Economics and Geography Lessons: Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon
Economics and Geography Lessons: Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon

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Patricia King Robeson and Barbara Yingling developed a resource entitled "Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books." As part of this resource, Robeson created a lesson for 5th grade classes based on "Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon." This is an oral history by American author David Williams (1953- ) about the travels of his grandmother as a child through Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Robeson lists the materials needed and highlights the lesson outcomes, objectives, and activities. Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland, provides this resource online.

Forward From this Moment
Forward From this Moment

Author: Leonard

Publisher: Agate Publishing

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1572846550

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Since 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts' writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper columns, along with select longer pieces. The book is arranged chronologically under three broad subject headings: “Waiting for Someday to Come,” about children and family; “White Men Can’t Jump (and Other Stupid Myths),” about race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and other fault lines of American culture; and “Forward from this Moment,” about life after the September 11 attacks, spirituality, American identity, and Britney Spears. Pitts has a readership in the multi-millions across the country, and his columns generate an average of 2500 email responses per week. His enthusiastic fans are certain to embrace this collection of the best of his newspaper and magazine work, published to coincide with the release of his first novel, Before I Forget. Forward from this Moment is an essential collection from one of America’s most important voices.

Learning to Write "Indian"
Learning to Write

Author: Amelia V. Katanski

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780806138527

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Examines Indian boarding school narratives and their impact on the Native literary tradition from 1879 to the present Indian boarding schools were the lynchpins of a federally sponsored system of forced assimilation. These schools, located off-reservation, took Native children from their families and tribes for years at a time in an effort to “kill” their tribal cultures, languages, and religions. In Learning to Write “Indian,” Amelia V. Katanski investigates the impact of the Indian boarding school experience on the American Indian literary tradition through an examination of turn-of-the-century student essays and autobiographies as well as contemporary plays, novels, and poetry. Many recent books have focused on the Indian boarding school experience. Among these Learning to Write “Indian” is unique in that it looks at writings about the schools as literature, rather than as mere historical evidence.

Southern Kith and Kin
Southern Kith and Kin

Author: Jewel Davis Scarborough

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Published: 1951

Total Pages: 264

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Ancestors include: Captain Edmond Scarborough (1584-1634) of North Walsham, England; and Virginia -- John Davis, a Revolutionary War soldier of Virginia; and his grandson, William Davis (1798-1870) of Georgia and Salem, Alabama -- Thomas Lockett (d. 1686) of England and Henrico County, Virginia.

History of Harrison County, Missouri
History of Harrison County, Missouri

Author: George W. Wanamaker

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Published: 1921

Total Pages: 908

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History of Harrison County, Missouri containing personal sketches of many who have been identified with the development the county.

Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death
Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death

Author: J. Santino

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1137120215

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This is an edited volume of approximately 17 essays that deal with various types of spontaneous shrines and other, related public memorializations of death. The articles address events such as New York after 9/11; roadside crosses, and the use of 'Day of the Dead' altars to bring attention to deceased undocumented immigrants.

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes

Author: Michael Newton

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1438119143

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Over 800 entries examine the facts, evidence, and leading theories of a variety of unsolved murders, robberies, kidnappings, serial killings, disappearances, and other crimes.

Children's Literature in Social Studies
Children's Literature in Social Studies

Author: DeAn M. Krey

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 204

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Manual aids teachers in selecting children's books that correlate with one or more of the ten thematic strands of social studies and provides sample social studies literature response activities. Annotated book lists given. Elementary.