Severn and the Day She Silenced the World
Severn and the Day She Silenced the World

Author: Janet Wilson

Publisher: Second Story Press

Published: 2014-04-19

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1927583241

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Severn Suzuki's speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world. As the daughter of environmentalist David Suzuki, Severn's concern for the environment was fueled by a trip to the Amazon rainforest at age nine. Back home in Vancouver, she and her friends started ECO, the Environmental Children's Organization, combining their efforts to raise enough money to travel to Rio. They couldn't have imagined the effect they would have on the adults gathered there. More than twenty years later, Severn's speech continues to receive thousands of hits on YouTube. Severn's story is about the power that children have to create change when they work together, and how their voices can stand out above the politics and cynicism of adults.

Educating for Radical Social Transformation in the Climate Crisis
Educating for Radical Social Transformation in the Climate Crisis

Author: Stuart Tannock

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3030830004

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This book asks how education can be developed to facilitate the radical social, cultural and economic transformations needed to deal with the ongoing climate emergency. The author illuminates important links between the work currently being done in climate change and education and the broader and older theories of radical education: an area of education theory and practice that has long grappled with the question of how to use education to create a more just society. Highlighting both current work and long traditions that include popular, progressive, feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial education, the author draws on interdisciplinary research to make the case for how radical education can help tackle the climate change crisis. It will have direct relevance for scholars of environmental education and radical education as well as activists and practitioners.

Take Me to Your Readers
Take Me to Your Readers

Author: Larry Swartz

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1551389274

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This thoughtful book is rooted in the belief that teachers can lead their students to develop their reading tastes and grow in their love of reading at the same time as supporting and stretching students in their meaning-making experiences. This practical resource highlights more than 50 instructional strategies that invite students to work inside and outside a book through reading, writing, talk, and arts experiences. It highlights the work of guest voices that include classroom teachers, occasional teachers, special education teachers, and librarians who share their best literacy practices. Take Me to Your Readers uses 5 essential areas to structure classroom experiences through children's literature: Motivation; Theme Connections; Genre Connections; Cross-Curricular Connections; and Response. Extensive booklists, teaching tips, a wide range of activities, and reproducible pages provide practical support. Ultimately, this book is designed to take teachers to their readers and start them on a lifelong journey through great books!

Powerful Writing Structures
Powerful Writing Structures

Author: Adrienne Gear

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited

Published: 2020-02-06

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1551389436

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This timely book uses thinking structures to deepen student writing. It revolves around “brain pockets” to help students appreciate the qualities of different writing forms. Some powerful examples include memory pockets for personal narrative writing, fact pockets for nonfiction, and imagination pockets for story writing. Detailed lesson plans are featured along with sample anchor books and book lists. Based on extensive classroom testing, student samples throughout the book illustrate this unique approach to teaching writing. Suggestions for setting up an effective writing program and assessment tips for guiding instruction complete this comprehensive approach to developing a year-long writing program.

Our Earth
Our Earth

Author: Janet Wilson

Publisher: Second Story Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1926920562

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Ten profiles of amazing young environmental activists. Each child is captured in a portrait, their achievements described, and filled out with photos. Ends with tips for kids to make a difference.

Shannen and the Dream for a School
Shannen and the Dream for a School

Author: Janet Wilson

Publisher: Second Story Press

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1926920414

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The true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a native Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. Shannen's fight took her all the way to Parliament Hill and was taken up by children around the world. Shannen’s dream continues today with the work of the Shannen's Dream organization and those everywhere who are fighting for the rights of Aboriginal children.

Our Future
Our Future

Author: Janet Wilson

Publisher: Kids Making a Difference

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781772601039

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These young people from across the globe are raising awareness about what issues matter to them most. Jaelun Parkerson from Texas kneels with his football teammates during the National Anthem to protest racial injustice; Canadian Autumn Peltier spoke in front of the United Nations to raise awareness about water pollution; and Melati Wijsen from Bali started working at twelve-years-old to convince his government to ban plastic bags. From oil pipelines to cyber bullying, from gun violence to animal protection, they don't let their youth stop them from being heard.

Kids Who Are Changing the World
Kids Who Are Changing the World

Author: Anne Jankeliowitch

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2014-09-02

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1402295340

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The inspiring stories of 45 young heroes who have made an impact on our planet. Forty-five young people from around the world (including twelve from the U.S. and four from Canada) are doing something every day to make the world a better place. They discovered issues that concerned them and did something about it. With skills ranging from singing, drawing, and painting to fund-raising, public demonstrations, and events, they have fought climate change and pollution, and worked to protect animals and their natural habitats. This inspiring book also includes reference materials and suggestions on how readers can get involved.

Our Rights
Our Rights

Author: Janet Wilson

Publisher: Kids Making a Difference

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781926920955

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Profiles ten children around the world, from the United States to Yemen, who have taken on the role of social activist.

Functional Grammatics
Functional Grammatics

Author: Mary Macken-Horarik

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1317364996

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This book provides a re-conceptualization of grammar in a period of change in the communication landscape and widening disciplinary knowledge. Drawing on resources in systemic functional linguistics, the book envisions a ‘functional grammatics’ relevant to disciplinary domains such as literary study, rhetoric and multimodality. It re-imagines the possibilities of grammar for school English through Halliday’s notion of grammatics. Functional Grammatics is founded on decades of research inspired by systemic functional linguistics, and includes studies of grammatical tools useful to teachers of English, research into visual and multimodal literacies and studies of the genre–grammar connection. It aims to be useful to the interpretation and composition of texts in school English, portable in design across texts and contexts and beneficial for language development. The book will be of interest to researchers and teacher educators, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students and practicing teachers committed to evidence-based professional development.