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Determined in her effort to play basketball, a young African American girl gives it one more shot with the support of a special friend
Shauna, a young African American girl, loves helping Momma with the customers at her beauty salon
The practice of scales need never be monotonous! Scales for Advanced Violists is a user-friendly scale book with each of the twelve keys complete. Dozens of bowings and rhythmic variants are offered to develop and improve evenness, clarity, agility, speed, and intonation. An innovative introduction to double-stops takes the guess work out of this important technique. The Circle of 5ths explains key signatures. The book includes three octave major, melodic minor, harmonic minor, arpeggios, broken 3rds, and chromatic scales. Double-stops in octaves, thirds, sixths, and harmonics are presented in two octaves. This is the only scale book that most violists will ever need!
What do you like? How do you feel? Who are you? This brightly illustrated children's book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged 5-8. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression and our identity. An interactive three-layered wheel included in the book is a simple, yet powerful, tool to clearly demonstrate the difference between our body, how we express ourselves through our clothes and hobbies, and our gender identity. Ideal for use in the classroom or at home, a short page-by-page guide for adults at the back of the book further explains the key concepts and identifies useful discussion points. This is a one-of-a-kind resource for understanding and celebrating the gender diversity that surrounds us.
This book is a great tool for helping teachers instill good eating and physical activity habits in their students. It comes with a web resource that offers activity and food cards, worksheets, and separate activity books for grades 1 to 3. The web resource also contains another complete book, After-School HEAT Club Curriculum, that offers activities for after-school programs that reinforce the print book’s content.
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Latino City explores the transformation of Lawrence, Massachusetts, into New England's first Latino-majority city. Like many industrial cities, Lawrence entered a downward economic spiral in the decades after World War II due to deindustrialization and suburbanization. The arrival of tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in the late twentieth century brought new life to the struggling city, but settling in Lawrence was fraught with challenges. Facing hostility from their neighbors, exclusion from local governance, inadequate city services, and limited job prospects, Latinos fought and organized for the right to make a home in the city. In this book, Llana Barber interweaves the h...
The Functional Approach to Character Education (FACE) Anti-bullying Curriculum is a K through 5th grade interactive model for alleviating the conditions that often cause students to intimidate other students, including lack of respect for another's feelings, lack of appreciation for physical/behavioral differences, and poor self-esteem. Used by over 10,000 students dating back to 2001, this curriculum is now available via e-Book, both by individual grade or as a K through 5th grade package. Each of the 38 lessons includes a theme, classroom activity, discussion ideas, and takeaway points. Initially authored by Dr. Daniel Price, a licensed clinical psychologist, the curriculum has undergone revisions by grade level teachers since 2001, and modified to include activities that are fun and educational at the same time. Topics covered include: Responsibility, Respect, Caring, Fairness, Trustworthiness, and Citizenship.