"Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer?"

Author: Bruce Lesh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003844340
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
Every major measure of students' historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce Lesh believes that this is due to the way we teach historylecture and memorization. Over the last fifteen years, Bruce has refined a method of teaching history that mirrors the process used by historians, where students are taught to ask questions of evidence and develop historical explanations. And now in his new book 'Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer? he shows teachers how to successfully implement his methods in the classroom. Students may think they want to be given the answer. Yet, when they are actively engaged in investigating the pastthe way professional historians dothey find that history class is not about the boring memorization of names, dates, and facts. Instead, it's challenging fun. Historical study that centers on a question, where students gather a variety of historical sources and then develop and defend their answers to that question, allows students to become actual historians immersed in an interpretive study of the past. Each chapter focuses on a key concept in understanding history and then offers a sample unit on how the concept can be taught. Readers will learn about the following:, Exploring Text, Subtext, and Context: President Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal, Chronological Thinking and Causality: The Rail Strike of 1877, Multiple Perspectives: The Bonus March of 1932, Continuity and Change Over Time: Custer's Last Stand, Historical Significance: The Civil Rights Movement, Historical Empathy: The Truman-MacArthur Debate By the end of the book, teachers will have learned how to teach history via a lens of interpretive questions and interrogative evidence that allows both student and teacher to develop evidence-based answers to history's greatest questions.

Exile

Author: Emilia Evans
Publisher: Emilia Evans
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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EYES OF CONFESSION

Author: Connell Howard and Angela D. Brooks
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499016948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Share the life of two people with their own past that is full of secrets, while they strive to confess their love to the people who don’t think they belong. The problem is there are some things that haven’t been confessed between the two of them. See how April uses her God given gift peering into the eyes of others and the eyes of Lensey, the love of her life, seeing their stories, but failing to confess her own. Be intrigued; allow their wins to be your wins, their tears your tears by joining them on this journey, Enjoy!

Rock God: The Legend of BJ Levine

Author: Barnabas Miller
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402245734
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
A hilarious tale about a boy destined to be a Rock God—if only he had an ounce of talent Dear Sammy, The truth is that the first 13 years of my life before I met you-have been SUPER BORING. My life didn't really start until two Weeks ago. That was the day I decided to become a full-on, fire-breathing MEGALORD OF RRRRROCK. I mean, just because I have absolutely no musical ability is no reason to give up on my destiny. You see, I found this book that's going to turn me into a ROCK GOD—no talent required! Now all I have to do is survive long enough to read it. Yours in Rock, B.J. Levine

This Man Box Set, Books 1-3

Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 1538747634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1838

Book Description
THIS MAN (Book 1) Young interior designer Ava O'Shea has no idea what awaits her at the Manor. A run-of-the-mill consultation with a stodgy country gent seems likely, but what Ava finds instead is Jesse Ward--a devastatingly handsome, utterly confident, pleasure-seeking playboy who knows no boundaries. Ava doesn't want to be attracted to this man, and yet she can't control the overwhelming desire that he stirs in her. She knows that her heart will never survive him and her instinct is telling her to run, but Jesse is not willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her. BENEATH THIS MAN (Book 2) Jesse Ward drowned her with his intensity and blindsided her with his passion, but he kept her away from his dark secrets and broken soul. Leaving him was the only way Ava O'Shea could survive. She should have known that Jesse Ward is impossible to escape--and now he's back in her life, determined to remind her of the sensual pleasures they had shared. Ava is equally determined to get at the truth beneath this man's steely exterior. That means letting herself get close to the Lord of the Manor once more. And it's exactly where Jesse wants her--within touching distance... THIS MAN CONFESSED (Book 3) The Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse's lives. She has accepted that she'll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn't want to. Their love is profound, their connection powerful, but just when she thinks that she's finally gotten beneath his guarded exterior, more questions arise, leading Ava to believe that Jesse Ward may not be the man she thinks he is. He knows too well how to take her to a place beyond ecstasy . . . but will he also drive her to the brink of despair? It's time for this man to confess.

Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass

Author: Tad Williams
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101524324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 733

Book Description
The third book in New York Times-bestselling author Tad Williams's cyberpunk fantasy series • “Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists.” ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods "The Grail Brotherhood has built the most powerful, sophisticated simulation network imaginable. At the same time, they have manipulated and injured the minds of thousands of children." This proclamation from the mysterious Mr. Sellars confirmed what Renie Sulaweyo had feared to be true when she first broke into the Otherland network in a desperate search for the cause of her brother Stephen's deathlike coma. Now Renie, the Bushman !Xabbu, and their companions find themselves navigating a treacherous and ever-changing course―from a strangely unfinished land, to a seemingly endless labyrinthine House―pursuing a sociopathic killer who has stolen one of their group. To Renie's despair she is no closer to uncovering the secrets which could help save Stephen's life, and now it appears that something may be very wrong with the Otherland network itself. As Paul Jonas, Orlando, Renie and the rest strive to reach Priam's Walls, in the heart of Troy, they know that their quest is running perilously short of time. For the Grail Brotherhood has finally set the date for the Ceremony when they will make their bid for the immortality, and thereby seal the fate of Earth's children forever. But before Renie and her allies can hope to stop the Brotherhood, they must first solve the mysteries of Otherland itself, and confront its darkest secret―an entity known only as the Other.

American Literature

Author: Robert Shafer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1414

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VIRGIN WITHOUT A MEMORY

Author: Vickie Taylor
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459259165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
Try to Remember THE VIRGIN AND HER OUTLAW Mariah Morgan had every reason to fear the stranger in her bed. He'd kidnapped her, was running from the local deputies, and thought she was responsible for his brother's disappearance. Still, she knew Eric Randall was an honorable man who would find the answers her murky mind couldn't summon. But her darkly handsome houseguest was a threat…. Because he made the independent ranching woman wonder about the life of laughter and love she'd denied herself. And wonder what it would be like to have him in it. A forgotten past…a hoped-for future.

Entrance To Dark Harbor

Author: Mathias G. B. Colwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1680463470
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
For twenty years the humans have held sway over the land by conquering or controlling the elves. But sinister developments in Dark Harbor threaten to upset the balance of power. In Andalaya the northern elves gather in numbers once again. War is brewing, and all events surrounding the conflict seem to lead directly to Elliyar Wintermoon. It will take every scrap of ability and power that Elliyar possesses to save his family and fight for his people.

BACK IN TIME

Author: CATHY DICKENS BAILEY
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300011785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 642

Book Description
When Matilda Edwards; jilted wife of a former playboy congressman wakes up in an ancient era; 1900, she is greeted by a perfect southern gentleman. Once the belle of the prestigious town; Ballantyne she is forced to make many life changes. Brian Weatherly, heir to a billion dollar land company, offers an antique broach on Christmas morning; one passed down through the Weatherly family;an heirloom that must be given to the one, deserving woman he chooses as his wife. One stick of the pin spirals Matilda back in time. There she falls quickly for the charming Quintin Weatherly; the pioneer to the family fortune. When she is forced from an era and the one man she deeply loves, she must rely on a book of poems she left behind in the year 1900. There's only one key to getting back home; her great great grandson; Brian Weatherly