeneutics, a strong and growing movement here in a number of disciplines, from theology and literary criticism to philosophy and social theory. A book in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought.

Women in the Workplace: Effects of Families

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Borman, Kathryn M. / Quarm, Daisy / Gideonse, Sarah, PUBLISHER: Ablex Publishing Corporation, This volume constitutes a unique contribution to the cross-disciplinary field of family studies. It focuses on issues brought about by the movement of large numbers of women with children into the workplace; the impact of their employment on men's and women's traditional responsibilities and family roles; and the implications of these changing roles for public policy, employers, and social service agencies. The volume includes both historical and contemporary policy frameworks as important themes. Moreover, the issues and circumstances of more than one type of family are considered, including single worker and dual earner families.

So, You Want to Write!: How to Get Your Book Out of Your

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McIndoo, Ann, PUBLISHER: Elevate, "So, You Want to Write' teaches you how to write your book using examples and exercises. Totally interactive, the reader participates in learning how to prepare to write, creates a writer's Identity and their own powerful Writer's Power Tools?. The book offers solutions for procrastination and strategies for dealing with "writer's block." The reader learns how to "Schedule Your Success" and get the book out of their head on to the paper.

Access Reading 4: Reading in the Real World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Collins, Tim, PUBLISHER: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, Access Reading helps students learn to access the information and resources they need to become effective workers, community members, and parents. It develops communication, decision-making, interpersonal, and lifelong learning skills through interesting readings and practical application of new knowledge. Acquista Ora

Social Media Marketing All-In-One for Dummies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimmerman, Jan / Sahlin, Doug, PUBLISHER: For Dummies, Everything your business needs for a successful social media campaign Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are today's hottest marketing tools. This all-in-one guide by an expert on social media strategy helps you take full advantage of them in creative new ways. Lena West is a consultant who helps her clients develop a social media strategy uniquely designed for their businesses. She offers her techniques and advice to help your business develop and manage a strategy, solicit buy-in from upper management, engage influencers, and evaluate the results. Customers of every business are already communicating on social media sites; an effective marketing strategy today must include these venues Author Lena West is a recognized expert and consultant in social media marketing This guide offers professional advice on developing and managing a social media strategy that uses all the hottest tools Self-contained minibooks cover creating a strategy; blogging, podcasting, and vlogging; successful tweeting; establishing a Facebook presence; using MySpace; marketing through LinkedIn; other social media tools; and measuring success In the fun and friendly "For Dummies" style, "Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies" arms you with the information you need for successful social media marketing.

Skills for Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Couch, Sue, PUBLISHER: West Publishing Company, Strategies to enhance self-esteem in middle school students. Help your students become effective members of their family and peer groups, and better citizens of their school and community with this appealing text.

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